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May 9, 2024

MnDOT Awarded Hwy Safety Funding for SW MN

MnDOT District 8, Southwest Minnesota, has been awarded $1,090,000 from the Highway Safety Improvement Program for three safety improvement projects within the district. HSIP is a federal-aid funding program designed to reduce traffic fatalities and serious injuries on public roads. The object of the program is to identify, implement and evaluate cost effective construction safety […]

May 8, 2024

Lainey Wilson is set to become the latest country star with a bar in downtown Nashville.

This summer, Lainey will open the three-story restaurant and bar Bell Bottoms Up in partnership with TC Restaurant Group on 120 3rd Ave. South, in the location that used to house the now-closed Florida Georgia Line bar FGL House. Learn more about Lainey new bar and restaurant by CLICKING HERE. Lainey Wilson photo credit: Christopher […]

May 8, 2024

7000 Turkeys Die in Stearns Co Fire

A barn was destroyed and thousands of turkeys died in a fire in Stearns County last week east of Sauk Centre. The Sheriff’s Office says at about 10:30 last Tuesday night (April 30), they received a call of a turkey barn on fire at 39356 McCormick Lake Road. The 64’ by 200’ barn was fully […]

May 8, 2024

MnDOT Selects 11 Freight Rail Improvement Projects

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Eleven freight rail projects will receive a total of $9.6 million in funding to improve freight rail service that supports economic development in different regions of the state. The Minnesota Department of Transportation announced Tuesday that the grants are provided through the Minnesota Rail Service Improvement program with funding approved during the […]

May 7, 2024

Former President Trump to be Keynote Speaker at MN Republican Party Dinner

(Learfield News/St. Paul, MN) – Former President Donald Trump will keynote the Republican Party of Minnesota’s annual Lincoln Reagan Dinner, on May 17th at Saint Paul’s Rivercentre. Minnesota GOP Chairman David Hann says there are indications from the Trump campaign that they consider Minnesota a battleground state. He states the polling is “very, very close […]

May 7, 2024

Update: Missing St. Cloud Teen Found

Authorities have canceled a missing person alert for a 14-year-old girl that was reported missing. St. Cloud Police say Emmarae Gervasi has been found safe. She was reported missing after she was last seen on Friday in St. Cloud. No other details were given.

May 6, 2024

Willmar Man Accused of Tossing Meth from Vehicle

Charges are pending on a 35-year-old Willmar man after he did not stop for a deputy and allegedly threw drugs from the vehicle as he continued driving. On Saturday evening, a Kandiyohi County deputy sheriff was notified of a complaint of a possible intoxicated driver. The deputy located the vehicle at the intersection of Highway […]

May 6, 2024

Randy Travis has new music with the help of AI.

Randy Travis is back… sort of. New technology has allowed Randy Travis to release new music. Learn about how his team was able to do it by CLICKING HERE. Randy Travis photo credit: David A. Smith/Getty Images

May 6, 2024

Officer Involved Shooting in Chanhassen

The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is investigating after two Carver County deputies shot a suspect with a knife. A news release from the Sheriff’s Office says deputies were called to a domestic incident in the 7800 block of Harvest Lane in Chanhassen around 2:11 p.m. Saturday. Authorities say while deputies were talking with the […]

May 6, 2024

Missing St. Cloud Teen

St. Cloud Police are asking for the public’s help in finding a missing 14-year-old girl. Authorities say Emmarae Gervasi was last seen on Friday leaving the area of the 1700 block of 7th Avenue South in St. Cloud. She’s described as 5’5” tall with dark brown hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing […]