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May 10, 2024

Lake City Hosting Gov’s Fishing Opener

(Learfield News/Lake City, MN) — The 76th Minnesota Governor’s Fishing Opener kicks off this morning (Fri) in Lake City in the southeast corner of the state. Governor Tim Walz and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan are taking part of several activities today including a community celebration this evening. There will be an opening day launch ceremony […]

May 10, 2024

Man Injured in Stearns Co “Farm Accident”

The Stearns County Sheriff’s Office says a Maple Grove man was injured in a farm accident. Deputies were called to a crash with injuries just after 12:30pm Wednesday to a farm field off Manana Road north of Richmond. Deputies learned that 22-year-old Paul Kochenderfer got a pickup stuck in the mud and after getting the truck out, […]

May 9, 2024

Luce Line Trail Group Launches Annual Photo Contest

The Friends of the Luce Line West is sponsoring its third annual photo contest to celebrate the Luce Line State Trail. The contest is open to all. Up to three photos per person can be submitted between May 15 and Nov. 1, 2024. Photos can be of landscapes, plants, wildlife, different types of uses, different […]

May 9, 2024

BCA Identifies Deputies Who Used Force in Chanhassen Incident

​ST. PAUL – The Minnesota Department of Public Safety Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) has identified the people involved in a use-of-force incident May 4 in Chanhassen. Thirty-one-year-old Derek West of Bloomington was shot multiple times and is in stable condition at Hennepin County Medical Center. Two Carver County sheriff’s deputies used force during this […]

May 8, 2024

Corps of Engineers makes adjustments at Lac qui Parle Dam

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is adjusting its flood gates at the Lac qui Parle Lake, near Watson, Minnesota, due to ongoing rain within the basin. Corps water managers increased the water releases today from 2,500 to 3,500 cubic feet per second, or cfs, and plan to […]

May 8, 2024

7000 Turkeys Die in Stearns Co Fire

A barn was destroyed and thousands of turkeys died in a fire in Stearns County last week east of Sauk Centre. The Sheriff’s Office says at about 10:30 last Tuesday night (April 30), they received a call of a turkey barn on fire at 39356 McCormick Lake Road. The 64’ by 200’ barn was fully […]

May 8, 2024

FLOOD WARNING ISSUED FOR MINNESOTA RIVER IN REDWOOD AND RENVILLE COUNTIES

The National Weather Service issued a flood warning for the Minnesota River at Morton which affects Redwood and Renville Counties.  Three quarters of an inch of rain fell Monday night over the Minnesota River Basin near Morton.  Minor flooding is forecast.  The river measured twenty feet at 8 am Tuesday and is expected to reach […]

May 8, 2024

Two People, Dog Dead in Princeton Home Explosion

(Learfield News/Princeton, MN) — Two people and a dog are dead after a home explosion in Princeton Tuesday morning. Authorities responded to multiple 911 calls around 3:55 a.m. reporting a possible explosion. Mille Lacs County deputies found a single-family home had exploded into a “large debris field.” First responders found two victims in the home’s […]

May 8, 2024

MnDOT Selects 11 Freight Rail Improvement Projects

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Eleven freight rail projects will receive a total of $9.6 million in funding to improve freight rail service that supports economic development in different regions of the state. The Minnesota Department of Transportation announced Tuesday that the grants are provided through the Minnesota Rail Service Improvement program with funding approved during the […]

May 7, 2024

Former President Trump to be Keynote Speaker at MN Republican Party Dinner

(Learfield News/St. Paul, MN) – Former President Donald Trump will keynote the Republican Party of Minnesota’s annual Lincoln Reagan Dinner, on May 17th at Saint Paul’s Rivercentre. Minnesota GOP Chairman David Hann says there are indications from the Trump campaign that they consider Minnesota a battleground state. He states the polling is “very, very close […]
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