(Geneva, MN) – Gun fire at a Geneva bar sent patrons fleeing for safety on Saturday [April 22]. The Freeborn County Sheriff’s Office says a fight broke out between a group of about 10 people at the Geneva Bar and Grill on Main St. W, where witnesses told police a man involved in the altercation … Read more
The city of Faribault could start issuing citations to property owners for over grown lawns. At a City Council workshop Tuesday Police Chief John Sherwin asked the council to do away with the current warning and 10-day waiting period. City staff noted it will be mid-May before the changes could go into effect. -0-
AUSTIN, Minn. – The investigation into the theft of multiple firearms last year has resulted in one person going to prison and another getting probation. The Austin Police Department says, April Taylor Arends, 28, and Bradley Blaine Beckstead, 32, both of Austin, were linked to a burglary of a home on 6th Avenue NW January … Read more
KIMT NEWS 3- Freeborn County Commissioners voted to terminate County Administrator, Candace Pesch during a board meeting Tuesday evening. At the start of the meeting, it was announced that her absence was due to a medical issue, before members took two and a half hours to review and discuss Pesch’s performance and then voted three … Read more
A 35-year-old Minnesota man’s Florida vacation ended with him in jail. According to police reports the Minnesotan who broke into a building in Clearwater, Fl., and was seen leaving with a “trash bag full of alcohol bottles and a fire extinguisher telling officers, “It’s a fun time to be drunk and to have a fire … Read more
CLEAR LAKE – Commuters will have to slow their roll as they travel along county roads on Clear Lake’s south shore. Speed limit changes were approved this week along South Shore Drive near the State Park Campground, which will be reduced from 45 miles per hour to 35 miles per hour. On County Road B-35 … Read more
(ABC 6 News) – State and federal leaders joined Governor Tim Walz Wednesday morning to discuss the latest spring flooding outlook. They say the state is entering what is expected to be the peak of spring flooding. However, if there isn’t any major rainfall in the next week, drier weather appears to be headed our … Read more
The Rice County Public Safety center is under budget and ahead of schedule. According to a release from the Rice County Parks and Facilities the nearly $50 million construction project is currently about 2.5 million dollars less, and 3 months ahead of the deadline. The Public Safety Center is being constructed east of Mn. Highway … Read more
A multi-vehicle crash in southeastern Minnesota sent a Mower County woman to the hospital Tuesday afternoon. The State Patrol responded to the three-vehicle crash on Hwy. 63/16 near Spring Valley and reported two east bound vehicles collided before one of the cars involved in that crash then struck a vehicle traveling in the opposite direction, … Read more
An undercover drug sting at a Faribault hotel resulted in the arrest of a Mississippi man. Police say, Keiamie Degurise Woods allegedly was selling fentanyl pills and marijuana while living at the Regency Hotel on Highway 60, according to a court complaint. The 25 year old was charged with two felony counts of drug sales … Read more