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June 18, 2025

Corps Raises Water Releases at Lac qui Parle Dam

(Learfield News/St. Paul, MN) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is increasing water releases at Lac qui Parle Dam from 2,500 up to 6,000 cubic feet per second starting June 20. Officials say it’s to prevent the reservoir from overtopping its emergency spillway. The higher releases may cause localized flooding along the Minnesota River […]

June 17, 2025

CANDLELIGHT VIGIL PLANNED FOR HORTMANS

A candlelight vigil to remember Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark will be held Wednesday night on the steps of the state Capitol.  Organizers say there won’t be speakers as this will be a time to reflect and remember the lives of Melissa and Mark Hortman.  The public is asked to bring personal […]

June 17, 2025

Severe Storms in MN Produce Tornadoes and Large Hail

(Learfield News/Chanhassen, MN) — The National Weather Service received a handful of tornado reports during Monday’s severe storms. Meteorologist Melissa Dye says several of the reports in south central Minnesota were the same tornado in Nicollet and Blue Earth counties. She says there was also a reported tornado touchdown in Todd County south of Wadena. […]

June 17, 2025

Boelter Now Facing State and Federal Charges

(Learfield News/St. Paul, MN) — Minnesota’s U.S. Attorney Joseph Thompson has revealed that 57-year-old Vance Boelter, the man accused of killing Representative Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark, and shooting and injuring Senator John Hoffman and his wife Yvette, actually visited two other state politicians homes on Saturday, and had forty-five names of Minnesota leaders on […]

June 16, 2025

Two Injured in Renville Co Crash

A driver and passenger were injured in a two-vehicle crash in Renville County just after Midnight Saturday morning south of Olivia. The State Patrol says 18-year-old Tori Haar and her 17-year-old female passenger, both of Aberdeen, South Dakota, were taken to Olivia Hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. The driver of the other vehicle was […]

June 16, 2025

Manhunt Ends Without Incident

(Learfield News/Green Isle, MN) An intense manhunt for the man accused of shooting two state lawmakers and their spouses ended Sunday night in Sibley County. Fifty-seven-year-old Vance Luther Boelter surrendered amid drones and SWAT teams. BCA Superintendent Drew Evans says there is more work to be done, “the first step in a case like this […]

June 13, 2025

Suspect Caught After Pursuit in Kandiyohi County

A suspect with outstanding warrants was eventually caught and arrested after what began as a vehicle pursuit in Kandiyohi County Wednesday morning near Spicer. Agents with the CEE-VI Task Force say the pursuit began in the 9700 Block of County Road 9 NE but was discontinued near the intersection of County Roads 5 and 29 […]

June 13, 2025

Man Charged in NC Mass Shooting Arrested in MN

(Learfield News/Rogers, MN) — A twenty-seven-year-old man arrested in Rogers is wanted for a mass shooting in North Carolina earlier this month. The North Star Fugitive Task Force says Charles Kincaid is charged with first-degree murder in a June 1st shooting at a party that killed one and injured eleven others. He will be returned […]

June 12, 2025

650lbs of Meth Intercepted in Kandiyohi County

WILLMAR — About 650 pounds of methamphetamine found hidden in boxes of flowers was intercepted by law enforcement officers last week who allege that they observed the unloading of the drug shipment from a semitractor-trailer in Willmar. The West Central Tribune reports two people from the Twin Cities were arrested later that same night outside of […]

June 12, 2025

Air Quality Alert

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) has issued an air quality alert for central and southern Minnesota. The alert runs until 11pm today (Thursday, June 12). Smoke from wildfires in northwest Canada has moved into central and southern Minnesota behind a cold front and the AQI has climbed into the unhealthy category for sensitive groups. […]
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