Eden Valley Man Dies After Being Found in Tanker Trailer

An Eden Valley man is dead after he was found in a tanker trailer in Meeker County Tuesday morning. The Stearns County Sheriff’s Office says at 9:47am, deputies responded to 23588 County Road 34 in Eden Lake Township for a medical incident involving a 25-year-old man who fell into a 42-foot tanker trailer and was […]

Meeker County Man Sentenced in Wife’s Death

(Learfield News/Dassel, MN) – Thirty-six-year-old Bryan William Demarais was sentenced Tuesday to more than 30 years in prison for the December 2023 shooting of his wife, Kayla, at their rural Dassel home. Their two children were inside at the time. Demarais also received concurrent sentences for child endangerment and was credited for nearly 20 months […]

ICE Wants to Deport Drunk Driver Who Killed 2 MN Teens in Wisconsin

(Learfield News/Madison, WI) — ICE wants to deport a Wisconsin driver charged with being drunk and causing a crash that killed two Minnesota teens. Noelia Saray Martinez-Avila is charged in Dane County Circuit Court with two counts of homicide by use of a vehicle. Martinez-Avila allegedly was driving drunk the wrong way on a Wisconsin […]

Hutchinson Man Injured in Meeker County Crash

A Hutchinson man was injured when he swerved his motorcycle to avoid a collision with an SUV in Meeker County Tuesday afternoon in Darwin. The State Patrol says 49-year-old Carl Melin was taken to Meeker Memorial Hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. The driver of the SUV, 72-year-old Thomas Carlson of Darwin, was not injured. […]

Special Election to Fill Vacancies in MN Senate Districts 29 and 47

[ST. PAUL, MN] – Governor Tim Walz today issued two writs of special election to fill the vacancies in the State Senate formerly held by Senator Bruce Anderson and Senator Nicole Mitchell. The seats were vacated following the death of Senator Anderson of Buffalo and the burglary conviction of Senator Mitchell of Woodbury following her […]

MPCA ISSUES AIR QUALITY ALERT FOR ENTIRE STATE THROUGH SATURDAY

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency says air quality is expected to reach the ‘red’ air quality index category so an air Quality alert is in effect for all of Minnesota until Saturday.  The MPCA says northerly winds will continue transporting waves of heavy surface smoke from wildfires across Manitoba and Saskatchewan into Minnesota.  The MPCA […]

Veterans Day at Chippewa County Fair

Fatal Motorcycle Crash in Marshall

A 16-year-old boy driving a motorcycle died in a crash with an SUV in Marshall Monday afternoon. The State Patrol says Jaron Kramer died at the scene. The Patrol says he was driving southbound on Highway 23 and rear ended the SUV at Travis Road. The driver of the SUV, 67-year-old Phyllis Kennebeck of Lake […]

Severe Thunderstorms Packing Strong Winds Move Across Minnesota

(Learfield News/Chanhassen, MN) — Another evening of severe weather Monday across parts of Minnesota. The National Weather Service says a line of thunderstorms developed in western Minnesota and produced damaging wind gusts 58 to 70 miles per hour as they moved east. A 70-mile-per wind gust was reported at the Owatonna Airport. The strong winds […]

Anti-Predator Group Captures MN Man Accused of Distributing Child Porn

(Learfield News/Cokato, MN) — A citizen-led sting operation helped authorities arrest a Minnesota man accused of distributing child pornography. Forty-seven-year-old Jason Dalbec faces 10 counts of possessing images depicting minors under 14, including girls as young as five, according to investigators. The Indiana-based nonprofit Bikers Against Predators alerted the Wright County Sheriff’s Office on July […]