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A 21-year-old Waseca woman is in critical condition after hitting a tree off of Interstate 35 early this (SAT) morning. Amy Dobberstein was traveling northbound on I-35 when her Pontiac left the roadway and struck …
21 Jan 12
A portion of eastbound Highway 14 in Mankato was closed down Friday morning following a multi-vehicle crash. The crash involved 2 semi-trucks, a van, and 2 passengers cars, and happened at about 9:30am at the …
21 Jan 12
The City of St. Peter’s Alumacraft Boat Company has been sold to a New York private equity firm. Alumacraft employs about 200 people at it’s manufacturing facility in St. Peter. The company has been making …
21 Jan 12
Students at St. Mary’s School in Bird Island are preparing to host Governor Mark Dayton next week. Dayton’s visit is scheduled for Friday, and he will be accompanied by Senator Gary Kubly of Granite Falls. …
21 Jan 12
Kraft Foods has announced that it will be restructuring it’s business, but details on where the company will be cutting jobs remain unclear. Kraft announced last August that it would split into two companies — …
21 Jan 12
A former New Ulm resident now listed as living in Fairfax has been charged with felony burglary for 3 incidents in Blue Earth County last year. 24-year-old Anthony Nicholas Geisler was accused of taking part …
21 Jan 12
A former high school girls basketball coach accused of having a sexual relationship with one of his students pleaded guilty to criminal sexual conduct Friday. 29-year-old Steve Andrew Campbell of Lake Crystal pleaded guilty to …
21 Jan 12
A former pastor from rural Gibbon found guilty of criminal sexual conduct was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 15 years of supervised probation on Friday in Sibley County Court. 52-year-old David Edwin Radtke, …
21 Jan 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 …
