News Staff MANLY – After taxpayer discrepencies the State Auditor released an agreed-upon procedures report this week on the City of Manly. The report cites 14 findings related to the receipt and disbursement of taxpayer funds between July 2019 and June 2020, including disbursements exceeding budgeted amounts, unauthorized transfers, a deficit balance, and separately maintained Fire Department … Read more
A Waseca woman currently serving four years at the Minnesota Correction Facility has been sentenced in three additional, separate drug-related cases in Waseca County Court. Emilie Kay Perkins, 26, is facing multiple convictions, including stealing a vehicle with a child in the backseat outside the Owatonna Public Library. -0-
Mayo Clinic Health System in Albert Lea and Austin moved COVID-19 testing to its main campuses on Wednesday. The decision to relocate was due to reduced viral activity and demand for testing in the region, officials said in a news release. The off-site testing sites on St. Mary Avenue in Albert Lea and 14th Street … Read more
(ABC 6 News) – Rural communities across southern Minnesota will soon have easier access to health care. Mayo Clinic Health System unveiled its new mobile health clinic, designed to improve health care access for those in underserved nieghborhoods. The mobile clinic includes two exam rooms and an onsite laboratory bringing health care directly to patients, … Read more
The Waseca County Free Fair is making a post pandemic comeback this summer, after being forced to cancel last year due to COVID19. The fair will run from July 14 to July 18. The Waseca County Fair Board said restrictions have been lifted. -0-
A child sexual abuse suspect placed on probation has now been ordered to serve jail time. The Department of Correctional Services filed a report in Worth County District Court alleging that Devonta Hinton violated the terms of his release. The 23-year-old is accused of raping a 14-year-old girl in 2019. This week a judge ordered … Read more
(ABC 6 News) – The Austin Police Department said bones found in the Cedar River Tuesday are not believed to be from a human. Austin Police were called after a group searching for crayfish near the South Main Bridge noticed the bones, according to a news release. Officials said they will have them examined. -0-
NORTHWOOD [worth county] – A plea change hearing is set for a Worth county woman accused of stealing money form the Diamond Jo casino. Sarah Daniel originally was scheduled to stand trial on July 7th, but on Monday a District Judge approved scheduling a plea change hearing for July 19th in Worth County District Court. … Read more
ALBERT LEA, Minn. – A Freeborn County man accused of child sexual abuse has accepted a plea deal. The trial of Juan Eduardo Rodriguez Morales, 39 of Albert Lea, started Monday. He was arrested in July 2019 and charged with seven counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct and three counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct. … Read more
LANSING TOWNSHIP, Minn. – A Mower County bridge is being closed to traffic for safety reasons. Mower County Public Works says a Bridge on County Highway 2, east of the Village of Lansing, is being blocked off because of newly documented distress in the steel piling elements of the substructure holding up the bridge deck. … Read more