AUSTIN, Minn. – An Austin woman has pleaded guilty in connection to a drug bust last year during a traffic stop. Austin police pulled over, Sabrina Elizabeth Stotlar, 21, on September 7, 2021, on 1st Street SW, and the officer found a small plastic bag of methamphetamine she was trying to hide behind her foot. … Read more
(ABC 6 NEWS) – The city of Austin will soon see some changes. During Monday’s city council meeting members approved the purchase of a new fire truck, a limited use permit agreement to add a new bike trail in Southwest Austin, and the city will also reconstruct 1st Ave. NW from Oakland Ave. W to … Read more
MANKATO, Minn. – A Mankato woman busted in an undercover drug sting in Feb., accepted a plea deal in the case. Casey Ann Voneschen, 45, was sentenced Tuesday to eight years and 11 months in prison, with credit for 63 days already served. She was arrested on February 16 after the Minnesota River Valley Drug … Read more
ALBERT LEA, Minn. – An Albert Lea man charged in two separate burglaries last year has accepted a plea deal in the case. The Albert Lea Police Department says Gerald Leroy Shafer was arrested in July 2021 after he stole a power washer from a shed by the post office on Newton Avenue and later … Read more
ABC 6 News) – The Mower County Sheriff’s office was called in, along with multiple other agencies, to assist with a fatal head on collision that shut down Highway 56 near Waltham during Thursday afternoon rush hour. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, a 61-year-old man was killed when his vehicle, which was heading north … Read more
ALBERT LEA, Minn. – The man who called in a fake bomb threat last year to a Freeborn County school is going to prison. Albert Lea police say deputies were serving a theft warrant on Anthony Jerome Woodraska, 33, at a residence on 3rd Avenue S, when he barricaded himself inside the home, and then … Read more
ALBERT LEA, Minn. – A Freeborn County man accused of assaulting and robbing a woman he’d been dating for a few weeks was sentenced Thursday. A judge ordered, Jordon Allen VanRyswyk, 34, of Albert Lea, to five years of supervised probation for the May 2020 incident in which the 34 year old punched the woman … Read more
(ABC 6 News) – Freeborn county was impacted by Tuesday evenings storms resulting in significant damage in areas east of Glenville. A family-run grain elevator was damaged, leaving mangled metal and debris all over the area. And, strong winds also damaged a nearby home. Luckily nobody was hurt. -0-
ALBERT LEA, Minn. – The man who called in a fake bomb threat to a Freeborn County school last year has accepted a plea deal in the 2021 case. Anthony Jerome Woodraska pleaded guilty and was sentenced recently to one year and 11 months behind bars, with credit for 181 days already served. Albert Lea … Read more
More than 2,200 people were without power Tuesday night as severe weather struck many northern Iowa counties. Alliant Energy reported the outages near Clear Lake, Mason City and Manly, as a line of strong thunderstorms blew through southern Minnesota, with the hardest hit area along the I-35 corridor north of Owatonna where strong winds are … Read more