MASON CITY, Iowa – A Minnesota man has been arrested after a check he wrote bounced in North Iowa. Brendan Charles Johnson, of Mower County is charged with ongoing criminal conduct and forgery, after investigators say the 39 year old used a phony check as payment at the Kwik Star in Mason City last year. … Read more
CORRECTION – An Austin busted in a 2022 undercover drug sting has pleaded not guilty in Mower County District Court Thursday. Donal Alvin Bakken II, 29, is charged with more than a half dozen counts of felony drug sales, after police say he sold fake oxycodone pills to a confidential informant for the Mower County … Read more
An Austin busted in a 2022 undercover drug sting has accepted a plea deal in the case. Donal Alvin Bakken II, 29, pleaded not guilty in Mower County District Court Thursday to more than a half dozen counts of felony drug sales, after police say he sold fake oxycodone pills to a confidential informant for … Read more
Austin, MN – The man arrested following a brief standoff in Austin earlier this week was wanted for stealing a vehicle that officers found destroyed by a fire, according to Mower County Court records Thursday. Terrance Book was initially taken into custody after he was found hiding in an attic at a residence on 2nd … Read more
AUSTIN, Minn. – An Austin woman charged with two drug related deaths in Mower County has been sentenced. A judge ordered, Yashica Shenay Thomas, 43, Thursday to nine years and two months behind bars, with credit for 191 days already served. The Austin Police Department says Thomas sold the fentanyl that killed a man and … Read more
Mayo Clinic Health System in Austin and Albert Lea was again recognized by Newsweek on its list of the “Best Hospitals in the U.S..” The Albert Lea and Austin location was ranked among the top 5% of hospitals in the U.S., at No. 193. In addition, Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, has again been ranked … Read more
[faribault county] – A Fairbault County man is accused of hitting a teen girl so forcefully that she lost consciousness. Jason Engen, of Wells, was charged Monday, stemming from a Human Services investigation in January in which the teen told investigators that Engen was angry she and her brother were arguing so he struck her, … Read more
AUSTIN, Minn. – An Austin fugitive was taken into custody after holding police at bay for hours at a residence in southwest Austin Tuesday afternoon. After a lengthy standoff, Terrance Book was found hiding in an attic at the 2nd St. SW. residence. Book was wanted in connection to an armed robbery. Authorities confiscited two … Read more
Plan on slippery road conditions for your Thursday commute as potentially severe weather moves in. The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for southeast Minnesota as 5 to 9 inches of snow is forecast for Thursday, and into Friday, including Dodge, Freeborn, Goodhue, Mower, and Steele Counties. Southeastern Minnesota will see the … Read more
WASECA – A co-defendant accused of intervening in a reported shooting in Waseca in November was sentenced on a weapons charge Tuesday. Khalee Ahmad Fox is accused of taking a gun away from Anthony Deshawn Coleman who shot at a man outside Barden’s Bar on Nov. 10, according to court records. A judge ordered the … Read more