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October 7, 2025

Xcel Battery Storage Plan for MN Energy Capacity

(Learfield News/Minneapolis, MN) — Xcel Energy is proposing a first-in-the-nation battery storage network to meet Minnesota’s growing energy needs. Officials say the Capacity-Connect proposal would deploy up to 200 megawatts of distributed battery capacity by 2028, and batteries would be placed at businesses and nonprofits statewide. That aligns with the state’s goal to achieve 100 […]

October 6, 2025

Kwik Trip Drops Pennies for Cash Payments

(Learfield News/La Crosse, WI) — Wisconsin-based Kwik Trip is phasing out pennies in cash transactions, rounding totals down to the nearest nickel. Digital payments will still be charged the full amount. Stores will switch over as they run out of pennies. Kwik Trip has 217 locations in Minnesota. The United States will stop making pennies, […]

October 6, 2025

SW MN Culvert Repair Project Complete

The Minnesota Department of Transportation announced that a district-wide culvert repair project in southwest Minnesota has been completed. Officials say repairs were made to more than 130 culverts on highways in Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Redwood, Renville, and Yellow Medicine counties.  The repairs began in mid-May. Benefits of the project include improved drainage, […]

October 3, 2025

Veterans Suicide Prevention and Awareness Event in Marshall

(Learfield News/Marshall, MN) — The seventh annual Minnesota Veterans Suicide Prevention and Awareness Day will take place Saturday morning at the Red Baron Arena in Marshall. Organized by the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs, the event aims to honor those affected by veteran suicide while promoting healing, education, and fellowship. Kristi Stites, a spokesperson for […]

October 2, 2025

13,000 MN National Guard Soldiers Go Unpaid During Shutdown

(Learfield News/Undated) — More than 13,000 Minnesota National Guard soldiers are not receiving paychecks as the federal government shutdown stretches on. Despite the lapse in funding, many Guard members still reported to their armories on Wednesday. Colonel John McRae, Director of Operations, said full-time staff were on site to carry out an orderly shutdown. “So […]

October 2, 2025

MORE DETAILS RELEASED IN FATAL FIRE TRUCK CRASH

The Yellow Medicine County Sheriff’s Office has released more details about the fatal fire truck crash south of Cottonwood Friday evening.  The crash killed 43-year-old Patrick Remiger and injured both the driver Andrew Vanhecke and 6-year-old Beaux Vanhecke.  Authorities say a search warrant application from the sheriff’s office was put into the public files in […]

October 2, 2025

Warm Weather Delays Sugar Beet Harvest

(Learfield News/Raymond, MN) Unseasonably warm weather is slowing the sugarbeet harvest in west-central Minnesota. Noah Hultgren of Raymond says the local beet cooperative typically starts full harvest by the beginning of October. He says, “With the warm weather that we’re having right now, they don’t like to store beets with that warm of temps. So […]

October 2, 2025

MDH Confirms 10 New Measles Cases, Urges Vaccination

(Learfield News/St. Paul, MN) — The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) confirms 10 new measles cases this week, bringing the 2025 total to 18. All recent cases have been in unvaccinated individuals and are linked to travel. Measles is surging nationwide, with over 1,500 cases confirmed—the highest since 1992. MDH officials urge families to check […]

October 1, 2025

Government Shutdown

(ABC News/Washington, D.C.) Both Republican and Democratic proposals that would have funded the government past Tuesday failed in the Senate during the eleventh hour, effectively shutting down the government at 12:01 a.m. this morning (Wednesday). The federal government ran out of money after a Democratic-backed spending bill that would have extended health care subsidies under […]

October 1, 2025

One Injured in Renville County Motorcycle Crash

A Hector man was injured in a crash in Renville County Tuesday evening north of Buffalo Lake. The Sheriff’s Office says 22-year-old Hidreal Ramirez Jr. was flown to North Memorial Hospital for treatment of serious injuries. Authorities say Ramirez was traveling east on County Road 11 and was overtaking a vehicle that was turning off […]
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