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December 3, 2024

“Giving Tuesday”

(Learfield News) Nonprofits are looking for support today, on this Giving Tuesday. Today’s giving effort happens on the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving each year, following Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday. The effort has grown in popularity in recent years, with more than three billion dollars in donations made on Giving Tuesday in […]

December 2, 2024

BBB Urges Minnesotans to Use Caution on Cyber Monday

(Learfield News/Burnsville, MN) — It’s Cyber Monday, and many Minnesotans will be looking for deals online. Bao Vang with the Better Business Bureau of Minnesota and North Dakota says scams are on the rise this time of year and to beware of fake websites. She says,” a lot of websites out there are quickly made […]

December 2, 2024

Update: Fatal Stearns Co Crash

The State Patrol has released the names of a driver and her passenger that died in a fatal crash in Stearns County that happened in Albany Township Saturday afternoon. Forty-two-year-old Sarah Jones and 15-year-old Kale Olson, both of Minneapolis, died at the scene. The Patrol says Jones was driving a car that rear-ended an International […]

November 27, 2024

Minnesota’s Official Turkey Presented

(Learfield News/St. Paul, MN) — Minnesota’s official turkey, Tom, was presented at a ceremony with Governor Tim Walz two days before Thanksgiving. During the event Tuesday, the governor announced that Minnesota remains the leading turkey-producing state in the country, with 600 farms and a production of 40 million turkeys. Unlike his Minnesota turkey counterparts, Peaches […]

November 27, 2024

Statewide DWI Enforcement Campaign During Holidays

The Minnesota Department of Public Safety Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) is coordinating a statewide driving while impaired (DWI) extra enforcement campaign starting today (Wednesday, Nov. 27). Officials say more than 300 local law enforcement agencies will be providing extra DWI enforcement weekends through New Year’s Eve. Drivers are urged to make smart, responsible decisions […]

November 27, 2024

Kansas Man Charged in Carver Co Stabbing

CARVER, Minn. (FOX 9) – A Kansas man is facing charges for stabbing a 17-year-old employee inside the Fleet Farm store in Carver Sunday. Thirty-one-year-old Gerald Dwayne Hudson was charged Tuesday with first-degree assault causing great bodily harm and second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon for his alleged role in the stabbing. The complaint says […]

November 26, 2024

GBB Local Results

Non-Conference Girl’s Basketball results from around the area: New Ulm traveled to Orono a was defeated 64 to 30, St Peter picks up a 63-46 win over Hutchinson, St James takes it to Madelia 92 to 35, Redwood valley was a 66 to 50 winner over Sleepy Eye, Fairmont holds of NRHEG to pick up […]

November 26, 2024

MTGA to Present Gov with Turkey in Celebration of Thanksgiving

SAINT PAUL, MN – The Minnesota Turkey Growers Association (MTGA) will continue its longstanding tradition of presenting a live turkey today (Tuesday) to the Governor of Minnesota in celebration of Thanksgiving. Officials say the annual event, a cherished tradition since the 1940s, underscores the important role the turkey industry plays in Minnesota’s agricultural landscape. This […]

November 26, 2024

More Info Released on Carver Fleet Farm Assault

More information has been released on an an assault that took place in the Carver Fleet Farm Store Sunday afternoon. The Carver County Sheriff’s Office says a 17-year-old employee was assaulted with a weapon. A press release says authorities responded to the store on a report that the employee “suffered an apparent stab wound to […]

November 25, 2024

Pardoning Ceremony at White House for Minnesota-raised Turkeys

(Learfield News/Washington, DC) — The National Thanksgiving Turkeys being pardoned today (Mon10am) by President Biden were raised on the John Zimmerman farm near Northfield. Zimmerman says , “Minnesota is the number one state for turkey production, supporting over 26 thousand jobs and generating over a billion dollars in economic impact. His nine-year-old son, Grant, announced […]