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McLeod County Commissioners have approved implementing a wheelage tax. The resolution passed on a 3-2 vote earlier this week. The $10 motor vehicle tax will go into effect January 1st. Recently, Kandiyohi and Renville counties …
01 Aug 13
A Darwin man is dead after a head-on crash in Meeker County Wednesday afternoon. 76-year-old Frederic Brown died at the scene. According to the State Patrol, Brown was traveling northbound on Highway 4 when he …
01 Aug 13
The start of a major road construction project on Highway 5 from Arlington to Green Isle scheduled to get underway this week has been delayed by 2 weeks. The $5-million is now set to begin on …
31 Jul 13
The death of an elderly Willmar woman is being treated as a homicide. Kandiyohi County Sheriff Dan Hartog says investigators believe 79-year-old Lila Warwick was killed inside her home on Highway 12, on the east …
31 Jul 13
A Hutchinson youth baseball team is celebrating a state championship. The 14U team won the Minnesota Sports Federation State Championship over the weekend. Coach Mike Marquardt says the team went 6-0 at the tournament, culminating …
30 Jul 13
Paul Anthony Wickenhauser has pleaded guilty to three felony charges for the triple fatal motor vehicle crash last summer east of Willmar. Reports say the pleas to criminal vehicular homicide or operation with an alcohol …
30 Jul 13
If you’re planning to visit the swine barn at county fair or state fair, health officials say you should be careful to avoid potential exposure to swine influenza, especially if you have risk factors that …
30 Jul 13
The annual National Night Out block party celebration will be on Tuesday August 6th this year. Most of the nation, including Hutchinson, will have block parties on that same day. National Night Out, a yearlong community …
29 Jul 13
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