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Olivia woman homeless after possible arson fire
04/17/13 12:02 PM
An Olivia woman and her room mate are homeless after a suspected arson fire destroyed her mobile home Monday. Olivia Police Chief Derek Lee says the fire is under investigation by the state fire marshal's office and the cause is suspicious in nature. Fire Chief Tim Seehusen says they were called to the mobile home court on Hickory Avenue around 10:30 Monday night, and when they got there, flames were shooting out of the home of Jordana Rose Wentzel. The fire flared up again on Tuesday morning, completely destroying the structure, and Lee says the second fire also was somewhat suspicious. Wentzel, 63, says she and her room mate lost all of their possessions in the fire. Wentzel is handicapped and says she lost her therapy dog and motorized wheelchair scooter in the blaze. Wentzel is also a trans-sexual, and Police Chief Derek Lee says they are looking into whether this could be a hate crime. Wentzel says some area business have agreed to help collect money for housing, but in the meantime she is homeless and living with friends. The Red Cross is helping with some of her personal and clothing needs. Chief Lee says there's no reason at this point to think the fire is connected to last year's arson fire that destroyed the Renville County Foodshelf. (KWLM)
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Molenaar LLC to be sold, close
04/17/13 11:37 AM
A long-time Willmar manufactuer has been sold to an Edgerton company, which plans to move it's operations out of Willmar. Fey (FI) Promotional Products Group has signed a letter of intent to purchase Molenaar LLC from it's parent company, Wilson Tool International. Fey Vice President of Promotional Products Mike Fey says some of the 90 employees in Willmar will be given the chance to MORE...
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Molenaar LLC to be sold, close
04/17/13 11:37 AM
A long-time Willmar manufactuer has been sold to an Edgerton company, which plans to move it's operations out of Willmar. Fey (FI) Promotional Products Group has signed a letter of intent to purchase Molenaar LLC from it's parent company, Wilson Tool International. Fey Vice President of Promotional Products Mike Fey says some of the 90 employees in Willmar will be given the chance to MORE...
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Jury says Schaffhausen was not insane when he killed his kids
04/17/13 07:48 AM
After three-and-a-half hours of deliberation, a
Wisconsin jury ruled Tuesday that Aaron Schaffhausen was sane when he
killed his three young daughters in their River Falls home last July.
Prosecutor Gary Freyberg (FRY-berg) says that while the verdict delivers some
sense of justice, the girls mother (Jessica) and her family, remain
devastated. The verdict means Schaffhausen will go to prison MORE...
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Dead baby found in hospital's laundry
04/17/13 07:46 AM
Laundry service employees in Red Wing found the body of a
baby yesterday (Tue) morning, when it fell out of a bed sheet picked up from
a St. Paul hospital. Red Wing police were called to Crothall Laundry after
the discovery, but say but the body had already been picked up by hospital
staff and returned to St. Paul. Red Wing detectives and St. Paul police have
opened a joint death MORE...
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Winter storm warning on the way
04/17/13 07:27 AM
A winter storm warning may be issued later today (Wed) for much of Minnesota. National Weather Service forecasters are expecting a prolonged period of wintery weather over the next few days, which could include snow, rain, and areas of freezing rain or sleet. They say significant snowfall and icing are possible with this system. There is already a winter storm alert in place across much of MORE...
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Willmar approves financing for big sewer project
04/17/13 07:23 AM
The Willmar City Council is moving forward on a major sewer line project on the west side of town. The council Monday night set financing on the 4.9 million dollar Western Interceptor Sewer Line, which is needed to build a new industrial park where the old Willmar Airport once stood. City Administrator Charlene Stevens says Geislinger and Sons of Watkins will be building the line which will go MORE...
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Willmar government study well underway
04/17/13 07:20 AM
The study of Willmar city government's organizational structure has begun. City Administrator Charlene Stevens says Brimeyer Fursman of Maplewood has already spent about 80 contact hours over the last 2 to 3 weeks gathering information on how the city operates. Last December the group Moving Willmar Forward asked that the study be done and last month agreed to pay $5000 toward MORE...
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Bryan Lydick chosen to lead Redwood Falls Hospital
04/17/13 06:51 AM
The Redwood Falls City Council has appointed Bryan Lydick, of Indian River, Michigan, Redwood Area Hospital s Chief Executive Officer with an anticipated start-date of June 3rd. Lydick is an accomplished senior executive within the healthcare field. He has spent the past 13 years with Mercy Hospital Cadillac and Mercy Hospital Grayling in northern Michigan, most recently serving as Chief MORE...
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