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A 65-year-old Jackson woman has been charged with embezzlement in federal court for allegedly stealing around $108,000 from a bank in Mankato. The US Department of Justice has accused Carolyn Faye Hampel of diverting money …
10 Apr 12
A Level 3 Sex Offender is moving to the City of Belle Plaine, and a Community Notification Meeting is being held later this week. 22-year-old Andrew Charles Haefner will begin residing in Belle Plaine next …
10 Apr 12
Governor Dayton says he’s ready to do whatever he can to urge voters to reject the proposed Voter ID constitutional amendment. Dayton issued a symbolic veto of the amendment Monday, though he has no legal …
10 Apr 12
When Minnesota lawmakers come back from their Easter/Passover Break next Monday, one item on their plate will be how much to spend on renovating Minnesota’s aging State Capitol building. The House has proposed $220-million to …
09 Apr 12
The American Red Cross is holding several blood drives across the local area this week. Patients receive blood from Red Cross donors approximately 21,000 times a day across the US. The Bloodmobile will be at …
09 Apr 12
Five people were injured in a 3-vehicle crash just north of New Ulm Sunday evening. It happened at just after 7pm at the intersection of Highways 15 and 14, the “Y,” and involved a southbound …
09 Apr 12
Around 300 Minnesota National Guard soldiers per-day begin arriving at Camp Shelby in Mississippi this week as they prepare to come home. Minnesota National Guard Mobilization Officer Major Gerald Halloran says that nearly 3,000 of …
09 Apr 12
Authorities in McLeod County are mystified over a child’s tombstone that was found three years ago and apparently dates back more than a century. Sheriff’s officials have been trying to identify the tombstone, with no …
09 Apr 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 …
