(ABC 6 News) – Rainbow-colored fentanyl, which strongly resemble candy, has law enforcement warning parents ahead of this halloween. Local law enforcement is urging parents to be extra cautious to make sure the rainbow-colored fentanyl pills are not accidentally falling into the hands of children, adding parents should check kids candy after trick-or-treating, making sure … Read more
AUSTIN, Minn. – One of two men involved in catalytic converter thefts in Austin has been sentenced. Austin police say during the drug raid of a home in May Juan Manuel Ordaz Sanchez, 22, of Austin also confessed to helping Christopher Oleson steal about $15,000 worth of catalytic converters from a business on Oakland Avenue … Read more
ALBERT LEA, Minn. – An Oklahoma woman has been sentenced for bringing methamphetamine from Texas to southern Minnesota. Police said Randi Lynn Laumbach, 41, was arrested during a traffic stop last year [October 3, 2021], on Interstate 90 near mile marker 164 in Freeborn County, after a K9 unit sniffed out drugs inside her vehicle. … Read more
FOREST CITY, Iowa – A Mason City woman has accepted a plea deal in connection to a burglary crime spree in Lake Mills. Jennifer Lynn Lindquist, 35, pleaded guilty to one count of ongoing criminal conduct, stemming from thefts that occurred between January 9 and March 1 in Lake Mills, in which police say she … Read more
(ABC 6 News) – The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced on Tuesday it is awarding $1.8 million in grants to help improve health care facilities in rural Minnesota communities. The Emergency Rural Health Care grant money will be used for projects to help rural hospitals and health care providers, including St. John’s Lutheran … Read more
Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News) – A Rochester man was sentenced Tuesday [oct. 18] for a felony conviction stemming from a fatal alcohol-involved crash that occurred just before Christmas in 2020. The judge in the case followed the plea agreement and handed 29-year-old Matthew Shaver a 41-month prison sentence. According to court records, Shaver was driving … Read more
The next local Ruby’s Pantry distribution day will be held this Thursday, October 20th at the Mower County Fairgrounds. The food distrubtion will start at 4:00 p.m. Thursday afternoon and will continue until 5:30 p.m., or until items run out. -0-
(ABC 6 News) – According to the Iowa state fire marshal, open burn bans are in effect for several northern Iowa counties until further notice. Winnebago, Hancock, Mitchell, Floyd, and Howard counties join 21 total Iowa counties who are under active open burn bans. -0-
A two vehicle crash involving a school bus near Bricelyn Friday afternoon, sent a woman and two children to the hospital. The crash happened at the intersection of Faribault Co Rd 2 and 510th Ave., when an International semi pulling a grain trailer collided with a Prairie Lakes bus, causing the semi to jackknife, according … Read more
Four finalists have been announced for the Freeborn County Administrator. Interviews will be held in the middle of November, according to a press release. -0-