ABC 6 News) – Police have ruled out alcohol as a factor in a two car crash that sent an Emmons woman to the hospital Monday afternoon in Freeborn County. The Minnesota State Patrol said the 31-year-old was heading north on Highway 69 and 720th Ave., near Twin Lakes when she collided a vehicle headed … Read more
ALBERT LEA, Minn. – A sentencing date has been set for a Freeborn County man in connection to a near fatal dating incident last year. Jordon Allen VanRyswyk, of Albert Lea, was arrested in May 2020 on multiple assault and weapons charges for severely beating a woman he had been dating for 3 weeks. The … Read more
The Operation Christmas Child shoebox collection site at Bridge Community Church kicked off Monday. Donations will be accepted at the site through Nov. 22. -0-
AUSTIN, Minn.- The City of Austin is looking ahead to the future and planning for the next five years. A public hearing is set for next month to discuss its capital improvement plan with funds budgeted for numerous projects including infrastructure and the purchase of new fire trucks and police cars. The public hearing will … Read more
Four Albert Lea residents are facing multiple charges after an undercover drug bust. All four suspects appeared in Freeborn County District Court on Monday on drug trafficking charges after they allegedly sold methamphetamine, cocaine or heroin to undercover informants at a home where children were present, court documents state children were present. The next court … Read more
It was a labor of love for one local non profit that rolled up their sleeves and planted nearly a dozen trees on Austin’s East Side Lake. Spruce Up Austin planted 10 trees, many of which memorialize someone. Anyone interested in purchasing a tree in memory of a loved one can conact Austin Parks, Recreation … Read more
Additional criminal charges have been filed against two suspects in connection to a large-scale catalytic converter theft investigation in the Waseca area. Two other suspects were also just charged in the same ongoing investigation, authorities said. -0-
FREEBORN COUNTY, Minn. – Icy roads are being blamed for a one car rollover crash Saturday in Freeborn County that sent a Texas woman to the hospital. Police say, Liliana De La Cruz Villalobos, 49, of Eagle Pass, Texas, was a passenger in a vehicle that skidded off I-35 and overturned at milepost 12. The … Read more
The Worth County Board of Supervisors will meet Monday morning to canvass the 2021 city and school election write in votes to tabulate the winners of available seats. The Iowa Secretary of State asked representatives to audit one of the election races in each county. The board will be presented with the post election audit … Read more
(ABC 6 News) – Former Austin mayor Tom Stiehm [steem] is running for a seat in the Minnesota house. Stiehm, who spent 14 years as mayor of Austin is seeking the Democratic Farm and Labor ticket for District 27b. The seat is currently held by Republican Patricia Muller. -0-