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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. […]

June 11, 2025

Federal Raids in Metro Began with 900 Pound Meth Seizure

(Learfield News/Minneapolis, MN) — New information about the federal raids at restaurants across the Twin Cities last week shows the searches began with seizing 900 pounds of crystal methamphetamine. The new details come from a federal criminal complaint charging a St. Paul woman with allegedly punching, kicking, and assaulting federal agents. It shared that eight […]

June 10, 2025

Lawmakers Pass State Budget, Eliminate MinnesotaCare for Immigrants

(Learfield News/St. Paul, MN) — Minnesota has a new two- year state budget this morning (Tues) but not without painful votes over undocumented health insurance. DFL House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman voted against her party to eliminate the health insurance for illegal immigrants. Hortman said, “I know people will be hurt by that vote. I […]

June 10, 2025

Kandiyohi Deputies Search for Spicer Man

(Kandiyohi County, MN) — Kandiyohi County deputies are searching for a missing man from Spicer. Twenty-nine-year-old Phillip Iverson was last seen on Saturday. He’s believed to be endangered. Iverson is described as white, 6′ tall, 180lbs, with brown hair and eyes, and wears black glasses. If you have any information, you’re asked to call the […]

June 9, 2025

Willmar PD Asking Public Help in Locating Teen

The Willmar Police Department is seeking the public’s help in locating 17-year-old Anlatayla Amy Ames. She was last seen on April 22, 2025, at approximately 4pm, leaving a group home in the 800 block of Park Ave NW in Willmar. There is concern for her safety and well-being. Anlatayla is a Black female from Oakdale, […]

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