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A 12-year-old girl has died after she was hit by an SUV as she was walking her bicycle across a highway in Chanhassen Wednesday afternoon at about 4:30. . Carver County Sheriff’s officials say Amy Marie Trudeau …
01 Jun 12
Police say two people survived when their single-engine homebuilt airplane crash-landed at the Hutchinson Municipal Airport yesterday (Thursday). Police and ambulance were called to Butler Field around 3:45 Thursday afternoon and found the damaged airplane with two occupants out …
01 Jun 12
A Hutchinson woman has pleaded Not Guilty to accusations that she attempted to kill her 5-month-old son earlier this month. 24-year-old Katie Elaine Lewis has been charged with 3rd-degree assault, child endangerment, and domestic assault by strangulation for the …
31 May 12
An Olivia woman will serve over 8 years in prison after drug task force agents seized more than 43 grams of methamphetamine from her home. The West Central Tribune reports 52-year-old Mary Jane Lara was sentenced Wednesday in …
31 May 12
On Wednesday morning at about 7:00 A.M., the Litchfield Police Department assisted the Central MN Violent Offender Task Force, State of MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) and the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms …
31 May 12
Stearns County authorities have released the name of the man killed in a farm accident in Melrose Township Tuesday. The Stearns County Sheriff’s Office says 75-year-old Albert Joseph Meyer was working on a rock wagon when he …
30 May 12
The man accused of trying to kill his mother in a park south of St. Peter made an appearance in Nicollet County Court. 48-year-old Burton James Ewing Jr is facing 5 felony counts for the …
30 May 12
The sharp eye of a conservation officer with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources netted Chien Van Tran, 39, of Otsego, with 413 sunfish and 30 crappies over the legal limit. That’s a gross misdemeanor …
30 May 12
Next year’s Minnesota Governor’s Fishing Opener will be held in the Brainerd Lakes Area on May 8-11, 2014. Explore Minnesota Tourism, the state’s tourism promotion office, organizes this event each year in coordination with a host …
