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November 7, 2024

Dense Fog a Factor in Redwood Co Crash

A Redwood Falls woman was injured in a crash Wednesday morning where dense fog was a factor. The State Patrol says 32-year-old Amanda Hopkins-Madden drove her vehicle north in Redwood County on County Road 6 when she missed an intersection at Highway 19 due to thick fog and went into a field. She was taken […]

November 6, 2024

MN PUC TO HOLD HEARINGS ON SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA POWER LINE PROJECT

The state Public Utilities Commission is holding hearings this week about a proposed 170-mile high-voltage power line across southwest Minnesota. Xcel Energy wants to build the power line to connect a substation in Lyon County to the utility’s Sherco substation in Becker. Xcel says the line will help the utility connect up to four-thousand megawatts […]

November 6, 2024

Granite Falls Man Who Held Girlfriend Captive Sentenced

(Learfield News/St. Paul, MN) — A Granite Falls man who pled guilty to holding his girlfriend captive and waterboarding her is going to jail. Keanu Labatte was sentenced Monday in Ramsey County Court to 90 months behind bars. The 20-year-old was also ordered to stay away from the victim and register as a sex offender […]

November 5, 2024

Garth Brooks Releasing “The Anthology Part IV: Going Home” in December

Garth Brooks announced he’s releasing the next installment of his The Anthology series, when The Anthology Part IV: Going Home releases Dec. 6th. It will feature never-before-seen photos and recounts the 14 years Brooks spent in Oklahoma after stepping away from the music spotlight to spend time with his children. Garth released a statement saying: “Those […]

November 5, 2024

Kelsea Ballerini Now Has Billboard’s Top Country Album

Kelsea Ballerini’s brand new album “Patterns” debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Country Albums chart. It was released on October 25th and just scored that top spot. In an Instagram post, she said, “I could cry ’til I throw up. Thank you for truly the craziest few weeks of my life. Thank you for unpacking ‘Patterns’ with me.” “Thank you […]

November 5, 2024

Two Injured in Litchfield Crash

Two people were injured in a two-vehicle crash on the north side of Litchfield late Monday morning. The State Patrol says a semi was traveling southbound on Highway 24 and a straight truck was traveling westbound on Highway 12 when the vehicles collided in the intersection just after 11:30am. The driver of the straight truck, […]

November 4, 2024

Could Tom Cruise Be Making A Sequel To “Days Of Thunder”?

It paid of big for Top Gun so could Tom be at it again to revamp one of his other former iconic roles? Tom Cruise is in early talks with Paramount Pictures about returning to star in a sequel to his 1990 NASCAR drama Days of Thunder, sources have confirmed to Deadline. To read more, click here. PHOTO CREDIT: Paramount/courtesy […]

November 4, 2024

Bailey Zimmerman Celebrates His Grandma’s Birthday In The Sweetest Way

Bailey Zimmerman surprised his grandma with her very own Cadillac. He posted a photo of them together on Instagram, and captioned it: “Happy Birthday to the sweetest soul I know😇 GRANDMA GOT A NEW CADDY BABY🥳💨 (Watch till the end to see if it will do a burnout😂) She’s actually 77 but I got the wrong balloons […]

November 4, 2024

One Injured in Kandiyohi Co Crash

A passenger was injured in a one-vehicle crash in Kandiyohi County Saturday morning, south of Belgrade. The State Patrol says 36-year-old Kole Stuart of Denver, Colorado was taken to Paynesville Hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. He was a passenger in a pickup driven by 22-year-old Keon Cox of Monticello. He was not injured. The […]

November 1, 2024

Lainey Wilson Brings Young Cancer Survivor Onstage To Sing

Lainey Wilson is known for bringing a young fan up onstage at her shows and letting them sing with her. Recently in Arkansas, a young girl in the audience held a sign that Lainey read out to the crowd. Lainey said, quote, “Her to-do list is: beat cancer, she did it! Beat cancer again, she […]