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July 18, 2025

MN Appeals Court Rules Montevideo Couple Must Pay $100,000 Restitution

ST. PAUL — The Minnesota Court of Appeals this week affirmed two separate rulings by the District Court in Chippewa County ordering a couple to make more than $100,000 in restitution to a Montevideo company. The West Central Tribune reports in separate decisions released Monday (July 14), the appeals court rejected arguments by 51-year-old Amanda Jean Smith […]

July 18, 2025

Testimony Continues in Senator Mitchell’s Burglary Trial

(Learfield News/Detroit Lakes, MN) — Testimony continues today (Fri 9am) in the burglary trial of state Senator Nicole Mitchell in Becker County. The DFL senator from Woodbury was on the witness stand for nearly five hours on Thursday. Mitchell admitted she lied to police, repeatedly claiming she was there to retrieve her late father’s belongings. […]

July 17, 2025

NAME OF GRAIN BIN VICTIM RELEASED

The Redwood County Sheriff’s Office has released the name of the man killed in a grain bin accident near Milroy Wednesday morning.  Authorities say they were called at 9:30 am on the report of a man trapped in a grain bin.  61-year-old Melvin Welu of Milroy was removed from the bin but pronounced dead at […]

July 17, 2025

Hutchinson Man Arrested on DOC Warrant

A Hutchinson man was arrested Tuesday on a warrant for failure to register or check-in as a predatory offender. Hutchinson Police assisted a Minnesota Department of Corrections agent in arresting 25-year-old Eraclio Angel Torres on the DOC warrant. Torres was taken to the McLeod County Jail. In addition, he was formally charged with multiple felony […]

July 17, 2025

Minnesota Senator Tina Smith Hospitalized in Washington, DC

(Learfield News/Washington, DC) — Her staff says U.S. Senator Tina Smith spent the night at George Washington University Hospital. A statement from her office Wednesday evening said, “while at work at the Capitol today, Sen. Smith started to not feel well. She went to the Capitol physician who recommended she undergo more thorough examination at […]

July 17, 2025

Boelter Plans to Plead Not Guilty in State Lawmakers Shootings

(Learfield News/Minneapolis, MN) — The man charged in the killings of former House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband and the shootings of Senator John Hoffman and his wife plans to plead not guilty. The attorney for Lance Boelter says he’s expected to enter a not guilty plea at a federal arraignment hearing on September […]

July 16, 2025

MAN DIES IN REDWOOD COUNTY GRAIN BIN ACCIDENT

A man has died after becoming trapped in a grain bin Wednesday morning in rural Redwood County.  The Redwood County Sheriff’s Office says emergency crews were called to the scene around 9:30 am.  Despite rescue efforts, the man was pronounced dead.  His identity has not been released.  The incident is under investigation.       […]

July 16, 2025

Testimony Resumes in Senator Mitchell’s Burglary Trial

(Learfield News/Detroit Lakes, MN) — Testimony continues today (Wed) in Becker County in the burglary trial of state Senator Nicole Mitchell of Woodbury. Jurors were shown officer body cam footage Tuesday from Mitchell’s arrest after the April 2024 break-in at her stepmother’s home in Detroit Lakes. She tells police, “I just wanted to get a […]

July 16, 2025

Grand Jury Indicts Boelter on Six Charges in Political Shootings

(Learfield News/Minneapolis) – A federal grand jury has handed down a six-count indictment against the man accused of the political assassinations of Democratic Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, along with the shootings of state Senator John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. The six counts include murder, attempted murder, and stalking charges. All […]

July 15, 2025

Woman injured in Brown County Motorcycle Crash

A woman was injured in a motorcycle crash in Brown County Sunday evening south of New Ulm. The State Patrol says 59-year-old Dawn Smith of Mankato was taken to HCMC in Minneapolis for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. Smith was traveling westbound on Highway 68, approaching Highway 15, when she lost control of the motorcycle and […]
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