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March 18, 2026

Sleepy Eye Purchases Former Del Monte Processing Plant

(Learfield News/Sleepy Eye, MN) — Sleepy Eye Public Utilities has taken ownership of the former Del Monte processing plant, finalizing the purchase of the 215-thousand-square-foot facility for six hundred thousand dollars after it went through foreclosure and was auctioned off. The plant, which began operating in 1930, shut down in 2019, leaving more than 360 […]

March 18, 2026

Ridgewater President Selected to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award

WILLMAR and HUTCHINSON, MN – Dr. Craig Johnson, President of Ridgewater College, has been selected to receive the Michael Bennett Lifetime Achievement Award The award is presented by the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society and its Board of Directors. The award recognizes retiring college presidents whose leadership demonstrates an enduring commitment to student success and […]

March 18, 2026

Services Scheduled for Minnesota Soldier Killed in Kuwait

(Learfield News/White Bear Lake, MN) — Funeral services are scheduled for 39-year-old Master Sergeant Nicole Amor of White Bear Lake. The Minnesota soldier was killed in a drone attack in Kuwait at the start of the conflict in Iran. Amor was just days from returning home to her husband and two children. A public visitation […]

March 18, 2026

Gov. Walz Supplemental Budget Plan Includes $370M in Cuts

(Learfield News/St. Paul, MN) – Governor Tim Walz announced his supplemental budget Tuesday and it includes cuts to the tune of 370 million dollars in fiscal year 2029. Walz says that by attacking fraud, government spending will be more efficient, taking care of any structural deficit by the end of the decade. He assures that […]

March 17, 2026

Trump Blasts Minnesota in Fraud Task Force Announcement

(Learfield News/Washington, DC) — While announcing the new Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, President Donald Trump singled out Minnesota for what he described as systemic failures. The executive order directs federal agencies to tighten eligibility checks, share more data, and crack down on large scale schemes involving federal dollars. Trump says the “staggering fraud and […]

March 17, 2026

Meeker County Barn Fire

A turkey barn in Meeker County was destroyed by fire Sunday morning. At 9:15 A.M., the Meeker County Sheriff’s Office received a call about a turkey barn fire in the 33000 block of 560th Avenue of the Swede Grove Township. On arrival, crews found one barn completely engulfed in flames that had collapsed from the […]

March 17, 2026

Two Injured in Head-On McLeod County Crash

Two drivers were injured in a a head-on crash involving a semi and an SUV in McLeod County Monday afternoon west of Hutchinson. The crash happened just before 5pm on Highway 7 in Acoma Township. The State Patrol says 55-year-old Chadwick Chilson of West Concord was driving the semi and was taken to Regions Hospital […]

March 17, 2026

State Patrol Reports Hundreds of Weekend Crashes

(Learfield News/St. Paul, MN) – The Minnesota State Patrol says the weekend storm led to hundreds of crashes and vehicles sliding off roads statewide. Between midnight Friday and Sunday night, troopers responded to 464 property-damage crashes, 40 injury crashes, and one fatal crash. They also reported 46 spinouts, 651 vehicles off the road, and 19 […]

March 16, 2026

Push Continues for State Bonding/Infrastructure Bill

(St. Paul, MN) — The talk over a state bonding bill seems to have gone quiet since the legislative session started. DFL Senator Ann Johnson Stewart of Minnetonka says there is some negotiating happening and the need for more money is real. Stewart says, “We know that our infrastructure is in a state that we […]

March 16, 2026

Winter Storm Drops Up to 20 Inches in SE MN/Some Roads Still Closed

(Learfield News/Chanhassen, MN) — The winter storm that moved across Minnesota this weekend dropped some impressive snowfall in some parts of the state. Jacob Beitlich at the National Weather Service says it was still snowing Sunday when many of the double-digit totals were reported so they are probably going to go up today. Zumbro Falls […]
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