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Health officials suspect a norovirus outbreak is sickening students at Sibley East in Gaylord. One-third of the elementary and junior high students were out sick Wednesday and Thursday with flu-like symptoms. More than 150 students …
17 Feb 12
A couple of state senators will be in Hutchinson this evening (Thursday) to meet with local business leaders to discuss recent tax changes. District 18 State Senator Scott Newman of Hutchinson and Senate Tax Committee …
16 Feb 12
A former St. Peter man accused of killing his infant son in 2010 has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. 29-year-old Christopher Farris was sentenced in Nicollet County Court on Tuesday and received the …
16 Feb 12
A Bird Island man made his first court appearance Wednesday for allegedly stabbing a man earlier this month at a rural Spicer residence. 28-year-old Michael Jon Underland is charged with second-degree assault for stabbing the …
16 Feb 12
Hutchinson has $140-million invested in pavement on its roads…some are in great shape…and some are deplorable, much like any other town or city in the nation. However, on the whole, city officials say the condition …
15 Feb 12
Three of five defendants arrested when Sherburne County sheriff’s investigators seized more than 300 pounds of marijuana a year ago in Big Lake Township were sentenced this week, with one man getting more than seven …
15 Feb 12
Sen. LeRoy Stumpf offered a confession to the Senate Transportation Committee. The West Central Tribune reports the Plummer Democrat said he sometimes speeds while traveling his northwest Minnesota district. “I bring this bill to you …
15 Feb 12
Today (Tuesday), co-chairs Secretary of State Mark Ritchie and Rep. Dean Urdahl, of Grove City, and other members of the Civil War Commemoration Task Force presented the winning design from the task force’s logo contest and introduced the …
14 Feb 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 …
