A Medford woman is facing criminal charges after a witness reportedly called her in for drunk driving. Kristin Faye Olson was charged Thursday in Steele County District Court with felony DWI, stemming from a 911 call about a reckless driver on Highway 14 near Claremont. Minnesota State Patrol troopers caught up with the vehicle at … Read more
NORTHWOOD – The vehicular homicide trial of a Northwood woman scheduled to start next month will be delayed. 24-year-old Maggie Harvey is accused of driving drunk when she collided head on with a vehicle on US Highway 65 near Kensett that killed a 45-year-old Albert Lea man and a toddler in Harvey’s vehicle. Harvey’s trial … Read more
MANKATO – A Wells man charged in connection to a 2022 crime spree is pleading guilty. Adam Joseph Willaert, 41, had a plea hearing Thursday in Blue Earth County District Court, stemming from five different cases last year, involving drug possession, vehicle theft, and two burglaies, one of which Willaert was found sleeping at a … Read more
ABC 6 News) – We’re learning new details about a drug bust at an Austin restaurant last month. Court documents for the cases state that 39-year-old Terry Izeal Heggs was arrested at Wing Bazaar in mid-January, after a woman who had a restraining order against Heggs tipped off police when he began working at the … Read more
AUSTIN, Minn. – A Mower County woman charged in a 2021 undercover drug bust has been sentenced to five years probation. Kayla Esperanza Irlas, of Austin, pleaded guilty to third-degree sale of drugs, stemming from a Oct. 20, 2021 incident in which the 24 year old sold 13 ounces of cocaine to a confidential informant. … Read more
(ABC 6 News) – SMART Transit is making some scheduling and fee changes. The bus line announced that Austin and Albert Lea will have new stops in each city on Tuesdays and Thursdays beginning Feb. 28, that will include retail locations previously not offered. And riders will be paying more, as the price for shuttle … Read more
Rochester, MN – A phone call from the Olmsted County Adult Detention Center has led to several felony drug charges against two Rochester residents. The complaint, filed Wednesday, indicate a detainee called his girlfriend on Saturday and asked her to hide drugs for him. Rochester Police then searched two Rochester residences on Monday and found … Read more
FARIBAULT, Minn. — The FBI is now assisting with an ongoing investigation after materials potentially used to create bombs were found in a southern Minnesota home Friday. The Faribault Police Department says officers responded to a family disturbance at a residence on 1st Street Northwest where it was determined an 18-year-old at the home was … Read more
Few details are being released as investigsations continue into a snowmobile crash in upper Michigan that claimed the life of an Owatonna, Mn., woman. Family members have confirmed the 26-year-old was killed Friday night when she failed to negotiate a curve and was ejected from the snowmobile. The victim’s father and a friend attempted CPR … Read more
Alcohol is suspected to have contributed to a single-vehicle injury accident on I-90 in Austin early Tuesday morning. State Troopers responded to the wreck shortly after midnight at the I-90/11th Dr. Northeast interchange and said the 20 year old driver, identified as Devon Lee of Albert Lea, lost control and crashed into the concrete median … Read more