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Police are still trying to figure out how a woman turned up dead in a drainage ditch in Meeker County this week. Meeker County Sheriff’s deputies responding to a report of a missing person discovered …
03 Dec 15
The Waseca City Council denied issuing a tobacco permit to Hana Wazwaz, a relative of the man who ran Smokes 4 Less in Mankato and now faces federal drug charges. The council refused to grant …
03 Dec 15
Children will have an opportunity to Shop with a Hero on Saturday in New Ulm. The program is comprised of jailers, police officers, ambulance personnel and firefighters. After the children are dropped off at the …
03 Dec 15
The agricultural education program at Springfield High School is one of six in the nation that received the Outstanding Education Program award. High School Ag Teacher T. J. Brown accepted the award at a convention …
03 Dec 15
The Meeker County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the cause and manner of death for a person who was initially reported missing. After receiving the missing person’s report deputies responded to a residence in the 31000 …
02 Dec 15
A former Willmar teacher was sentenced to three years in prison Monday in Kandiyohi County District Court. Thirty-five-year-old Chad Jeffrey Akerson of Willmar was 29 and his victim was 15 when he started having regular …
02 Dec 15
At least three motorists were killed during Minnesota’s first winter storm of the season Monday and Tuesday. According to the state patrol one motorist died in a head-on collision on icy roads Tuesday morning in …
02 Dec 15
Even though the state’s snowmobile trails are open the Department of Natural Resources is encouraging you to hold off before breaking out the sled. The DNR’s Kim Lockwood says a minimum of 12 inches of …
02 Dec 15
The KNUJ Hometown Hero Luncheon was held today to honor this past 2016-17 Heroes in the KNUJ listening area. Congratulations Jim Neid of St. James, Brian Longtin of New Ulm, Glenn Howell of Sleepy Eye, …
