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August 19, 2024

Three Arrested in Willmar After Shot Fired

Two 19-year-old men and a 22-year-old man from Willmar were arrested and are facing charges after allegedly firing a gun and speeding away from the scene early Friday morning. At about 2:35am, Willmar Police were dispatched to the 1900 block of Becker Ave SE on the report of gunshots. While officers were checking the area, […]

August 19, 2024

Man Who Held Hostages At St. Cloud Bank Sentenced

(St. Cloud, MN) — A Waite Park man who pleaded guilty to holding bank employees hostage during a bank robbery in St. Cloud over three years ago is going to prison. Ray McNeary has been sentenced to more than six years behind bars. Judge Jeffrey Bryan also sentenced McNeary to five years of supervised release […]

August 16, 2024

Lt. Gov. Flanagan, Others to Break Ground on I-94 Lane Expansion

(Learfield News/Albertville, MN) — Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan joins state and local leaders this afternoon (Friday) to break ground on what’s dubbed the “I-94 Gap Project” — a lane expansion between Albertville and Monticello in the far northwest metro. Backers say it’s badly needed due to increased congestion in that highly-traveled corridor between Saint Cloud […]

August 15, 2024

Fire Destroys Bird Island Residence

A residence was destroyed by fire Tuesday afternoon in Bird Island. The Renville County Sheriff’s Office says at just before 12:30pm, they received a report of a residential fire in the 800 block of Oak Ave in Bird Island. When emergency crews arrived, they found the residence fully engulfed in flames. Crews were able to […]

August 15, 2024

Large Escort for Wall That Heals Arrival

The “Wall That Heals” is set to arrive in Hutchinson next week and will be getting quite an escort. The traveling Vietnam Veterans Memorial arrives in Glencoe on Tuesday and will then be escorted to the public viewing site in Hutchinson. Veteran and host Dave Skoog: The semi and escort are scheduled to leave Glencoe […]

August 15, 2024

Name Released of Man Who Died in Grain Bin

(Learfield News/Lamberton, MN) — The Redwood County Sheriff’s Office has identified the man who died after falling into a grain bin early Tuesday morning as 61-year-old Eric Kronback of Lamberton. Deputies went to a Lamberton residence to help search for a missing person. En route, they were informed the man had been found inside a […]

August 14, 2024

Twins Win

The Minnesota Twins racked up 15 hits during a 13-3 rout of the Kansas City Royals at Target Field last night. Max Kepler went 3-for-5 with a home run and four R-B-I, while Christian Vazquez and Kyle Farmer also homered. Zebby Matthews earned the win in his Major League debut, striking out five and holding […]

August 14, 2024

Fischbach Easily Fends Off Challenge in 7th District Republican Primary

(Learfield News) Republican Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach easily won yesterday’s (Tues) primary election in western Minnesota’s 7th Congressional District with 65 percent of the vote to rural Kensington business owner Steve Boyd’s 35 percent. Fischbach says she’s been working for three-and-a-half years to represent the people of the 7th District and says, “We’ve been traveling the […]

August 14, 2024

Missing Man Found Dead in Grain Bin in Lamberton

(Lamberton, MN) — Redwood County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating after a missing man was found in a grain bin early Monday morning and pronounced dead at the scene . Deputies went to a Lamberton residence to help search for a missing person. En route, they were told the man had been found inside a grain […]

August 13, 2024

Primary Election Day

(Learfield News/Undated) — Today’s (Tues) primary election will likely determine which Democrat will represent the 5th Congressional District for the next two years in the U-S House and which Republican will represent the 7th District. The highly-visible rematch in Minneapolis and near suburbs is between Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar — Donald Trump’s perennial opponent as […]