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A 19-year-old from Sleepy Eye faces felony charges after items stolen from several motor vehicles throughout Sleepy Eye were allegedly discovered in his car. Steven Robert Schroepfer was caught after reportedly selling a stolen tool …
15 Mar 12
A total of 4 candidates have filed for the District 20 state Senate seat formerly held by the late Senator Gary Kubly. Kubly died on March 2nd from Lou Gehrig’s Disease, and a special election …
15 Mar 12
A 7-year-old child from Glencoe was injured in a 3-car pileup near Hutchinson Tuesday afternoon. It happened at about 2:45pm at the intersection of Highway 22 and Airport Road on the southeast edge of Hutchinson. …
14 Mar 12
The McLeod County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a stolen vehicle was found north of Hutchinson earlier this week. A Hutchinson woman had told police that her car had gone missing sometime between midnight and …
14 Mar 12
An 82-year-old New Ulm woman was injured in a car crash on the south end of New Ulm Tuesday morning. Iuko Poetter was driving a Toyota Corolla southbound on Broadway when she turned left onto …
14 Mar 12
KNUJ’s Hometown Hero for the month of March is Daniel Havemeier of Sleepy Eye. Daniel was driving on Highway 14 east of Essig last summer when he noticed a 4-wheeler flipped over in the ditch. …
14 Mar 12
The Brown County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a daytime burglary that took place in Home Township northwest of New Ulm on Monday. Unknown persons entered the unoccupied residence of Joe Hoffmann at some point during …
14 Mar 12
New Ulm Cathedral High School is hosting the regional Minnesota Large Group Band and Choir Festival today (WED). Ten area schools will be competing throughout the day. Each group performs before three judges and is …
14 Mar 12
A statewide “Click it or Ticket” campaign gets underway today (MON) with extra law enforcement patrols hitting Minnesota’s roadways. The seatbelt enforcement campaign runs through June 2nd. Nearly 400 Minnesota law enforcement agencies will be …
