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Minnesota’s top fire official has issued a warning about some holiday traditions. Last winter, structure fires in Minnesota caused nearly $3-million in property damage and killed two people between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day. …
20 Dec 12
MSU-Mankato Football Coach Todd Hoffner will reportedly be reinstated soon. The University announced on Wednesday that Hoffner’s administrative leave ended on Monday, and he remains on the MSU payroll. The announcement says that one complaint …
20 Dec 12
State Representative Terry Morrow of St. Peter is resigning for a new job. Morrow announced his resignation Wednesday. He says he’ll serve out the rest of his current term, which ends on January 8th. Morrow …
20 Dec 12
Another of the suspects in the burglaries at a restaurant and furniture store in Redwood Falls this past September has been sentenced for the crimes. 18-year-old Dennis Lynn Gines III of Redwood Falls pleaded guilty …
19 Dec 12
An 18-year-old Redwood Falls man faces felony charges for allegedly stabbing his step-father over the weekend. James Allen Gardner has been charged with one count of 1st-degree assault and one count of 2nd-degree assault for …
19 Dec 12
A 64-year-old Morgan man was found guilty of 2nd-degree criminal sexual conduct on Tuesday for molesting a young child on a school bus van. Loren Patrick Eisenbarth was driving a van for the company that …
19 Dec 12
The pre-trial hearing that had been set for Tuesday in the murder case against 46-year-old Timothy John Huber has been rescheduled to January 15th. The hearing in Kandiyohi County Court was canceled because the judge …
19 Dec 12
A recent fire that destroyed a vacant shed near Arlington has been determined to be a case of arson. Investigators say the fire at the Cemstone shed in the woods northwest of the Arlington City …
19 Dec 12
The warm, dry weather of the past week gave farmers their best opportunity yet for fieldwork this season. Around 5 days were suitable for fieldwork last week in Minnesota. That let corn planting advance by …
