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A Red Flag Warning continues until 9pm today (TUE) for much of Minnesota due to critical fire conditions. The National Weather Service says that the combination of warm temperatures, strong winds and low humidity will …
11 Sep 12
A fire in Olivia on Sunday night gutted the building that housed the Renville County Food Shelf, the Red Cross office, a thrift store and an apartment. Olivia Fire Chief Tim Seehusen says the fire …
11 Sep 12
A Courtland man was injured in a farm accident Sunday afternoon. 34-year-old Darin Drill was run over by a grain wagon at a farm in Courtland Township at about 2:45pm Sunday. Authorities say that Drill …
11 Sep 12
A home in the City of Nicollet sustained extensive damage when a fire broke out Saturday night. The Nicollet Fire Department was called to the Lloyd Zimmerman home on 6th Street in Nicollet at shortly …
11 Sep 12
A Red Flag Warning is in effect for much of Minnesota today (MON). By mid-morning, a drop in humidity, a surge in temperatures and the gusting of winds will combine to cause a critical fire …
10 Sep 12
A 56-year-old Morristown man was killed Saturday afternoon when an SUV hit his motorcycle head-on in Waseca County. The crash occurred at just after 3pm on Highway 13 about 3 miles north of New Richland. …
10 Sep 12
The Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program is teaming up with Health Communities/Healthy Youth to present a Suicide Prevention Awareness program in New Ulm this (MON) evening. The program shows members of the community where to …
10 Sep 12
A Worthington woman accused of kidnapping an employee at the New Ulm Wal-Mart in June and claiming there was a bomb in the store is scheduled to be in court for a pre-trial hearing on …
10 Sep 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 …
