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(HUTCHINSON, Minn.) Local farmer Eunice Howe has directed a $2,500 donation to the Hutchinson High School FFA. Funded by America’s Farmers Grow Communities, the donation will help the group purchase supplies for its greenhouse and …
07 Apr 14
ALBERT LEA, Minn. (AP) — Delegates to a Republican convention in Albert Lea have selected businessman Aaron Miller to challenge Democratic U.S. Representative Tim Walz. An Albert Lea Tribune report says Miller is an account …
07 Apr 14
Tyson Foods said it is recalling 75,320 lbs of frozen white meat chicken nuggets sold at Sam’s Club locations nationwide after consumers reported finding small pieces of plastic in the meat. Tyson, the largest U.S. …
07 Apr 14
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Most Minnesota farm families could get an extra $260 in property tax relief per year under legislation approved by the House that’s meant to ease the squeeze they’re feeling between rising property …
05 Apr 14
MnDOT crews have been in out in full force overnight and this morning (Thursday/Friday morning) treating the roads and plowing the wet, spring snow. Spokesman Kevin Gutknecht tells MNN it’s easier to clear the highways …
04 Apr 14
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Department of Transportation says crews will undertake 308 road construction projects in 2014. The $1.1 billion program includes 74 projects in the Twin Cities and 194 projects in …
04 Apr 14
The State Patrol is investigating a fatal broadside crash that happened early Thursday evening in Renville County. Details have not been released. The Patrol says the two-vehicle crash happened at about 5pm on Highway 4.
04 Apr 14
Willmar, MN – Julie Buntjer, instructor in the Nursing program at Ridgewater College, has been named by the MnSCU Board of Trustees as one of thirty outstanding educators in the system. Julie graduated from the …
03 Apr 14
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