The principal at Halverson Elementary in Albert Lea has been focused on meeting students needs during the pandemic. The past couple of years Tonya Franks has been building on a multi-tiered system of support that looks at academic data and uses interventions to help with learning loss. Franks says the support system also addresses students’ … Read more
AUSTIN, Minn. – A team led by a Hormel Institute researcher is getting $1.8 million to study a rare premature aging disease in children. The money is coming from the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research of the Food and Drug Administration and will be given out over a three-year period. There are currently no … Read more
An Austin man convicted of 2020 drug possession charges while in a school zone has been sentenced to supervised probation in Mower County District Court. A judge ordered 54-year old Thomas Irvin Percival Thursday to two years of supervised probation for a felony 5th degree drug possession charge in connection to a search of his … Read more
(ABC6 News) – An Austin fire that caused $600,000 in damages began because of a small propane torch, Chief Jim McCoy of the Austin Fire Department said. The fire was sparked in the basement of M-D Custom Motorcycles on Feb. 17, when a worker at the repair shop, on 4th Ave SE, failed to properly … Read more
ALBERT LEA, Minn. – An Iowa man caught with pot in Freeborn County last year has been sentenced. Jaden Reese Gardner, 20, pleaded guilty Tuesday morning to fifth-degree possession of marijuana. Gardner was arrested on October 3, 2021, at Harmony Park after Freeborn County deputies said they spotted him smoking marijuana. Gardner was sentenced Tuesday … Read more
ALBERT LEA, Minn. – A Freeborn County man charged in a violent 2020 domestic dispute with his father and brother accepted a plea deal in the case. Brandon Lee Crews, 31 of Emmons, is accused of hitting his father multiple times with a baseball bat, and then crashing his father’s pickup truck into a semi … Read more
Austin, MN (KROC AM News) – Austin police say they still have more questions than answers about gunfire reported in a neighborhood near a school Thursday. Police responded to reports of a shooting in the 600 block of 9th St. NW, which is about two blocks from Sumner Elementary School, and according to a press … Read more
Albert Lea, MN (KROC AM News) – Icy road conditions and snow kept police busy with several traffic incidents in the area last week. The State Patrol reported two separate wrecks that left two people hospitalized. The first was in Freeborn County on I-35 near Clarks Grove, and another on I-90 near Albert Lea. Both … Read more
Who will get bonus payments seems to be a bone of contention for Senate Republicans, after the Minnesota House passed a $1 billion plan Thursday to provide funds for pandemic front-line workers. However, DFL leaders still don’t have an agreement with Republicans in the state Senate about who should get the bonuses and how much … Read more
Austin Police are investigating after a report of possible gunshots near an elementary school in northwest Austin Thursday afternoon. According to a statement from the Chief of Police officers responded to the 600 block of 9th St. NW near the school campus, but did not locate any damage, victims, or shell casings. He said, witnesses … Read more