Austin, MN – A Mower County man who was charged with criminal vehicular homicide in a 2019 deadly crash has been ordered to serve jail time. 33-year-old Christopher Stewart pleaded guilty in June to the 2019 wreck in which an 89 year old Austin man was killed, according to a court document. Stewart was sentenced … Read more
Rochester, MN – A routine traffic stop ended with an Austin man facing multiple charges. Police said when they pulled over 40-year-old Andreas Andon for speeding in Olmsted County on I-90, he “jumped into the back seat” and his wife then got into the drivers seat. Officers also noted that a 4 year old child … Read more
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz called a mass shooting at an area bar that left one woman dead and 14 people injured “horrific,” and pledged to work with local law enforcement in investigating the violence. Walz is one of many officials who have put out statements following the midnight shootout at Seventh Street Truck Park. Three … Read more
(ABC 6 NEWS) – One person was taken to the hospital after a motorcycle crash in Worth County Wednesday. According to the Iowa State Patrol, a motorcycle was passing a car when it hit a trailer connected to a truck that had turned into a driveway on 410th St. in Joice. The motorcyclist was thrown … Read more
(ABC 6 News) — A Glenville man charged with shooting at a man trying to steal his truck is ‘standing his ground.’ 38-year-old Joseph James Vinton pleaded not guilty this week in Freeborn County District Court in connection to the September 26 incident, in which he opened fire on the suspect when he saw the … Read more
A 20-year-old woman was sentenced to 10 days in jail and up to 10 years of probation Thursday for her role in a fatal crash last year near Glenville beach. Shelby Luv Watkins, who now lives in Mower County, accepted a plea deal in the Aug. 27, 2020 wreck that killed an Albert Lea teenager … Read more
ALBERT LEA, Minn. – A 33-year-old man is in custody after barricading himself in a residence and calling in a bomb threat to a school. The Albert Lea Police Department responded to the 800 block of 3rd Ave. S. Thursday and said Anthony Woodraska was wanted on a warrant from another county. While negotiators tried … Read more
Faribault police were called to break up several fights at the school. In an email from Superintendent of Faribault Public Schools, Todd Sesker to parents and students that was shared via social media there were 8 individuals that were involved with the altercations, and according to the email the students “have been appropriately dealt with … Read more
(ABC 6 News) – An Austin man made his first appearance on murder charges after being extradited back to Minnesota. 27-year-old Me’darian Ledale McGruder was booked into the Mower County Jail on Monday and is facing charges of 2nd-degree murder in connection to the shooting death of 20-year-old Tyesha Gills on July 31st in Austin. … Read more
Tension is high in the small southern Minnesota town of Mapleton after racist remarks were allegedly made by school students, which was followed by an incident at a football game in which a man ripped a Black Lives Matter sign out of a woman’s hands and tossed it over a railing. “There was an incident … Read more