Blooming Prairie, MN (KROC-AM News) – A Thanksgiving day single-vehicle crash in Steele County sent one person to the hospital. The Minnesota State Patrol identified the driver as 53-year-old Brandon Wagner of Blooming Prairie. He was transported to the hospital in Austin after police say the 53 year old apparently lost control of his vehicle … Read more
(ABC 6 News) – An Albert Lea teen and 2 others were injured in a crash in Winona County Tuesday. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, a 15 year old girl who was a passenger in a vehicle traveling southbound on Hwy 61 that collided with a car heading northbound at the intersection with 54th … Read more
WINONA COUNTY, Minn. – An Albert Lea teen is among three people injured in a Winona County collision Tuesday near the intersection of Highway 61 and 54th Avenue. The Minnesota State Patrol says Jayden Michael Jessie, 18, was driving south and Melissa Susan Markusen, 53, was northbound when they crashed in the northbound lane of … Read more
An Austin man convicted of child criminal sexual misconduct in Mower County District Court is going to jail for a very long time. Dylan Matthew Drees, 26, accused of sexually abusing two girls, ages 10 and 12 on multiple occasions starting in April of 2018, was sentenced Friday to seven years and five months in … Read more
An Austin woman arrested for drug possession during a May 5th traffic stop has been sentenced. Madeline Marie Young, who is currently incarcerated at the Minnesota Correctional Facility was convicted and sentenced Monday to six years and five months in prison. The 37-year old was found to be in possession of just over five pounds … Read more
(ABC 6 News) – Criminal charges were filed in Worth County court on Friday against a Northwood, IA woman who was involved in a deadly OWI crash in July. Maggie Jo Harvey, 24, was charged with 2-counts of vehicular homicide, stemming from the July 29 accident on Highway 65 in which the 24 year old … Read more
As the flu season kicks into high gear Minnesota pediatricians on Monday urged parents to consider alternatives to ER visits for mildly ill children. While severely ill children need immediate care doctors said there are many patients coming in who could be cared for at home. Doctors said they’re seeing an early and busy flu … Read more
A former Faribault Police captain accused of illegally using another officer’s computer to look up a relative’s personal information is now facing criminal charges. Accorcding to charging documents filed Monday, video showed Neal James Pederson, 54, in the officer’s squad car at the time the computer search was conducted. Pederson was issued a summons to … Read more
(ABC 6 News) – The City of Albert Lea has saved a building from demolition, as part of a pilot project to save distressed structures that the city acquires through unpaid taxes. The city council approved the sale of the buiding, built in 1920, to Big Dream Organics which is looking to expand, and the … Read more
Two teens were injured and two other teens were arrested following a stabbing in the southern Minnesota town of Lyle. According to the Mower County Sheriff’s Office, the stabbing happened in the 500 block of 4th Street in Lyle on Thursday evening with the victims – a 16-year-old boy and a 16-year-old girl – taken … Read more