An Owatonna man is continuing to recover after he was hurt in a snowmobile crash in rural Steele County over the weekend. The Saturday night crash involved a single snowmobile on a trail along the 11000 block of 42nd Avenue SW in Berlin Township near Hope, where deputies with the Steele County Sheriff’s Office, said … Read more
(ABC 6 News) – The Community Learning Center in Austin will soon have a new temporary home. The Austin Public School board met for the first time in 2023 Monday and approved a request to lease office space at Our Savior’s Lutheran church. Back in August, the center’s program had to be relocated into existing … Read more
(ABC 6 News) – An Austin man was arrested and arraigned in Dodge County after an alleged incident this weekend at the Oaks Country Club in Hayfield. According to court documents, a Dodge County sheriff’s deputy responded to the country club Sunday [Jan. 8] about a disturbance involving a weapon, and located 35-year-old Jeremiah Phelps … Read more
An Austin man who sold 27.07 grams of methamphetamine to a confidential informant in 2020, and who also set fire to a cardboard box in a hallway at the Days Inn of Austin in 2021 has been sentenced in Mower County District Court. 46-year old Jesus Manuel Camacho recieved two jail sentences Friday of 289 … Read more
An Austin woman recieved back to back sentences for a 2022 attempted robbery and a 2021 fraud case. A Mower County District Court judge ordered Carlena Chavon Thomas on Friday to serve 17 days in jail in connection to the February 24th, 2022 attempted robbery of the Freedom gas station on 4th St. NW. The … Read more
Austin had one of its first Paint the Town Pink events Sunday. Paint the Town Pink is an annual fundraiser donating money to the Hormel Institute for breast cancer research. Greater Mower County Paint the Town Pink and the Austin Eagles Club hosted the all-day event and said they are hoping to surpass their goal … Read more
AUSTIN, Minn. – A man accused of robbing an Austin convenience store this summer has accepted a plea deal in the case. Austin police say, Derek Joseph Leichtnam, 39 of Austin, broke through the front door of the Apollo III gas station on Oakland Avenue West July 10, and stole 102 vape pens, 19 disposable … Read more
Albert Lea is investing state funding to investigate or clean up contamination sites approved for redevelopment. The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) awarded funding to six communities through its Contamination Cleanup and Investigation Grant Program. The state grants are expected to leverage more than $411 million in private investment, creating or retaining … Read more
Albert Lea’s new mayor was sworn in yesterday. Rich Murray took his oath at Monday night’s city council meeting. After being on the City Council for six years, Murray says he has already got a full slate of priorities for the mayor’s office, including building more housing to keep up with job growth and economic … Read more
Local and state law enforcement will be beefing up patrols for the holidays. As part of the national Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over DUI enforcement and public education campaign law enforcement agencies will be out in full force through New Year’s Day targeting impaired drivers. Authorities said the “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” … Read more