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May 14, 2024

Fatal Cottonwood Co Crash

A man from Comfrey died and a Montevideo man was injured in a two-vehicle crash in Cottonwood County Monday morning. The State Patrol says 81-year-old Jerry Evers of Comfrey died at the scene. Fifty-four-year-old Scott Burdorf of Montevideo was taken to Windom Hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. The crash happened at the intersection of […]

May 14, 2024

Search Continues for Missing Kayaker

The search continues for a Kansas man reported missing while kayaking along a lake in Kandiyohi County over the weekend. The Sheriff’s Office says 39-year-old Shane White, of Overland Park, Kansas, was reported missing Sunday morning after he didn’t return after going out on Nest Lake Saturday night. White’s kayak was found early Sunday afternoon […]

May 14, 2024

Vehicle Crashes Into House

The driver and his two passengers suffered only minor injuries after the vehicle crashed into a house in Stearns County Sunday afternoon. The Sheriff’s Office says a passerby reported that a car had drove into a residence on County Road 7 in St. Augusta. Deputies arrived on the scene and observed the vehicle inside the […]

May 13, 2024

Brown County Boy Drowns in Southern MN

The incident happened Sunday afternoon in Brown County. A 15-year-old boy drowned in southern Minnesota this weekend. The Brown County Sheriff’s Office says deputies learned the drowning happened off the beach at Mound Creek County Park in Sanborn, Minnesota, just after 3:30 p.m. Sunday. A teenager from Mountain Lake, Minnesota, was swimming and began to […]

May 13, 2024

Air Quality Bad Due To Canadian Wildfires

An air quality alert has been issued for the whole of Minnesota as smoke from Canadian wildfires drifts southeast into the state. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) has issued a red alert, which means the level of particle pollution will be considered unhealthy for everybody. (Photo credit: Andrew Krueger @akpix on X) […]

May 13, 2024

Motorcyclist Injured in Renville Co Crash

A Sleepy Eye man was injured in a motorcycle crash in Renville County early Sunday morning. The State Patrol says 32-year-old Taylor Bolinger was taken to Olivia Hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. The Patrol says Bolinger was driving southbound on Highway 4 in Martinsburg Township when he swerved to miss a deer and went […]

May 13, 2024

Driver Injured in Crash West of Willmar

A 19-year-old from Willmar was injured in a one-vehicle crash Sunday morning, west of Willmar. The State Patrol says Mobarek Abdilahi was taken to Willmar Hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. The Patrol says he was driving a vehicle eastbound on Highway 40 in St. Johns Township when the vehicle went into the ditch and […]

May 13, 2024

Two Injured in Renville Co UTV Crash

A driver and her passenger were injured in a UTV crash in Renville County Friday night northwest of Renville. The Sheriff’s Office says the vehicle was driven by 26-year-old Brittany Harazin of Olivia and was traveling eastbound on 840th Avenue when the vehicle left the roadway, entered the ditch, and overturned. Harazin was flown to […]

May 13, 2024

Search Resumes for Missing Kayaker in Kandiyohi Co

Search efforts will resume today (Monday) after a kayaker was reported missing on a northern Kandiyohi County Lake Sunday morning. At just after 10:30am, the Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of an overdue kayaker on Nest Lake. Deputies learned that on Saturday evening at about 11:30, a 39-year-old man from Overland Park, Kansas had […]

May 11, 2024

Six months of single lane traffic on I94

Navigating construction on I-94 will be a lot slower on an 11 mile stretch of I94 for the next six months. Work started on the stretch between Hwy. 29 in Alexandria and Douglas/Todd county line south of Osakis last Friday, with the westbound lanes closing to traffic and drivers directed onto the eastbound lanes. It […]