ALBERT LEA, Minn. – If you use Sibley Ave., you’ll have to find an alternate route. A section of Sibley Avenue will be shutdown for much of Monday as crews do some maintenance work on the roadway. The City of Albert Lea says the closure between Marshall Street to the Salvation Army parking lot entrance … Read more
An Austin man arrested in a 2019 undercover drug bust made his first appearance in Mower County District Court. Vincent Johnny, 30, was charged Thursday in connection to the incident in which he allegedly sold cocaine to a police informant at least a half dozen times, between Nov. 2019, and Jan. 2020. The 30 year … Read more
(ABC 6 News) – COVID-19 vaccinations began at four local community vaccination pilot clinics Thursday. The pilot clinics reported that 2,399 Minnesotans received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in Brooklyn Center, Andover, St. Cloud and Rochester. Five additional clinics will open in the area and will initially serve anyone 65 and older, as … Read more
Austin Police are investigating after a Riverland Community College construction trailer was found abandoned in northeast Austin with over $3,000 of construction tools stolen from it. Officers recieved a report of the theft on Monday [January 18], and said that the trailer had been stolen sometime between January 15th and the 17th from a local … Read more
ALBERT LEA, Minn. – Minnesota’s cold food storage shortage has been resolved. JCW Development announced the company will build a $31 million frozen food storage facility in Albert Lea called Vortex Cold Storage. The 170,000 square foot facility will be temperature controlled with temperatures ranging from 40 to -20 degrees Fahrenheit. The project will add … Read more
MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP, Minn. – Snow and ice covered roads is being blamed for a one car crash on Interstate 90 Thursday afternoon, that sent the driver to the hospital. The Minnesota State Patrol says Kim Elizabeth Kastens, 48 of Wells, apparently lost control of her vehicle on I-90, skidded off the road near mile marker … Read more
AUSTIN, Minn. – A Mower County man charged with nine child sex crimes has been ruled incompetent to stand trial. Curtis Allen Kindschy [kind-ski], 52 of Austin, is accused of sexually abusing two victims, one under the age of 16 and another younger than 13. He remains at the Mower County Jail on $150,000 bond. … Read more
A couple arrested last week [Jan. 15] on myriad charges made their first appearance in Mower County District Court Tuesday. According to the court complaint, Shawn Michael Miller, 32, of Albert Lea was found hiding at, Jade Haley Kulish’s, 22, Austin residence in violation of a domestic assault no contact order. Miller is facing more … Read more
The Albert Lea Healthcare Coalition recently held a groundbreaking [Jan. 14] for the new MercyOne Clinic. The socially distanced ‘drive-in’ celebration took place at the Northbridge Mall where MercyOne will open a primary care clinic, according to a news release, which state the project has been nearly 4 years in the making. -0-
(ABC 6 News) – COVID cases are continuing to climb in Freeborn County. According to the Minnesota Department of Health, as of Wednesday, the county’s most recent data shows the number of new cases has more than doubled. MDH officials attributed the rise to holiday gatherings, youth sports events, and bars and restaurants reopening. MEANWHILE… … Read more