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Thousands of children are heading back to school today (TUE) and safety officials are reminding motorists to slow down and obey the posted speed limits in school zones. Drivers should try to eliminate distractions as …
04 Sep 12
Five people were injured in a rollover accident just west of Fairfax on Highway 19 Monday evening. It happened at just before 5pm. 28-year-old Dahir Abdi of Marshall was driving a 1996 Lexus westbound on …
04 Sep 12
A Waseca man faces felony charges after an incident at the Mankato Mayo Hospital emergency room early Saturday morning. 33-year-old Casey Lowell Sather was reportedly intoxicated when he was brought to the facility at just …
04 Sep 12
The New Ulm City Council is scheduled to set the city’s preliminary property tax levy for 2013 this (TUE) evening. The initial proposal is for a 19% increase in New Ulm’s tax levy. This would …
04 Sep 12
Construction work on a new roundabout on Highway 14 on the west end of New Ulm continues, with the project slated for completion on Monday, September 17th. Highway 14 will be opened to the public …
04 Sep 12
Sunday is the 150th anniversary of the battle of Birch Coulee, the most deadly for US forces in the Dakota War of 1862. The battle took place about 16 miles from Fort Ridgely, where a …
01 Sep 12
The Renville County Sheriff’s Office and the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension continue to investigate the death of a 56-year-old Cosmos man whose body was found in a cornfield last October, and a reward is …
01 Sep 12
An interchange improvement project at the intersection of Highways 14 and 169 in Mankato has been delayed until further notice. The $387,000 project was scheduled to begin this coming Tuesday, but the work has now …
01 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 …
