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The spring green-up is allowing authorities to lift burning restrictions in 13 Central Minnesota and Twin Cities metro counties. Restrictions come off at 8 a.m. Friday in Anoka, Benton, Chisago, Dakota, Douglas, Hennepin, Isanti, Pope, …
24 Apr 12
A Cosmos man was killed in a car crash in Renville County on Sunday. 79-year-old Lester Schultz died at the scene. The crash happened at the intersection of County Roads 5 and 4, about 6 …
24 Apr 12
The Red Cross Bloodmobile in the the area this week. Today (Monday), the Bloodmobile is in Watertown at the Community Center, where donors can give blood from 1pm until 7pm. On Tuesday, the Bloodmobile is …
23 Apr 12
The Sibley County Board will be re-addressing a proposal to bring high-speed internet access to rural and urban areas of the county during its meeting this week. The board had tabled a vote on whether …
23 Apr 12
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Endangered Species Coalition, Association of Zoos and Aquariums and Ogden Museum of Southern Art/University of New Orleans proudly announce the winners of the 2012 Endangered Species Day Youth Art …
23 Apr 12
A 32-year-old Hutchinson man was sentenced in federal court Thursday for conspiring to distribute drugs. Joshua Anthony Munoz was sentenced to 10 years in prison on one count of conspiracy to distribute marijuana and methamphetamine. …
20 Apr 12
Bushmills Ethanol, Inc. has paid an $800,000 civil penalty for wastewater treatment violations for discharging wastewater containing unpermitted levels of dissolved minerals (salts) and other pollutants and then providing inaccurate information about the discharges at …
20 Apr 12
The Sherburne County Sheriff’s Office is looking for possible witnesses of a car/motorcycle crash that killed the driver of the motorcycle and his passenger Wednesday afternoon in Big Lake Township. The driver of the motorcycle, …
20 Apr 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 …
