[s/northwood] Authorities are investigating the discovery of human remains found by a hiker last week in Mitchell County. The remains were found near the Greenbelt trail near Mitchell just south of Northwood, on July 12th. A media statement says the investigation continues. -0-
AUSTIN, Minn. – An Austin woman charged in a 2019 child abuse case has been sentenced. Sharnaye Latrice Scroggins, 31, is accused of spanking her 3 children with a phone charging cord, as well as punching one of them in the eye, while another child claimed to have been beaten with a spatula. She was … Read more
(ABC 6 News) – The Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Sheriff Kurt Freitag in the dispute over his salary. The Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled Monday that a district court judge acted properly in setting the Sheriff’s salary at $113,952 after the Freeborn County commissioners voted to pay him $97,020. -0-
[n/austin] A helicopter crash in southeast Minnesota killed the Texas pilot Monday afternoon. Authorities said the incident happened as the piolot was apparently crop dusting when the chopper’s blades made contact with power lines, causing the R-44 helicopter to go down and catch fire just north of Austin. The investigation is ongoing. -0-
(ABC 6 News) – A crash in Mower County sent an elderly Spring Valley man to the hospital Monday afternoon. The Minnesota State Patrol said Michael Otterness, 72 collided with a semi on County Road 2 at Hwy 56 in Brownsdale. Otterness was treated for non-life threatening injuries at Mayo Clinic in Austin. -0-
A southern Minnesota man is going to federal prison for dealing drugs in South Dakota. Ojulu Omot of Austin accepted a plea agreement in the case in which prosecurots say Omot began dealing meth at an undefined time and continued to do so until February 2020. He was sentenced Friday in South Dakota Federal Court … Read more
Austin, MN (KROC AM News) – A teenager accused of a drug-related murder in Austin was arraigned Friday in Mower County Court. Conditional bail for 18-year-old Miquel Nunez was set at $500,000 and he was ordered back to court for another hearing later this month. Austin police say the Sioux Falls teenager fled after the … Read more
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) suspended some water appropriation permits in some parts of the state due to an extreme drought, according to the DNR. Some permits affected by the decision include Enbridge’s Line 3 construction project. Dust control water sources and hydrostatic testing and horizontal directional drilling water sources have been suspended … Read more
ALBERT LEA, Minn. – A second person is accepting responsibility for a 2020 fatal crash in Freeborn County. Authorities say Shelby Luv Watkins, 20 of Alden, has pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting criminal vehicular homicide, by letting 19 year old Dominik Boots-Ringeon of Albert Lea drive her vehicle the night of the deadly crash … Read more
Gov. Tim Walz has asked U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to come to the aid of Minnesota livestock producers amid the worsening drought by easing grazing restrictions. Walz asked Vilsack in a letter released Thursday to allow emergency haying and grazing on eligible Conservation Reserve Program acres in Minnesota counties experiencing severe to extreme drought … Read more