Albert Lea homeowners could ring in the new year with lower taxes. The Albert Lea City Council approved a 2.87% total levy increase for 2021 on Monday, which was down about 5% from the preliminary levy approved in September. City leaders said a person with a $100,000 home that saw no increase in value in … Read more
An Austin man linked to a Sunday morning shots fired incident at a house party made his first appearance on Tuesday in Mower County District Court. Eric Lamar Starnes Jr., 24, has been charged with felony second-degree assault in connection to a report of gunfire on Third Avenue Northwest where officers found several shell casings … Read more
Multiple deaths related to COVID-19 were reported in the area. According to data released Wednesday by the Minnesota Department of Health, there were three deaths in Cottonwood County, two in Brown County, and one person in Freeborn County died from the virus. Other counties reporting deaths included Lyon, Jackson, Mower, Nobles, Redwood, and Rice. -0-
Austin, MN – An Austin man was formally charged Wednesday in connection to a fatal domestic dispute. According to the criminal complaint filed in Mower County Court, 27-year-old Jaime Vaca is charged with second-degree murder and attempted murder after stabbing his wife and her young son at the family’s home Tuesday morning. Both were airlifted … Read more
FOREST CITY, Iowa – A Lake Mills man arrested on drug charges in July has accepted a plea deal in the case. Law enforcement says while they were picking up two other people in Lake Mills on outstanding warrants, Caleb Robert Angel, 30, walked by with a drug pipe in his mouth, prompting a search … Read more
Freeborn County Sheriff Kurt Freitag has notified the county he will appeal his 2021 salary set by the Freeborn County Board of Commissioners earlier this month. The board set Freitag’s salary at $101,010. Freitag, who is in his sixth year as sheriff, had requested a 2021 salary of $122,370. During the Freeborn County Board of … Read more
(ABC 6 News) – The family of an Albert Lea man arrested after a shoot out with police last month are speaking out. They told ABC 6 News that Devin Weiland was assaulted prior to the shooting spree at the Shady Oaks Apartments, that injured two people, including an officer. The 21 year old remains … Read more
Austin, MN (KROC-AM News) – One of the victims of a ‘serious assault’ in Austin Tuesday morning has died. Austin Police said in a news release that the victim was one of two people who were taken to the Mayo Clinic Health System Hospital in Austin after officers responded to a home on 3rd Avenue … Read more
MANKATO – A Mankato woman is facing criminal charges in connection to an early Sunday morning DWI crash that injured three of her friends. Shanlynn Ann Inglis, was charged with felony criminal vehicular operation and gross misdemeanor DWI Monday in Blue Earth County District Court. The 20 year old is accused of driving drunk when … Read more
(ABC 6 News) – Hormel Foods announced Monday it will order more than 1,200 meals a week through January 29 to support local restaurants in Austin. The program is designed to help keep businesses afloat as the pandemic continues. This is the second time Hormel Foods has done a local restaurant meal program during the … Read more