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The state unemployment rate fell 0.2 percent in April to a seasonally adjusted 5.6 percent, according to figures released today by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED). The U.S. unemployment rate was 8.1 percent last …
17 May 12
If someone set out to find a major toxic hazard like mercury, they probably wouldn’t think to look on Craigslist. But that’s just where a citizen’s tip led the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA). As …
17 May 12
Darek Jon Nelson now faces the possibility of life in prison if convicted in the fatal stabbing of 18-year-old Vinessa Lozano on January 13th in Montevideo. Chippewa County Attorney David Gilbertson says a grand jury returned an indictment …
17 May 12
Delbert Huber’s trial for the October 2011 killing of Timothy Richard Larson has been moved to September. In a court hearing Wednesday, The West Central Tribune reports the 81-year-old rural Paynesville man agreed to move …
17 May 12
Wright County Public Health reports that pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, has been confirmed in 77 people since the beginning of the year. Officials say most of the diagnosed cases are in school age children but adults …
16 May 12
A two-vehicle crash southeast of Bird Island sent two people to the hospital Monday evening. The Renville County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a two vehicle crash just after 5:30pm at the intersection of …
16 May 12
Well another Governor’s Fishing Opener is in the books and I’d say our area did ‘em proud. Now I’ve only been to three of these openers, but I did hear from other long time visiting …
