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July 22, 2025

Fatal Yellow Medicine Plane Crash

One person died when an airplane crashed in Yellow Medicine County Monday evening. The Sheriff’s Office says at just before 5:30pm, the Granite Falls Airport received a report of a jet experiencing engine trouble while near the airport with two people on board. A short time later, a 911 call was received reporting that the […]

July 21, 2025

Motorcyclist Arrested after Chase in Meeker County

A 37-year-old Watkins man was arrested after Meeker County authorities received a report of a motorcyclist driving at speeds over 100 MPH, back and forth through Watkins on Highway 55 Sunday evening. At just after 6:30pm, a deputy observed the motorcyclist speeding near the intersection of Highway 55 and Meeker County Road 17. The driver […]

July 21, 2025

MN Lawmakers Call for Sen. Mitchell’s Resignation Following Guilty Verdict

ST. PAUL — Both Democrat and Republican lawmakers in Minnesota said Friday they expect a resignation from Democrat Sen. Nicole Mitchell of Woodbury, following two guilty verdicts in her Detroit Lakes trial of burglary and possession of burglary tools on Friday (July 18). The West Central Tribune reports the guilty verdict comes over a year […]

July 21, 2025

Shots Fired in Possible Road Rage Incident in Wright County

(Learfield News/Otsego, MN) — Wright County authorities are investigating a shooting in Otsego as a possible road rage incident. The sheriff’s office received a report of gunshots from one vehicle towards another on Highway 101 Thursday night. Deputies found the person who reported the shooting and evidence indicating the vehicle had been struck twice by […]

July 21, 2025

Pedestrian Dies After Being Hit by Pickup in Sibley County

A man died after he was hit by a vehicle as he walked in rural Sibley County early Friday morning just south of Gibbon. The Sheriff’s Office says 54-year-old Dino Bastian of rural Gibbon was walking south on County Road 2 when he was hit by a southbound pickup driven by 47-year-old Timothy Jon Albrecht […]

July 18, 2025

MN Appeals Court Rules Montevideo Couple Must Pay $100,000 Restitution

ST. PAUL — The Minnesota Court of Appeals this week affirmed two separate rulings by the District Court in Chippewa County ordering a couple to make more than $100,000 in restitution to a Montevideo company. The West Central Tribune reports in separate decisions released Monday (July 14), the appeals court rejected arguments by 51-year-old Amanda Jean Smith […]

July 18, 2025

Testimony Continues in Senator Mitchell’s Burglary Trial

(Learfield News/Detroit Lakes, MN) — Testimony continues today (Fri 9am) in the burglary trial of state Senator Nicole Mitchell in Becker County. The DFL senator from Woodbury was on the witness stand for nearly five hours on Thursday. Mitchell admitted she lied to police, repeatedly claiming she was there to retrieve her late father’s belongings. […]

July 17, 2025

NAME OF GRAIN BIN VICTIM RELEASED

The Redwood County Sheriff’s Office has released the name of the man killed in a grain bin accident near Milroy Wednesday morning.  Authorities say they were called at 9:30 am on the report of a man trapped in a grain bin.  61-year-old Melvin Welu of Milroy was removed from the bin but pronounced dead at […]

July 17, 2025

Hutchinson Man Arrested on DOC Warrant

A Hutchinson man was arrested Tuesday on a warrant for failure to register or check-in as a predatory offender. Hutchinson Police assisted a Minnesota Department of Corrections agent in arresting 25-year-old Eraclio Angel Torres on the DOC warrant. Torres was taken to the McLeod County Jail. In addition, he was formally charged with multiple felony […]

July 17, 2025

Minnesota Senator Tina Smith Hospitalized in Washington, DC

(Learfield News/Washington, DC) — Her staff says U.S. Senator Tina Smith spent the night at George Washington University Hospital. A statement from her office Wednesday evening said, “while at work at the Capitol today, Sen. Smith started to not feel well. She went to the Capitol physician who recommended she undergo more thorough examination at […]
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