MANKATO – COVID cases are continuing to climb in South-central Minnesota. Nine area counties reported a combined 162 newly confirmed cases Tuesday, a huge jump from the 73 last week, according to the Minnesota Department of Health. All nine counties had at least three new cases. -0-
MASON CITY – An Omaha man charged with vehicular homicide after hitting a pedestrian in a Mason City store parking lot in June has pleaded not guilty. 35-year-old Christopher Rathfon was due in court Tuesday, but filed a written plea of not guilty Monday. He is accused of running over a 62 year old woman … Read more
NORTHWOOD, Iowa – The suspcet charged last year in a high-speed police chase through Worth County will not go to jail. Jordan Maurice Kellogg, 24 of Charles City, has been sentenced to two years of supervised probation after pleading guilty to eluding police in a stolen vehicle on December 19, 2020. The Worth County Sheriff’s … Read more
A Lake Mills woman has been sentenced in conncetion to a drug possession case stemming from an investigation in May. Madison Henderson pleaded guilty to “Aiding in a Gathering Where Controlled Substances were Unlawfully Used,” according to a media release from the Lake Mills Police Department. She was ordered to serve 2 days in the … Read more
The name of a Freeborn man killed in a motorcycle accident Saturday, August 14th, has been released. The Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office said, 56 year old Joe Longe apparently lost control of the bike on Winnebago County blacktop R-50, 140th Avenue, south of the Minnesota border, skidded off the roadway into a ditch and overturned, … Read more
GENEVA TOWNSHIP, Minn. – A two-car crash in Freeborn County left three people injured Monday afternoon. The Minnesota State Patrol says Jessica Mae Brandenburg, 41 of Blooming Prairie, collided with pickup truck driven by Rodolfo Lopez, 24 of Missouri Valley, Iowa, at the intersection of Highway 251 and 850th Avenue. Both drivers and a passenger … Read more
An Austin man arrested earlier this month [Aug. 5] for failure to appear in court is facing more charges after drugs were allegedly found at his residence. According to the court complaint, a Mower County detective found drug paraphernalia and methamphetamine at Troy Arthur Leeper’s, 47, home on 17th Avenue Southwest in Austin. His next … Read more
FREEBORN COUNTY, Minn. – The names of an elderly Montana couple injured Friday morning after a rollover crash on Interstate-90 in Austin have been released. The Minnesota State Patrol said John and Deborah Boosinger’s SUV which was towing a UHaul went over the median and overtuned at milemarker 170 in Oakland Township. Both, 67, were … Read more
ALBERT LEA, Minn. – A Freeborn County judge has dismissed civil lawsuits filed by an Albert Lea restaurant owner against the State of Minnesota, the City of Albert Lea, Governor Tim Walz, and several others. Melissa Lynn Hanson, 57, was charged in early 2021 for opening her business in violation of statewide pandemic restrictions. A … Read more
Teen vaccination numbers has doubled in the two weeks since the Minnesota Department of Health’s ‘Vax To School’ campaign began. According to the Minnesota Department of Health more than 20,000 12 to 17 year olds have received their first dose of the Pfizer vaccine and are on their way to being fully vaccinated by the … Read more