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May 3, 2024

Pro-Palestine Encampment Taken Down on U of M Campus

(Learfield News/Minneapolis, MN) — The pro-Palestine encampment is gone from the University of Minnesota East Bank campus in Minneapolis. All the tents came down Thursday after an agreement was reached between U of M interim President Jeff Ettinger and UMN Divest Coalition and student groups. Twelve academic buildings that were closed during protests on the […]

May 2, 2024

Extra Speed Enforcement Now On Minnesota Roads

As Minnesotans take to the roads for summer fun they can expect law enforcement to be waiting to catch speeders. Officials say a speed enforcement campaign started May 1st and will continue through Labor Day weekend. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 87 percent of all speeding-related traffic deaths across the U.S. occurred […]

May 2, 2024

Twins win 10th straight

(Chicago, IL) — The Minnesota Twins have their first ten-game winning streak since 2008. The Twins completed a three-game sweep of the Chicago White Sox with a 10-5 win at Guaranteed Rate Field yesterday. The game was tied at four heading into the seventh when Max Kepler and Jose Miranda laced back-to-back R-B-I singles. Minnesota […]

May 2, 2024

Conley wins teammate of the year award

(Minneapolis, MN) — Minnesota Timberwolves veteran point guard Mike Conley is being recognized by his fellow N-B-A players. Conley was named the Twyman-Stokes Teammate of the Year Award yesterday. Conley edged out Nets forward Mikal Bridges and Knicks guard Jalen Brunson for the honor. It’s the second time that he’s won the Teammate of the […]

May 2, 2024

Local Results and Schedule – May 2

Results from May 1- Softball- Central 7 Mayer Lutheran 4 Rockford 12 HLWW 2 Rockford 11 HLWW 1 Bloomington Jefferson 5 Waconia 4 Baseball- Holy Family 12 Central 0 Rockford 5 HLWW 4 HLWW 10 Rockford 6 Mayer Lutheran 10 Sibley East 6 NLS 4 EVW 2 Schedule for May 2- G Golf-Hutchinson, Waconia at […]

May 2, 2024

Danube Man Arrested in Willmar for Threats of Violence

A Danube man was arrested Wednesday afternoon after threatening he would “shoot the place up” at a Willmar business. At just after 2pm, police were dispatched to a business at the 4100 block of south 1st St. The caller said there was a man at the business who was unhappy and made the threat. The […]

May 2, 2024

Two Injured in Wright Co Crash

A driver and his passenger were injured in a two-vehicle crash in Wright County Wednesday on the east side of Delano. The State Patrol says 77-year-old John Pierce and 78-year-old Susan Fetterer, both from Plymouth, were taken to Methodist Hospital in St. Louis Park for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. They were the driver and passenger […]

May 1, 2024

Willmar Bridge Repair

The Highway 12 railroad overpass bridge just east of Kandiyohi County Road 55 in Willmar will be closed for repairs beginning Monday (May 6). Minnesota Department of Transportation officials say the work is scheduled to take three working days, weather permitting. A detour is required to make the repairs and motorists will be routed to […]

May 1, 2024

Bradley L. Mellies

Bradley L. Mellies, age 34, of Winthrop, Minnesota, passed away on Saturday, April 27, 2024, in Hutchinson, Minnesota. Celebration of Life will be held Monday, May 6, 2024, 11:00 A.M., at Christ the King Lutheran Church in Hutchinson, with interment in Zion Lutheran Cemetery in Buffalo Lake, Minnesota. Gathering of Family and Friends will be […]

May 1, 2024

Ridgewater Students Excel in SkillsUSA Contests

HUTCHINSON and WILLMAR, MN – Ridgewater College students from four technical programs recently competed at the annual Minnesota SkillsUSA competitions and came home with five champions and five runners-up. Karina Rice of Willmar, a second-year Automotive Technology student, won first place in the Automotive Technology contest hosted at St. Cloud Technical College. The challenge included 13 students […]