Update on Meeker County Attempted Abduction

The Meeker County Sheriff’s Office is reporting they’ve received surveillance footage of a vehicle matching the description of the vehicle used in the attempted abduction on April 3, 2024. A 13-year-old child told sheriff’s deputies that a man in a red Ford pickup tried to abduct them on April 3rd in the Stella Lake area […]

Vehicle Break-ins at Wright Co Churches

Authorities are investigating after multiple vehicles were broken into in church parking lots in Wright County Sunday. The first report was just before 12:30pm at the Quarry Church in Monticello Township. Deputies learned through statements from the victim as well as from video from the church that an individual exited a newer silver Nissan Murano […]

Cargill grant helps Art Space in Granite Falls

The nonprofit Department of Transformation is renovating a building in Granite Falls to promote a rural arts and creative economy and recently received a boost to help that goal.  The West Central Tribune reports The Cargill Foundation last week awarded its YES! House project $250,000.  The project is a community space being developed in a […]

Watkins man injured in crash

A Watkins man was injured in a one-vehicle crash in Stearns County Friday morning and authorities believe alcohol was a factor and they say the driver’s cell phone alerted them of the crash.  The Sheriff’s Office says 61-year-old James Rusthoven was initially southbound on County Road 9 approaching the stop sign at County Road 17, […]

Dorin L. Martin

Dorin L. Martin, age 67, husband of Lori, of Hutchinson, Minnesota, passed away on Friday, April 5, 2024, at his home in Hutchinson.  Private Family Memorial Service will be held.        

Randall “Butch” L. Eischens, age 58, of Green Isle, Minnesota, passed away Sunday, March 31, 2024.  Memorial Service to be held Tuesday, April 16, 2024 at 7:00 P.M. at the Johnson Funeral Home (141 E 1st St) in Waconia. Interment in St. Pius X Catholic Cemetery in Glencoe.  Visitation willd be held Tuesday, April 16, […]

Gopher gymnast qualifies for Nationals

(Minneapolis, MN) — Minnesota senior gymnast Mya Hooten has been announced as an individual qualifier to this year’s N-C-A-A Women’s Gymnastics Championships. She will head to Fort Worth, Texas to compete on vault in the national meet, which takes place in Dickies Arena from April 18-20. Hooten will compete in the second semi final session […]

Local Results and Schedule – April 9

Results from April 8- B Tennis- Hutchinson 4 St. James 3 Schedule for April 9- April 9- Track-Hutch Quad Track-DC, Litchfield, WM at HLWW Track-Waconia at Mankato Track-Sibley East at Central, NYA Invite Track-Lester Prairie at Belle Plaine B Tennis-Hutchinson at Holy Family Baseball-St Peter at Hutchinson Baseball-Annandale at DC Baseball-SW Christian at HLWW Baseball-Litchfield […]

Driver injured in Hutchinson crash

One driver was injured in a two-vehicle crash in Hutchinson this morning (Monday). The State Patrol says 41-year-old Deborah Ring of Dassel was taken to Hutchinson Health for treatment of non-life threatening injuries. She was driving a vehicle northbound on Highway 15. The driver of the other vehicle, 20-year-old Benjamin Anderson of Hutchinson, was traveling […]

Information sought on 1982 Cold Case

It was around 11 p.m. on April 3, 1982, when Theodore “Ted” Dengerud left his New London home to pick up his wife from her sister’s house. He didn’t know the area well and stopped to ask for directions. A short time later his vehicle crashed into a tree just west of Sunberg, MN. It […]