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US Senator Al Franken held his 3rd-annual Hotdish-Off recently, and has now released a book featuring the recipes from the event. The Democratic senator started the friendly Hotdish-Off in 2011 as a way to bring …
07 May 13
One person is dead after a plane crash in Faribault County on Sunday. The incident just south of the town of Easton was reported at around 7:30 Sunday evening. Authorities say that an adult male …
06 May 13
A former Le Sueur man has been arrested for a suspected incident of arson in Winnebago late last week. 30-year-old Owen Scott Poole was taken into custody Thursday following the fire at a residence on …
06 May 13
A trial date has been set for the man accused of attempting to stab his mother at a Nicollet County Park while out on a day pass from the Minnesota Security Hospital in St. Peter …
06 May 13
Minnesota is now the only Midwest state still considered mostly in drought or some form of extremely dry conditions, but that is expected to change with this week’s drought monitor report. Minnesota’s winter-like weather last …
06 May 13
Two men face felony burglary charges in McLeod County Court for allegedly stealing copper from the former Burns Manor Nursing Home in Hutchinson. 41-year-old Bradley Thomas Henkemeyer of Eagan and 43-year-old Timothy Michael Wenisch of …
06 May 13
President Obama on Friday declared a major federal disaster for five southwestern Minnesota counties hit by an ice storm in early April. The disaster declaration includes Cottonwood, Jackson, Murray, Nobles and Rock counties. Governor Dayton …
06 May 13
The Minnesota House narrowly approved a hike in the state’s minimum wage on Friday. The final vote for the proposed series of increases was 68-62 in favor of, with local Republican Representative Paul Torkelson voting …
06 May 13
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 …
