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A four-car pileup on Highway 13 between Waseca and New Richland on Friday closed the road temporarily and left one person hospitalized. The chain-reaction crash started with a vehicle driven by 15-year-old Arin Boese of …
28 Jul 12
A 36-year-old Faribault man is dead after a head-on collision with a semi-truck on Highway 60 west of Wanamingo Thursday afternoon. Michael Buck was driving a Mercury Mountaineer eastbound on 60 when he apparently veered …
28 Jul 12
New Ulm Firefighters were called out to the Medallion Cabinetry plant on the west end of town Thursday night after multiple fires within the building’s exhaust system triggered an alarm. The call came in at …
27 Jul 12
The Gaylord Police Department is offering a $500 reward for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for recent break-ins at Gaylord businesses and a church. The burglaries were discovered Tuesday morning. Authorities say …
27 Jul 12
The New Ulm District 88 School Board on Thursday unanimously agreed to ask voters to approve a levy referendum this November. District 88 Superintendent Harold Remme says that the 10-year, $575 per-pupil referendum would raise …
27 Jul 12
The 17th annual Brown County Relay For Life gets underway this (FRI) evening in New Ulm. The activities at the Brown County Fairgrounds kick off with a pork supper at 5pm, with the opening ceremonies …
27 Jul 12
The City of Franklin celebrates Catfish Derby Days this weekend. The festivities kick off today (FRI) with the annual fishing tournament, which goes the duration of the weekend, as well as softball, horseshoe and chess …
27 Jul 12
Two people are dead after a head-on collision south of Belview Tuesday night. The accident happened at just after 9:30pm at the intersection of Highway 19 and Redwood County Road 7. A 2003 Volvo 4-door …
26 Jul 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 …
