(ABC 6 News) – A suspect in a triple stabbing in Freeborn county earlier this month appeared in court to Thursday. CK Kyle Kasio was identified by two of the three victims as the person who attacked them on May 16 at their Albert Lea apartment where he was staying as a guest. Kasio turned … Read more
Two Austin men have been sentenced to prison time in two separate cases in Mower County District Court. 32-year-old Jessie Darrell Downer, who is currently serving time in the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Faribault was sentenced to 19 months in prison on drug charges. And, 34-year-old Alberto Gonzalez Garcia, also currently incarcerated in the Minnesota … Read more
Dover, MN (KROC AM News) – An Austin man was hurt late Wednesday night after colliding with a tow truck in rural Olmsted County. The State Patrol says the tow truck was assisting with a stalled vehicle on the shoulder of the roadway on Highway 14 near Dover, just before midnight when the crash occurred. … Read more
(ABC 6 News) – You won’t have to worry about paying late fees for books checked out at the Albert Lea library. The Albert Lea City Council voted on a number of items this week, including eliminating fines on youth materials checked out from the Albert Lea Public Library. Currently, 34% of juvenile library card … Read more
ALBERT LEA, Minn. (KTTC) – First Lutheran Church held a short prayer service Wednesday evening to honor the victims of a Texas school shooting. They lit 21 candles in memory of the 19 children and 2 teachers killed when an 18 year old shooter entered the school. They also pronounced the full names of those … Read more
MASON CITY, Iowa – A final sentence was handed down for a local teen in connection to a double-stabbing last year. David Daniel Gordon, 18 was ordered Monday to spend 10 years in prison for an incident on April 1, 2021, in which Gordon and two others attacked an a man and a juvenile in … Read more
An Austin man facing felony charges for violating a harassment restraining order has been sentenced in Mower County District Court. A judge ordered, 33-year old Trendon James Johnson Thursday to two years in prison for a felony charge of violating a harassment restraining order and for violating a domestic abuse no-contact order stemming from incidents … Read more
FREEBORN COUNTY, Minn. – The name of a Texas man hospitalized Sunday night following a rollover crash on I-35 in Freeborn County has been released. The Minnesota State Patrol said Evan Carl Burgett was a passenger in a Dodge pickup that overturned at mile marker 20 just north of Albert Lea. The driver, also of … Read more
A 19-year-old shooting suspect from Albert Lea who has eluded police for three weeks is now in custody. Javen Juan Moreno was wanted in connection to a May 1 shooting that left a 34-year-old man with a gunshot wound to his upper thigh. Moreno was arrested May 22 and booked into the Freeborn County Jail, … Read more
ALBERT LEA, Minn. – Police are asking for help from any home or business that may have captured video related to Monday’s multiple stabbings. Albert Lea Police says if you recorded any video between 8 am and 9 am Monday along the 200 block of Main Street E, the 100 and 200 blocks of Elizabeth … Read more