Content found for
Disaster_Accident
Articles
A Cokato man will stand trial in Willmar September 10th for charges in connection with a drunk driving fatal crash last year ...
(Phoenix, AZ) -- Less than two weeks ago the Minnesota Lynx handed thePhoenix Mercury a 99-79 loss at the Target Center. Toni...
(Hinckley, MN) -- Authorities are trying to locate the driver who struck down a military veteran near a ramp on Interstate 35...
(Minneapolis, MN) -- Today marks the three-year anniversary of the largest single-day tornado outbreak in Minnesota history (...
An Eagan woman was hurt in a paragliding accident near Cosmos Saturday night. The Meeker County Sheriff's Department says...
An Eagan woman was hurt in a paragliding accident near Cosmos Saturday night. The Meeker County Sheriff's Department says...
A motorcyclist hit the pavement this morning after getting hit by a deer near Grove City. The state patrol says the man was p...
The identity of a woman killed in a car fire during morning rush hour yesterday (Wed) in Bloomington still has not been relea...
(Hastings, MN) -- A 17-year-old boy is charged in Dakota County juvenile court with criminal vehicular homicide for an August...
The body of a man who ran from a car crash in Benton County was found in a lake Saturday night. The state patrol says at 11:3...
An Alexandria man was hurt this weekendwhen his van hit a boat and trailer that came loose from an on-coming pickup. 72-year-...
A Kingston man was hurt in an ATV accident Saturday night. The Meeker County Sheriff's Office, Dassel Rescue, and Gold Cr...
Law enforcement officers in Kandiyohi and Swift Counties cited 118 unbelted drivers from May 20 June 2 as part of a Click It...
Two people were hurt in a two vehicle accident in Renville County Saturday afternoon. The Sheriff's Office received a rep...
(St. Paul, MN) -- Minnesota is on pace to have fewer fire fatalities in 2013 than last year. Fifty people died in fires in 20...
(Washington, DC) -- The Senate is expected to pass the farm bill now that they are back from recess, and Minnesota U.S. Senat...
Motorists will encounter lane closures beginning Friday, June 7, as crews resurface Highway 40 from Highway 119 to Highway 7 ...
The Minnesota Department of Public Safety reports an11-percent decline in fire deaths for 2012. While 56 people were killed i...
Two crashes in Stearns County Sunday hurt a Brooten teen and a man from Sunburg. At 4:49 p.m. a motorcycle driven by 42-year-...
The Meeker County Sheriff's Office says several people were hurt in a one vehicle rollover Saturday morning. At 5:27 A.M....
Later this year, Aaron Valiant's job will change from chasing down dogs and directing traffic around accidents in Willmar...
It was a deadly weekend on Minnesota roads. The state patrol reports five fatal traffic accidents since Friday afternoon. On ...
(Alexandria, MN) -- A 28-year-old man was stabbed to death in Alexandria Saturday. Authorities responded to a call yesterday ...
It's been a deadly weekend on Minnesota roads. On Saturday afternoon, a 63-year-old Elk River woman died in a three-vehic...
The Otter Tail County Sheriffs Office is looking for thedriver of a pickup who clipped a horse drawn buggy. The Dodge pickup ...
The state patrol reports three fatal traffic accidents since yesterday afternoon. At 4:09 p.m. 54-year-old Dennis Twite of Ca...
A Holloway woman was killed when the van she was riding was hit by a pickup on the west side of Montevideo yesterday afternoo...
A lot can happen in two or three minutes during stormseason, and a thunderstorm that moved through southeastern Minnesota lat...
A Willmar man faces several charges after fleeing police in a stolen car and crashing on I-94. Willmar Police say a Jeep was ...
At least three people died on Minnesota roads over theMemorial Day weekend. Minnesota State Patrol officials say one person w...
Three people were hurt when their off-road SUV crashed into a tree while driving in a mud pit in Meeker County Friday night. ...
(Douglas County, MN) -- Officials have identified the victim of a fatal crash Saturday morning in Douglas County. Nineteen-ye...
(St. Paul, MN) -- The investigation at Lilydale Regional Park continues after a gravel slide resulted in the deaths of two ch...
St. Paul first responders rescued a man Thursday who fell off a bluff on the Mississippi River. Fire officials say the man wa...
The search for a fourth grade student killed yesterday(Wed) when a bluff along the Mississippi River gave way at Lilydale Reg...
Wet conditions have lowered the fire danger and prompted the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to lift burning restrictio...
The American Red Cross is working around the clock to help people in Oklahoma after Monday’s devastating tornadoes with...
The Kandiyohi County Public Works Department office in Willmar announced today that, weatherpermitting, work will begin Tuesd...
Severe storms rumbled across eastern Minnesota andwestern Wisconsin last (Sun) night, and some areas could see continued roug...
Motorists and passengers are reminded to buckle up this spring as extra Click It or Ticket seat belt patrols take to the road...
Minneapolis police have released the name of theofficer who was driving a squad involved in a fatal crash last week. OfficerJ...
(St. Paul, MN) -- The D-F-L's 800-million dollar bonding bill went down in defeat this afternoon after failing to get the...
A man is dead after falling from the top of Barn Blufflast night in Red Wing. Witnesses were peforming C-P-R on the victim wh...
With the stretch of dry weather this week some grassfires has flared up around the county. Earlier this week there were scatt...
-- The American Red Cross has deployed response teams to north-western Minnesota and western Wisconsin after wildfires broke ...
Two people were hurt in a car-van crash in Montevideo yesterday. The state patrol says at 11:30 a.m. a car driven by 89-year-...
Wildfires destroyed several dozen homes and burned more than32 square miles this week in northern Minnesota and Wisconsin. Th...
(Grand RApids, MN) -- Fire crews are battling two separate wildfires on the Red Lake Indian Reservation in northwest Minnesot...
Later today a "Fire Weather Watch" will be issued formost of central and south-central Minnesota. Strong winds, hig...
On Monday May 13th, at 7:00 p.m., the Meeker County Sheriff s Office received a 911 callreporting a personal injury accident ...
Later today a "Fire Weather Watch" will be issued formost of central and south-central Minnesota. Strong winds, hig...
The Minneapolis Star Tribune says the driver of a tanker truck that was struck by a freight train west of Murdock last week d...
A rural Darwin man is charged with DWI after an ATV accident that seriously injured a child. The Meeker County Sheriff's ...
A man is dead and two women slightly injured after an incident near Granite Falls Sautrday morning. The Yellow Medicine Count...
(New York, NY) -- 5-13-13-- The family of the late Derek Boogaard has reportedlyfiled a wrongful-death lawsuit against the NH...
(Minneapolis, MN) -- Two Minneapolis police officers are reportedly instable condition at Hennepin County Medical Center afte...
A Hutchinson man is hospitalized after a motorcycle crash in Meeker County last night. The sheriff's department says at 7...
The flu season, which peaked in January is going down inthe history books as one of the most severe in Minnesota. Three moref...
Highway 12 west of Murdock reopened to traffic at noon yesterday. Swift County Sheriff John Holtz says they cleaned up the wr...
The state patrol says three men were hurt in a one vehicle rollover last night south of Cosmos. The crash was reported on Hig...
(Alexandria, MN) -- State Troopers responding to a report of a semi on its side on Interstate-94 near Alexandria were surpris...
Motorists and passengers are reminded to buckle up this spring as extra Click It or Ticket seat belt patrols take to the road...
Fire destroyed a bus that had been carying the BOLD Baseball Team from Olivia to Redwood Falls Monday. The Renville County Sh...
Some of the heavy snow that fell last week is now flowingdown the Saint Croix and Mississippi Rivers. That generated flood wa...
What may be causing the alarming decline in honey beepopulations? A new report has some answers. Dr. Sonny Ramaswamy(RAM'...
Burning restrictions go into effect today (Mon8am) for 13counties across central Minnesota. D-N-R fire information officer Je...
5-5-13 Minnesota is now the only Midwest state still considered mostly in drought or some form of extremely dry conditions, b...
(St.Paul, MN) -- President Obama has declared a major federal disaster for five southwestern Minnesota counties affected by a...
(Fargo, ND) -- After a long wait, the Red River in Fargo-Moorhead has crested well under earlier projections in a range of 38...
(Rochester, MN) -- The overnight snowstorm that hit southeastern Minnesota has left the city of Rochester at a virtual stand ...
A rare May snowstorm is expected to impact a broadswath of Minnesota beginning later today (Wed). The National Weather Servic...
Two men who helped at the scene of a horrible traffic crash near Willmar last year have recieved lifesaving awards from the M...
Two men who helped at the scene of a horrible traffic crash near Willmar last year have recieved lifesaving awards from the M...
Drivers planning a, eastbound trip this evening (Tue)along I-94 between St. Cloud and Clearwater will have to make alternativ...
With the prom coming up Friday at both Willmar and New London Spicer High Schools, police want to stress traffic safety. Will...
The National Weather Service says the Red River is expectedto crest in Fargo/Moorhead at 37 feet sometime early Wednesday mor...
At 6:09 Saturday morning the Meeker County Sheriff's Office received a report of a one vehicle accident on 624th Avenue a...
Traffic crashes are the leading cause of death for young people. Traffic Safety Day activities on Tuesday, April 30 will give...
(Fridley, MN) -- A four-year-old boy is among the seven seriously injured after a rollover SUV crash in Fridley yesterday. Ac...
(St.Paul, MN) -- Governor Dayton is asking President Obama for a major disaster declaration after the recent winter storm. Th...
A Willmar man was hurt in a crash involving a semi and a mini van between Litchfield and Grove City this morning. The Meeker ...
The latest flood forecast from the National WeatherService shows a crest on the Red River at Fargo-Moorhead between38-and-40-...
An explosion at en energy plant in Shakopee rattledwindows, shook buildings, and prompted evacuations but nobody was hurt.Kod...
Forecasters have lowered the expected Red River crest atWahpeton (WOP'-uh-tin)-Breckenridge, but 2013 is still expected t...
The Willmar Salvation Army has deployed it's Mobile Emergency Disaster Canteen truck to Fargo to help feed flood defense ...
Citizens and government officials weren't happy with new flood maps released by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. ...
One person was killed and three people were injured in a crash north of Montevideo yesterday afternoon. The state patrol says...
(Fargo, ND) -- Plans are now in place for building clay levees and sandbag dikes in Fargo and Cass County to protect against ...
(Shakopee, MN) -- Police have arrested one suspect and are searching two others following a fatal shooting at a Shakopee apar...
Bad visibility from snow and blowing snow and slippery roads caused a lot of vehicle crashes yesterday. A rollover occured we...
Fire heavily damaged a house in New London Wednesday night. Fire Chief Sig Holm says the fire at the Gary and Kathy Dahlberg ...
The Benson City Council has decided not to build a dike to protect the Hawleywood Addition in northwest Benson from floodwate...
(Sauk Centre, MN) -- An 18-year-old woman was killed Monday in a two-vehicle crash in Sauk Centre. According to police, Anne ...
A winter storm warning may be issued later today (Wed) for much of Minnesota. National Weather Service forecasters are expect...
Concerns about heavy snow that has recently fallen on the Red River Valley and the potential for more snow this week has prom...
(Boston, MA)--4-16-13-- Police say at least three people have been killed in the explosions near thefinish line of the Boston...
(Boston, MA)-- 4-16-13-- Police say at least three people have been killed in the explosions near thefinish line of the Bosto...
Minnesotans have been pretty vocal about the late season snowstorm that has stretched across the state for the last several d...
(Undated) -- Minnesotans have been pretty vocal about the late season snowstorm that has stretched across the state for the l...
Authorities have identified the woman killedWednesday in Detroit Lakes during an apparent argument in a downtownapartment. Th...
A Winter Storm Warning remains in effect for most of westcentral Minnesota, including the Twin Cities metro, and it's exp...
Renville and Yellow Medicine Counties have pulled snowplows off county roads until further notice. The Minnesota Department o...
(Various) -- A late winter storm with freezing rain and ice is causing major problems in southwestern Minnesota, and that are...
At 12:31 yesterday afternoon, Litchfield Police responded to, and the Meeker County Sheriff's Office dispatched Litchfiel...
The Mayor of Maynard has declared a state of emergency due to problems with the city's sewer lines and wastewater treatme...
A late season winter storm is expected to impact a major portion of Minnesota today through Thursday. The National Weather Se...
The Hector man involved in a violent crash with a Renville County Sheriff's Department squad car in Olivia Saturday night...
Three people were hurt in a crash west of New London Thursday night. The state patrol says a jeep driven by 34-year-old Carlo...
The Kandiyohi County Public Works Department office in Willmar says 37th Street NE, located southeast of Eagle Lake, will be ...
Benson City Manager Rob Wolfington says he's pretty confident flooding will not be a problem on the Chippewa River this s...
Benson City Manager Rob Wolfington says he's pretty confident flooding will not be a problem on the Chippewa River this s...
(St. Paul, MN) -- The state Health Department is confirming two influenza-related deaths during the last week of March. The f...
Yesterday afternoon at 5:12, the Meeker County Sheriff's Office received a 911 call of a barn on fire located at 59157 U....
Fargo Mayor Dennis Walaker (WALL'-ah-ker) is optimistic. A veteran of 13 floods, the former city public works operations ...
(Hawley, MN) -- Authorities say fog was likely a factor in a small plane crash in Clay County Friday that killed the pilot. F...
(Undated) -- There's one sure sign warmer weather is around the corner: Mn-DOT announced their 2013 summer construction p...
(Chanhassen, MN) -- Not quite yet. National Weather Service meteorologist Dave Kallenbenz says warmer temperatures this week ...
(St.Paul, MN) -- Sixty-seven percent of the land in Minnesota is experiencing extreme or severe drought and state lawmakers w...
(Parkers Prairie, MN) -- The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is monitoring the oil spill that happened this morning when a...
Minneapolis police are looking for a suspect in a fatal hit-and-run that occurred early Saturday morning. Investigators belie...
Minneapolis police are looking for a suspect in a fatal hit-and-run that occurred early Saturday morning. Investigators belie...
Minneapolis police are looking for a suspect in a fatal hit-and-run that occurred early Saturday morning. Investigators belie...
This morning's Radio For Relief event at the Willmar Fire Station parking lot raised $49,658 and 6995 pounds of food....
Willmar Area Foodshelf officials hope to raise more than 40,000 dollars and pounds of food during Friday's Radio For Reli...
-- An updated flood forecast from the National Weather Service shows there's a 50-percent chance the Red River at Fargo-M...
A Watkins man is hospitalized after his car collided with a snowplow in Meeker County this morning. The sheriff's office ...
Meeker County Coroner Dr. A. Quinn Strobl presented her annual report to the Meeker County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday....
Three people were hurt in a crash near St. Martin yesterday. At 12:39 p.m. a car driven by 19-year-old Rebecca Gray of St. Ma...
The state patrol has released the names of the people injured in a two vehicle crash Sunday night on Highway 29 north of Glen...
The Yellow Medicine County Sheriff's Office believes alcohol and speed were a factor in a crash that injured two people n...
A blizzard that will impact the morning commute for many in Minnesota has closed three major highways, and has officials in w...
(St. Paul, MN) -- The March 15th deadline for Minnesota farmers to finalize a crop insurance plan is fast approaching. State ...
Highway 212 between Granite Falls and Montevideo was closed from 11:30 a.m. to10 p.m. Friday after a pickup collided with a s...
Highway 212 between Granite Falls and Montevideo was closed from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday after a pickup collided with a s...
A Darwin man was hurt in an auger accident at his farm yesterday, and a subsequent fire destroyed several thousand bushels of...
Three Twin Cities residents were hurt in a one vehicle rollover between Granite Falls and Sacred Heart this morning. The Renv...
Snow and slick roads caused dozens of accidents yesterday. 8:04 two cars collided on Highway 67 at Redwood County Road 13. Th...
The winter storm that dropped about 5 inches of snow locally has become steady and heavy in the Twin Cities area. The Minneso...
Some livestock was lost in a barn fire in Meeker County yesterday. The sheriff's office says at 5:18 p.m. they were calle...
Another winter storm is moving into central andsouthern Minnesota, and forecasters say it will pack a one-two punch. Firstthi...
The Meeker County Sheriff's Department says the locomotive on a train started on fire Saturday night. At 8:29 p.m. they a...
(Undated) -- Minnesota issued its first Amber Alert through the federal Wireless Emergency Alert system in a recent child abd...
The North Dakota oil boom has prompted Delta Airlines to addtwo daily nonstop flights between the Twin Cities and Dickinson, ...
A Glenwood woman was killed and another woman was injured in a two-vehicle crash in Pope County yesterday morning The state p...
Interim Superintendent John Widvey at the Renville County West School District says it could have been a lot worse. At 7:30 M...
A Rural Silver Lake man died Saturday when he lost control of his snowmobile and crashed into a moving train in Dassel. Accor...
(Eagan, MN) -- A 24-year-old Eagan woman is dead following a two-vehicle crash this (Fri) morning on snowy Highway 13 south o...
The Minnesota Department of Public Safety credits anew type of Amber Alert for the safe recovery of an abducted child Wednesd...
(Fargo, ND) -- The chance of major Red River flooding at Fargo jumped from six percent last month to 79 percent in the latest...
Despite all the snow we've had throughout the state thiswinter, experts say a severe drought persists. State Climatologis...
A pilot was killed in a small plane crashed last (Wed) night in centralMinnesota. The single-engine propeller plane crashed o...
The Minnesota Department of Transportation and the Minnesota State Patrol are working to open highways in West Central Minnes...
Strong winds, blowing snow and slick roads have led to a handful of crashes in the area this morning, including a fatal. Arou...
Strong winds, blowing snow and slick roads have led to a handful of crashes in the area this morning, including a fatal. Arou...
Two people were hurt in a one vehicle rollover in Stearns County Saturday afternoon. The sheriff's office says a car driv...
A snowmobile accident in Stearns County Friday sent a teen to the hospital. The sheriff's Department says at 1:48 p.m. Fr...
Influenza continues to loosen it's grip on Minnesota, butseveral people still lost their lives to the illness last week. ...
(St. Paul, MN) -- 2-14-13-- The Wild begin a brief two-game homestand tonightagainst the Colorado Avalanche in St. Paul. Minn...
The Olivia Police Department says the man who died in an apartment fire last Thursday died of natural causes, and that the fi...
(San Fran Twnshp, MN) -- The State Fire Marshal's Office is investigating a morning fire (Tues) at a Carver County dairy ...
Although the snow has stopped falling and Minnesota highways are back open, the Minnesota Department of Transportation contin...
For many teens in this area 54 year ago, a concert by many top rock and roll stars like Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper and Richi...
Stearns County Authorities have identified the man killed in a one-vehicle rollover Saturday night near St. Martin. 45-year-o...
A 45-year-old man is dead following a crash in Stearns County Saturday night. The Sheriff's office says the man wastravel...
The Minnesota Department of Transportation and the Minnesota State Patrol closed Interstate 94 from Moorhead to Alexandria, H...
As of 10 a.m Sunday morning the Kandiyohi County Sheriff's Office is advising no travel due to rapidly deteriorating driv...
2-10-13 One man is dead and another injured after an apparent stabbing in north Minneapolis. Officers responded to a call at ...
The name of the man killed in the Thursday morning fire in Olivia has been released. The Olivia Police Department says he was...
-- Former G-O-P Senate staffer Michael Brodkorb was over thelegal limit to drive when he crashed his car last month in Mendot...
A fire at an apartment building in Olivia yesterday morning killed one person and has displaced 15 others. The Olivia Police ...
A fire at an apartment building in Olivia this morning killed one person and has displaced 15 others. The Olivia Police Depar...
An Olivia woman was hurt in a two vehicle crash on Highway 71 in Renville County yesterday afternoon. The state patrol says i...
A Granite Falls man was killed in a freak traffic crash in Milan this morning. The state patrol says at 6:48 a.m. a semi haul...
(Worthington, MN) -- Icy roads were a factor in a weekend crash on Interstate 90 that killed a boy and left three others in c...
(Austin, MN) -- Officials say the man who died in a crash after a police chase Friday killed his father before the chase bega...
(Austin, MN) -- One person is dead after a police chase the Minnesota State Patrol says involved officers from six different ...
A man is dead after a workplace accident in Renville yesterday afternoon. The Renville County Sheriff's Department says t...
MnDot is warning drivers across much of Minnesota ofdifficult driving conditions for the morning commute because of an ice st...
(Freeport, MN) -- A crash just east of Freeport closed Interstate 94 for several hours early this (Monday) morning. A semi tr...
A two vehicle crash involving a deer in Meeker County sent two people to the hospital early this morning. The Meeker County S...
A Minnesota State trooper was injured in a crash on theexit ramp from westbound Interstate 494 to northbound Interstate 35W i...
(Redwood Falls, MN) -- Several residents of an apartment complex in Redwood Falls are without a place to stay after a fire at...
Sentencing is today (Friday 9AM) in Glenwood, for the manconvicted of killing the son of a Minnesota basketball coach in a Ju...
Sentencing is today (Friday 9AM) in Glenwood, for the manconvicted of killing the son of a Minnesota basketball coach in a Ju...
(St. Paul, MN) -- During the latest reporting week, 15 people died from flu-related complications across the state bringing t...
(St. Paul, MN) -- Former G-O-P Senate staffer Michael Brodkorb remains hospitalized at Regions Hospital in St. Paul after a c...
Former G-O-P Senate staffer Michael Brodkorb is in critical condition following a car crash Wednesday night in Mendota Height...
Fire destroyed a large garage at a residence between New London and Spicer late this morning. New London Fire Chief Sig Holme...
(Minneapolis, MN) -- Emergency shelters around the state are at or near full capacity due to the extreme cold. The Salvation ...
(Washington, DC) -- The group Environment Minnesota is pleased with President Obama's pledge about global warming in his ...
Fire pretty much destroyed a house near Watkins last night. The Meeker County Sheriff's Department says around 6:30 p.m. ...
(Willmar, MN) The Minnesota Department of Transportation announced short-term road closures on Highway 23 and Highway 7 near ...
(St. Paul, MN) -- The Minnesota Department of Public Safety is reminding motorists to use extra caution in the winter months....
(Minnetrista, MN) -- An infant is still in critical condition today after the vehicle she was in fell through the ice on Lake...
Authorities are expected to release more informationtoday on a high risk welfare check in North Mankato that left one persond...
Fire crews from Willmar, Spicer and Kandiyohi battled a house fire in Willmar for several hours yesterday. The fire in the tw...
Road turned slick yesterday afternoon causing dozens of crashes and rollovers in west central Minnesota. 43-year-old Rita Smi...
Last night at 9:21, the Meeker County Sheriff's Office and the Watkins Fire Department responded to 36649 657th Avenue, f...
Three members of a Mississippi family are dead and one injured after a one-vehicle crash Saturday in northern Minnesota. The ...
(Undated) -- 1-13-14-- The 48-game NHL season will begin on Saturday with theMinnesota Wild entertaining the Colorado Avalanc...
(St. Paul, MN) -- Minnesota consumers are urged to use caution when buying a used vehicle. That's because flood-damaged v...
(Apple Valley, MN) -- A Rosemount man will spend 60 days in jail for leaving the scene of a fatal accident almost four years ...
Kandiyohi County is getting help from a special MnDot fund to improve safety at two dangerous intersections. Over the years, ...
A farmer and his employee worked frantically to save a building and haybales south of Melrose last night. The Stearns County ...
Minneapolis officials say water pressure is back tonormal for most residents and businesses after a broken water main flooded...
During the latest reporting week 226 people werehospitalized with the flu across Minnesota. Since the start of the season,nea...
One person is dead and another is in critical condition after a two-vehicle crash on New Year's Eve in Itasca County. The...
Dangerously cold temperatures and wind chills have moved into the area, making traveling a potentially hazardous situation. W...
(Grand Meadow, MN) -- One person is dead and three are injured following a head-on crash in Mower County. The accident occurr...
(Robbinsdale, MN) -- An Eagan woman has died at a Twin Cities hospital from injuries she received in a traffic crash in Chipp...
An Eagan woman has died from injuries suffered in a traffic crash in Chippewa County on Christmas Day. 62-year-old Janet Scob...
On December 27, 2012 at3:33 p.m.,theMeeker County Sheriff's Office received a call and dispatched Dassel Rescue and Gold ...
A visiting child from North Carolina was killed in a sledding accident in Meeker County yesterday. At 3:33 p.m., the Meeker C...
A Madison couple was killed in the collision of a mini-van and a semi near New London this morning. The state patrol says a F...
Three people were hurt in a two vehicle crash on Christmas Day south of Watson. The state patrol says a Saturn was traveling ...
A Marshall man and his son were hurt when their pickup was rearended by a semi on Christmas Day. The state patrol says 48-yea...
Meeker County authorities believe a wood stove started a barn fire Saturday afternoon. Just before 5 p.m. the sheriff's d...
(Chanhassen, MN) -- It's as much about the wind as it is about snowfall now in southeastern Minnesota. Blizzard warnings ...
State Education Commissioner Brenda Cassellius(cuh-SELL'-ee-us) is asking school superintendents and principals to "...
A Moorhead man has been sentenced to three months in jail in connection with a fatal car-pedestrian accident near Lowry. 35-y...
The Rusty Bucket Restaurant in North Redwood sustained significant damage Thursday evening with a fire that started in the ki...
Rising flood insurance rates could doom plans to build a dike to protect a Benson neighborhood vulnerable to flooding along t...
Governor Mark Dayton has issued an Emergency Executive Order providing assistance to stranded motorists affected by the dange...
The Meeker County Sheriff's Department believes copper theives started a power pole on fire last week. On Thursday evenin...
The City of Willmar Public Works Department is declaring a snow emergency in the Central Business District (CBD) at 12:01 a.m...
At 4:30 yesterday afternoon the state patrol and MNDOT closed state highways in southwest Minnesota due to heavy snow and str...
From Kandiyohi County Sheriff's Office:All highways in the Willmar/Kandiyohi County area have been closed. Most are light...
(Chanhassen, MN) -- Minnesotans throughout the state, are taking out the shovels and snowblowers and preparing to dig out of ...
Police in Minneapolis call the shooting death of atoddler a "tragic accident." Authorities were called to the city&...
(Excelsior, MN) -- Authorities have identified the driver killed in a collision with a squad car last (Tues) night in Minneto...
Three people were hurt in the collision of two pickup trucks in Chippewa County yesterday. The state patrol says just before ...
(Little Falls, MN) -- A state-of-the art driving facility has been completed at Camp Ripley The Minnesota State Patrol will u...
It's almost December but grassfires can still cause headaches for area fire departments. At 11:51 yesterday the Meeker Co...
The Willmar Police Department says public safety agencies will be conducting training at a vacant house at the intersection o...
Meeker County Authorities think alcohol was a factor in a one-vehicle rollover crash with injuries yesterday. At 3:26 p.m. a ...
More southern Minnesota American Red Cross volunteers have been deployed to the East Coast to help in the aftermath of Supers...
The Willmar Police Department is looking for the driver of a car that struck a pickup early Saturday morning. The crash happe...
Assuming he passes a drug test, it looks like Gary Hendrickson will be Willmar's new fire chief. Marv Calvin resigned ear...
At 6:41 this morning, the Meeker County Sheriff's Office received a call, responded to, and dispatched Litchfield Rescue,...
Many firefighters worked hard to put out haybale and grassfires in Stearns County over the weekend. The sheriff's departm...
The State Fire Marshal's Office is stressing the importance of carbon monoxide alarms after a fatal C-O poisoning Monday ...
A Blaine woman is dead after a two-vehicle crash Saturday morning in East Bethel. The Anoka County Sheriff's Office says ...
Weather experts call it a "definate convergent damagepattern." That was the result of a third confirmed tornado las...
Weather experts call it a "definate convergent damagepattern." That was the result of a third confirmed tornado las...
Weather experts call it a "definate convergent damagepattern." That was the result of a third confirmed tornado las...
(Ham Lake, MN) -- A fourth lawsuit has been filed over meningitis in Minnesota. A Ham Lake woman who contracted the disease f...
Twisters in November? The National Weather Service hasconfirmed two tornadoes that swept through the Twin Cities area late Sa...
The Kandiyohi County Public Works Departmentsays weather permitting, work will begin tomorrow on the bridge replacement locat...
Motorists in Renville County will experience detours on Highway 4 near Hector as crews begin culvert and tile replacement in ...
This final day of Winter Hazard Awareness Week inMinnesota focuses on driving safely. The National Weather Service inChanhass...
The state patrol says alcohol may have played a factor in a fatal crash in Dakota County yesterday afternoon. At 2:41 p.m. 27...
-- Authorities are investigating a two-car crash Tuesday in Forest Lake, where a man and woman died while pulling out of a re...
Images from the devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy still in the national news, a common reaction is to want to help. But t...
Extra Click It or Ticket seat belt enforcement patrols in October resulted in 75 seat belt citations according to agencies in...
(Andrews, MD) -- The Minnesota Air National Guard's 133rd Airlift Wing is supporting Superstorm Sandy recovery efforts on...
A Willmar woman is dead and her husband was injured in a one vehicle rollover in Meeker County yesterday. Just before 3 a.m. ...
A Willmar woman is dead and her husband was injured in a one vehicle rollover in Meeker County yesterday. Just before 3 a.m. ...
At least two Minnesota hunters are dead after opening weekendof the state's firearms hunting season. In Douglas County, 6...
A Willmar woman is dead and a man injured in a one vehicle rollover in Meeker County yesterday. Just before 3 a.m. yesterday ...
At 9 a.m. yesterday morning the Yellow Medicine County Sheriff's received a 911 call of a two vehicle accident at 550th S...
(Various) -- 11-5-12-- At least two Minnesota hunters are dead after opening weekendof the state's firearms hunting seaso...
Natural disasters like Hurricane Sandy often bring out the best in people, but can also bring out the worst. That's why o...
AMERICAN RED CROSS: The humanitarian organization led by volunteers and guided by its Congressional Charter and the Fundament...
AT 7:09 last night a Meeker County Sheriff's Deputy, Dassel Rescue, Gold Cross Ambulance, and the Minnesota State Patrol ...
A Cokato man now faces 12 felony and one misdemeanor charge in connection with a triple-fatal crash August 17 east of Willmar...
At 3:33 yesterday afternoon, the Meeker County Sheriff's Office dispatched theGrove City Fire Departmentto a report of a ...
(Minneapolis, MN) -- 11-1-12-- The Timberwolves open the regular season at homeagainst the Kings tomorrow night. Sacramento o...
Motorists travelling on Highway 12 will no longer encounter a detour between Ortonville and Big Stone City, S.D. The new High...
Close to 200 flights have been canceled out ofMinneapolis-St. Paul International because of superstorm Sandy on the EastCoast...
Seat belt use in southwest Minnesota is up 1.4 percent, according to a recent survey completed by a multi-agency effort of To...
(New Ulm, MN) -- Red Cross personnel from Minnesota are heading to the East Coast to assist with hurricane and storm recovery...
(Minneapolis, MN) -- A Louisiana woman pleaded guilty today (Tues) to stealing more than 34-thousand dollars in disaster assi...
A Minnesota couple is breathing a sigh of relief after theirson was rescued from a replica tall ship caught in Hurricane Sand...
Weather experts are now calling Sandy a "post-tropicalcyclone." The National Weather Service predicts the storm wil...
Weather experts are now calling Sandy a "post-tropicalcyclone." The National Weather Service predicts the storm wil...
(Nisswa, MN) -- A Minnesota couple is breathing a sigh of relief after their son was rescued from a replica tall ship caught ...
A New Ulm man is dead after a grain elevator accident in Renville County Saturday. The sheriff's department says at 10:48...
At 1:05 yesterday afternoon the Meeker County Sheriff's Office received a report of a garage onfire at 221 Meeker Ave Sou...
A new survey shows Minnesota's workplace injury andillness rate reached an all-time low last year. The state Department o...
Two teens were hurt in an ATV accident in Meeker County Sunday afternoon. The sheriff's office says at 3:12 p.m. they and...
A man is dead after a grain elevator accident in Renville County Saturday. The sheriff's department says at 10:48 a.m. a ...
(St. Paul, MN) -- The Minnesota Department of Public Safety is out with a new tip for people carving their jack-o-lanterns. D...
10-27-12Extra patrols are on the roads today and tomorrow looking for impaired drivers. During Halloween party weekends in Mi...
Minnesota's overall drought situation remains about the samedespite recent rains across the state. The latest U-S Drought...
(St. Paul, MN) -- Minnesota has its eighth case of fungal meningitis linked to contaminated steroids, a man in his 60's f...
David Wellstone certainly remembers this day 10 years ago.That's when he got the news that his father, mother and sister,...
A Granite Falls man is dead after a traffic crash west of Granite Falls. The state patrol says at 1:22 p.m. yesterday 80-year...
A house was destroyed near Dassel last night. At 8:44 p.m.the Meeker County Sheriff's Office got a call from a man saying...
(Otter Tail, MN) -- One person is dead following a rollover accident in Otter Tail County. According to the Minnesota State P...
The most severe and extensive drought in at least 25years is seriously affecting both livestock and crop farmers. As a result...
-- It just keeps getting drier and drier across Minnesota. Drought throughout the state has worsened in recent days and the p...
The meningitis alert has expanded on steroids produced bya compounding center on the East Coast. Health officials were focusi...
A combine was destroyed in a fire early this morning in Meeker County. The Sheriff’s Office says at 3:30 a.m. they rece...
(Brainerd, MN) -- Firefighters in Brainerd discovered an apparent meth lab in an apartment building early this morning after ...
Two men are dead after the car they were in rolled intoMille Lacs Lake early Sunday morning. 37-year-old Andrew Nickaboine of...
A Watkins man is hospitalized after a crash in Meeker County yesterday morning. At 743 AM the Sheriff's Office, along wit...
(Windom, MN) -- Alcohol may be a contributing factor in a one-vehicle crash near Windom last night (Wed) that left a southwes...
The Yellow Medicine County Sheriff's Department says seatbelts and child restraint seats prevented any injuries in a two-...
(Minneapolis, MN) -- Nearly two weeks after the deadly workplace shooting at Accent Signage in Minneapolis, another victim ha...
At 6:10 am Tuesday the Renville County Sheriff s Office received a report of a one vehicle accident on County Road 17 near Co...
(Karlstad, MN) -- Investigators say arson is the probable cause of a major wildfire in Kittson and Marshall Counties in north...
(St. Paul, MN) -- The Massachusetts pharmacy that produced the steroid linked to a nationwide meningitis outbreak was *not* l...
On October 09, 2012 at 6:10 am, the Renville County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a one vehicle accident on Cou...
(Moorhead, MN) -- A dramatic rescue in a fiery head-on crash just north of Moorhead Tuesday night. One of the victims owes he...
The fire that destroyed a house on Nest Lake and killed an occupant was started by cigarette butts. The Lakes Area Review say...
Three Minnesota soldiers recently received medals for saving the lives of some Iraqi civilians after a vehicle crash last yea...
A college student from Stillwater was killed Monday in an apartment fire in Eau Claire. Twenty-one-year-old Ross Livermore, a...
At 7:10 last night the Renville County Sheriff s Office received a report of a one vehicle roll over on County Road 11 near C...
South Street in Spicer will be closed for the next several hours while Xcel Energy crews work to restore power poles and line...
Nearly the entire lower half of the state is under ared flag warning this afternoon (12-7pm). The National Weather Service sa...
10-7-12 Several counties in central and southern Minnesota go on the DNR's burning restrictions list starting today. That...
(Richfield, MN) -- The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office is investigating a fatal officer-involved shooting in Richfield. ...
(Karlstad, MN) -- Winter boots might be in order for the governor as he visits northwestern Minnesota this morning (9am). Mar...
Authorities say they found methadone in the vehicle of awoman charged in a fatal crash in northeastern Minnesota. A criminalc...
(Cromwell, MN) -- Authorities say they found methadone in the vehicle of a woman charged in a fatal crash in northeastern Min...
Governor Dayton will be among those attending today's (THUR)funeral for U-P-S driver Keith Basinski, one of the victims o...
A tractor and train collided Wednesday morning as a farmer was on his way to take corn to the near by ethanol plant.Informati...
(Karlstad, MN) -- The Red Cross is assisting families who lost their homes in a wildfire near Karlstad. Fire officials say se...
There have been hundreds evacuated in northwestern Minnesota due to a large wildfire which officials say they're now gett...
People in southwestern Minnesota are being warned yetagain to be very careful with fire. The National Weather Service has iss...
Fire crews from Kandiyohi, Spicer, Atwater and Willmar spent a few hours yesterday battling a field fire northeast of Kandiyo...
(Grand Rapids, MN) -- Fire officials are calling wildfire danger in northwestern Minnesota "extreme plus", while th...
(Comfrey, MN) -- A Nebraska man who was pulled from his burning van by two farmers in south-central Minnesota is hospitalized...
9-29-12 Preliminary numbers show there were 60 fatal work-injuries reported in Minnesota in 2011, down from 70 the year befor...
Dry conditions have worsened and there's still no rain insight. The latest U-S Drought Monitor shows areas of extreme dro...
(St.Paul, MN) -- The state Department of Health is confirming that one Minnesotan has been linked to a multi-state outbreak o...
A pickup left Mill Street in Rockville yesterday afternoon and did a lot of damage before coming to a stop. The Stearns Count...
(Eden Prairie, MN) -- 9-25-12--Minnesota Vikings safety Mistral Raymond does nothave a broken ankle. However, an x-ray on Mon...
Two men were hurt in a traffic crash south of Priam late yesterday morning. Kandiyohi County Sheriff Dan Hartog says it happe...
(Duluth, MN) -- A celebratory hunting trip to Wyoming turned fatal for a Duluth man Friday. Seventy-nine-year-old Doctor Dona...
9-23-12 Dry conditions have prompted the DNR to impose new burning restrictions in 22 Minnesota counties. The ban went into e...
Motorists may see one or two additional types of lights on traffic signals in ten communities across west central Minnesota.T...
(St. Paul, MN) -- Fire danger in northwestern Minnesota is once again up to "extreme." State officials also have th...
The Renville County Food Shelf reopened it's doors in a new location yesterday, 10 days after an arson fire destroyed the...
At 650 last night the Meeker County Sheriff’s Office, Gold Cross Ambulance, Dassel Rescue andDassel Fire Department res...
The Willmar Fire Department responded to a cut gas line at 2:28 yesterday afternoon. Contractors had accidentally cut a 2-inc...
The Red Cross in Renville County says despite a fire earlier this month they remain open and operating. An arsonist destroyed...
The Kandiyohi County Public Works Department says work will begin today on the Kandiyohi County Road 9 Project. Phase 1 const...
A man burned in a house fire near Spicer September 10thhas died of his injuries. 70-year-old David Lindner passed away at Hen...
The Willmar Fire Department responded to a cut gas line on September 18, 2012, at approximately 2:28 PM. Contractors had acci...
The Renville County Food Shelf will rise from the ashes andreopen in a new location in Olivia tomorrow. That's after an a...
(St. Paul, MN) -- State officials stress the importance of properly restraining children in vehicles as part of Child Passeng...
One person is dead after a house fire near Paynesville early this morning. The Stearns County Sheriff's Department says a...
Three people were hurt in a car-pickup crash in Renville County yesterday. The state patrol says at 4:35 p.m. a car driven by...
-Businesses and other entities that sustained damages in the storms and heavy flooding that struck northern Minnesota and oth...
Up to 100 people including the residents of a nursing home were evacuated from an Olivia neighborhood yesterday due to a natu...
The Olivia Police Department saysanatural gas leak on the north side of town has been fixed.At around 2:45 they were told the...
On September 11, 2012, at 10:07 a.m., the Meeker County Sheriff's Office, Litchfield Rescue, Litchfield Fire Department a...
Four people were killed in a crash east of Askov in PineCounty last night (TUES). Sheriff's officials say five people wer...
(Battle River Twp, MN) -- The threat of wildfires remains high across much of the state as Minnesota has another hot and dry ...
Crews this morning worked to remove a truck from a creek north of New London this morning. The state patrol says at 4:15 a.m....
Today (TUES) is the 11th anniversary of 9-11 and state officials are using the day to highlight National Preparedness Month. ...
9-11-12 Renville County Foodshelf officials are busy trying to make temporary arrangements for clients after an arsonist burn...
A fire in Olivia last night gutted the building that housed the Renville County Food Shelf, The Red Cross Office, "The H...
A car-pickup crash near Kingston yesterday sent 5 people to the hospital. The state patrol says it happened at 12:45 yesterda...
9-9-2012Officials say the wildfires in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northeastern Minnesota have been containe...
At 1:38 p.m. yesterdaythe Meeker County Sheriff's Office, Litchfield Rescue, Litchfield Fire Department, and Gold Cross A...
The Highway 212 detour near Dawson will remain for an additional week, as crews add centerline rumble stripes to the road sur...
9-4-12 The Kandiyohi County Sheriff's Department has released the name of the Clara City woman killed in a two-vehicle cr...
9-4-12 A Clara City woman is dead after a two-vehicle crash north of Pennock yesterday afternoon. The Kandiyohi County Sherif...
9-3-12 A couple from San Antonio Texas were killed when they were hit by traffic as they crossed Highway 10 in Anoka County S...
9-3-12 An Annandale woman is hospitalized after a crash yesterday near Morris. The state patrol says a Toyota driven by 56-ye...
(Lanesboro, MN) -- An Austin woman is dead and her husband injured following a motorcycle crash in Fillmore County. According...
8-30-12 Traffic accidents are the number one cause of death for teenagers. Kandiyohi County Safe Communities Coalition Coordi...
8-28-12 Senator Joe Gimse says he's satisfied with the 167 million dollar disaster relief package passed by the legislatu...
8-27-12 KARE 11 TV yesterday interviewed the good samaritan who rescued 5-year-old Jason Hoffman of Eden Prairie from a burni...
8-26-2011 The flood-relief bill the Republican-controlled Minnesota Legislature passed during its special session Friday was ...
8-26-2011 A 21-year-old Bemidji man is dead following an overnight accident in Northern Township. The Beltrami County Sheriff...
8-26-2011 A 60-year-old Illinois man is dead and his wife and son injured following an accident in St. Louis County. The Minn...
8-25-12 The Minnesota Legislature approved and Governor Daytonsigned a 167.5-million dollar flood relief package Friday follo...
8-25-12 About a third of Minnesota is currently in a moderateand severe drought. State Climatologist Pete Boulay says rain is...
8-24-12 A 167-million-dollar flood relief package fornortheastern Minnesota and other hard-hit areas is on state lawmakers...
8-23-12 Lawmakers will be back at the State Capitol Friday (2pm) for a special session to approve flood relief for northeaste...
8-22-12 Senator Joe Gimse of Willmar says negotiations with Governor Dayton have wrapped up and they've reached agreement...
8-20-12 Authorities have identified a nine-year-old Wisconsin boywho was killed after the sailboat he was in -- was struck by...
(Willmar, MN) -- Three people were killed and two were injured in what appears to be a drunk-driving related crash just east ...
(Duluth, MN) -- A nine-year-old boy is dead after the sailboat he was riding in was struck by lightning on Lake Superior Satu...
8-18-12 Three people were killed and two were injured in a drunk-driving related crash just east of Willmar Friday night. It ...
8-18-12 Three people are dead and two injured following a head-on crash in Kandiyohi County. According to the Minnesota State...
8-17-12 (Washington, DC) -- The U-S Small Business Administration has granted Governor Dayton's request for a disaster de...
8-17-12 (St. Paul, MN) -- As the school season in Minnesota approaches, this year's outbreak of whooping cough is becomin...
8-17-12 Governor Dayton and legislative leaders meet today (Fri)to try to agree on a flood relief bill in time for a special ...
8-17-12 A Dassel woman and Hutchinson man were hurt in a two-vehicle crash in Meeker county yesterday. The sheriff's offi...
8-16-12 A working group has another meeting at the State Capitol this morning (10am) as lawmakers prepare for a planned speci...
8-15-12 An Elk River man was injured last night when he rolled his truck in Mcleod County. The state patrol says 34-year-old ...
8-15-12 A crop dusting plane hit a power line guy wire yesterday in Yellow Medicine County. The power line went down and the ...
8-13-12 -- Sometimes staying the same isn't all bad -- given Minnesota's drought situation. The updated U-S Drought M...
8-13-12 (Bloomington, MN) --- A ramp at the mall Mall of America has re-opened following a deadly accident more than a week a...
8-12-12 A legislative working group will meet several more times before the August 24th special session for flood and disaste...
8-11-12 The Federal Emergency Management Agency has deniedGovernor Dayton's appeal, after the agency said "no" ...
8-10-12 (St.Paul, MN) -- More than 23-thousand drivers were pulled over for speeding in Minnesota during the statewide enforc...
8-10-12 A young Renville man is dead after a crash in Redwood County yesterday. The state patrol says just before 11 a.m. a c...
8-9-12 Officers from the area ticketed 135 motorists traveling at illegal and unsafe speeds during an stepped-up statewide Ju...
8-8-120(Eau Claire, WI) -- A triple-fatal crash on I-94 near Hudson, Wisconsin last week is being blamed on distracted drivin...
8-8-12 The Dayton administration is asking lawmakers to approve nearly 190 million dollars in flood relief for northeastern a...
8-7-12 (St. Paul, MN) -- The Dayton administration wants the legislature to approve nearly 190 million dollars for flood reli...
8-7-12 Legislative leaders say they've agreed with GovernorDayton on Friday August 24th as the tentative date for a speci...
8-7-12 The Willmar City Council last night gave the go ahead to begin the search for a new fulltime Fire Chief/Fire Marshal. ...
8-6-12 A bystander noticed smoke coming from two cattle barns near Watkins, then opened the doors and got all the cattle out ...
8-6-12 A man who died at the Mall of America on Friday nighthas been identified. Fifty-two-year-old Raheem Aaron Waheed was b...
8-6-12 It looks like the Minnesota Legislature is planning on getting together for a one or two day special session August 24...
8-6-12 A Belle Plaine man was killed in a Saturday afternoon crash in Glencoe. The state patrol says a Toyota driven by 60-ye...
8-4-12 The driver of a U-Haul was killed when his truck accidentally hit an overhead beam in a parking ramp at Mall of Americ...
8-2-12 On the heels of a fatal crash which killed two teenagersin Roberts, Wisconsin, another rear-end collision has killed a...
8-2-12 KLGR radio in Redwood Falls says they needed the rain but this morning the streets are paved with green leaves. Winds ...
8-2-12 Senators Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken along withCongressman Chip Cravaack are urging President Obama to reconsider a r...
8-1-12 (St. Paul, MN) -- Governor Dayton paints a grim picture in a lengthy letter to the Federal Emergency Management Agency...
8-1-12 (St. Paul, MN) -- The Minnesota Supreme Court today (Wed) reversed an appeals court decision, ruling that pesticides w...
8-1-12 Senate Majority Leader Dave Senjem of Rochester saysSenator Joe Gimse of Willmar will be the chief author of the flood...
8-1-12 Authorities say a pickup driver's blood alcohol was fourtimes the legal limit when he hit an S-U-V, seriously inju...
7-31-12 (Marshall, MN) -- A pickup driver from Starbuck faces three counts of criminal vehicular homicide and a D-W-I charge ...
7-31-12 Southwest Minnesota State University Basketball Coach Brad Bigler of Marshallcontinues to recover from injuries suffe...
7-30-12 On Friday afternoon at 3:54, the Meeker County Sheriff’s Office, Litchfield Rescue Squad, Gold Cross ambulance,...
7-30-12 Alcohol is suspected in the crash which killed afive-month old boy and critically injured his father and great-grandm...
7-30-12 Four people were hurt in a two vehicle crash near the Historic Lac Qui Parle Villiage near Dawson yesterday afternoon...
7-30-12 Crashes in Douglas and Pipestone Counties Sunday killed two people and injured three. The state patrol says at 2:33 p...
7-29-12 Officials are investigating the cause of a house fire in south Minneapolis that left one person dead and four injured...
7-27-12 The hazmat team was called to the scene of a semi rollover Friday morning in Meeker County. The sheriff's office ...
7-27-12 The hazmat team was called to the scene of a semi rollover Friday morning in Meeker County. The sheriff's office ...
7-27-12 A Clara City man is charged with criminal vehicular homicide after the traffic crash death of a Ridgewater College St...
7-27-12 Despite some rain this week, Minnesota is getting drier by theday. The latest U-S Drought Monitor shows more counties...
7-26-12 (St. Paul, MN) -- Following FEMA's denial of individual assistance for homeowners and businesses in flood-stricke...
7-25-12 (St. Paul, MN) -- The Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Agriculture held a meeting with state agriculture l...
7-24-12 (Crookston, MN) -- A 21-year-old Grand Forks man gave a tear-filled apology before being sentenced to four years in p...
7-23-12 Just before midnight Saturday night the Stearns County Sheriffs Office was dispatched to a one vehicle accident with ...
7-17-12 Willmar Fire Chief Marv Calvin has submitted his resignation to the City of Willmar. Calvin says he has accepted a po...
7-17-12 (St. Paul, MN) -- It seems the stress in many Minnesota farm fields is growing faster than the crops. The latest repo...
(Duluth, MN) -- Reports say FEMA representatives are giving northeastern Minnesota residents and business owners more time to...
7-15-12 The Minnesota Department of Transportation [[MnDOT ]] has hired six teams of engineers to go to northern Minnesota an...
7-15-12 Speeders are the target of the latest law enforcement campaign on Minnesota roads. Around 400 agencies in the state a...
7-15-12 Minneapolis police are investigating a fatal shooting of a woman in a residence on Glenwood Avenue Saturday. Officer&...
7-13-12 (Fargo, ND) -- Authorities have released the name of a Minnesota construction worker killed in a work-zone crash west...
7-12-12 Governor Dayton and legislative leaders say they plan tohold a special session in late August to approve state assist...
7-11-12 Governor Dayton is scheduled to meet with G-O-P leadersat the Capitol this afternoon (2pm). They're discussing di...
7-10-12 (Slayton, MN) -- A Lamberton man died in a boating accident Sunday on Lake Shetek (shuh-TEK') in southwestern Min...
7-10-12 (Burnsville, MN) -- A Missouri man faces careless driving charges for a crash last October that killed two workers al...
7-9-12 It was a scary situation in Becker County Saturday morning when a bus full of boy scouts hit a boat being towed by a P...
(St. Paul, MN) -- A new report shows crashes involving trucks continue to decline on Minnesota roadways. State Traffic Safety...
(Various) -- Recent rains in northern Minnesota have pushed up levels along the Mississippi River -- still flooding at Aitkin...
7-6-12 (Washington, DC) -- President Obama has declared 13 Minnesota counties a major disaster area following recent storms a...
7-6-12 So far it looks like the state may have escaped the 4th of July traffic fatality curse. Records show a total of 15 peo...
7-3-12 Weather experts are checking to see if tornadoes were a part of last night's weather fireworks across the state. T...
7-3-12 June 2012 will be remembered for major flooding in parts of northeastern and southeastern Minnesota. But statewide rai...
7-2-12 (Washington, DC) -- Members of Minnesota's congressional delegation are urging President Obama to quickly issue a ...
7-2-12 A 16-year-old girl is dead after collapsing during a run Sunday morning in St. Michael. Wright County medical emergenc...
7-2-12 The state patrol is looking for the driver of a hit-and-run vehicle that crashed into a van near Montevideo, injuring ...
7-2-12 A motorcycle driver is dead after a crash Sunday in Otter Tail County. The state patrol says at 5:26 a.m. yesterday a ...
7-2-12 The state patrol is looking for the driver of a hit-and-run vehicle that crashed into a van near Montevideo, injuring ...
7-1-12 A 26-year-old man was struck by a car and dragged about 50 feet early Saturday morning. The Anoka County Sheriff's...
6-30-12 Record-high water levels on Minnesota lakes and rivers have Department of Natural Resources officials cautioning boat...
6-30-12 Senate Transportation Committee Chair Joe Gimse of Willmar conducted a tour of Duluth and the Northland area Wednesda...
6-30-12 The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) has penalized the Minnesota State Colleges and University System (MnSCU...
6-29-12 (St.Paul, MN) -- Governor Dayton sent a letter to President Obama today (Fri) requesting a major federal disaster dec...
6-29-12 (McGregor, MN) -- Flooding continues in parts of Aitkin County in northeastern Minnesota. Flood information officer L...
6-28-12 River levels are dropping across Minnesota -- most notably in northern areas where massive flooding hit its peak a we...
6-27-12 (Edina, MN) -- A construction worker is hospitalized after being trapped face-down by a huge slab of concrete for ove...
6-27-12 Senator Joe Gimse of Willmar will be among a group ofMinnesota Legislative Leadershiptraveling to Duluth Wednesday to...
6-26-12 Police are investigating the fatal shooting of asix-year-old boy in North Minneapolis. Officers were called to a home...
6-26-12 In northern Minnesota, the Mississippi River is stillon its way up at Aitkin and the National Weather Service says it...
6-26-12 An east to west drive across northern Minnesota offers a poignant look at weather extremes. The Arrowhead is recoveri...
6-26-12 Despite a major fireover the weekend, Paynesville Grain and Feed was open for business Monday in one of the buildings...
(St.Paul, MN) -- The Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs is offering disaster relief grants to veterans whose homes have...
6-25-12 -- The clean-up effort is ongoing in northeastern Minnesota after last week’s heavy rains and flooding. The Sa...
6-25-12 The Minnesota Department of Transportation will temporarily close I-35, just south of Duluth for emergency road repai...
6-25-12 Crews in Carlton County are assessing the damage from last week's storms. Officials say more than 750 homes have ...
6-25-12 Fire crews battlied a fire at the Paynesville Grain and Feed Elevator on the west side of Paynesville Saturday mornin...
6-25-12 At 6:57 p.m. Friday the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a body floating in the water o...
(Carlton, MN) -- Relief efforts are underway in Carlton County to assist the more than 750 households affected by flooding in...
(Franklin, MN) -- Some Minnesota farmers lost a good deal of their crops this past week when hail fell over parts of the sout...
(Wakefield Township, MN) -- Officials are investigating the death of a Buffalo Lake Woman. The Stearns County Sheriff's O...
6-23-12 Senators Klobuchar and Franken along with Congressman ChipCrevaack toured the flood damage in northeastern Minnesota ...
6-23-12 A Melrose man is recovering from injuries suffered in a paraglider crash Thursday night. The Stearns County Sheriff&#...
6-23-12 Fire crews are battling a fire at the Paynesville Grain and Feed Elevator on the west side of Paynesville this mornin...
6-22-12 (Duluth, MN) -- Senators Al Franken, Amy Klobuchar and Representative Chip Cravaack (kruh-VACK') are getting a fi...
6-22-12 (Lake Kegonsa, WI) -- Officials have released the name of a Minnesota man pulled from a Wisconsin Lake last night. 66...
6-22-12 Governor Dayton is not ruling out the possibility of a special session to deal with the state's flooding issues i...
6-22-12 Wind on Sunday and hail on Tuesday have made a dent in what up to this point in the growing season has been a very su...
6-21-12 (Duluth, MN) -- Governor Dayton and other state officials got a firsthand look today at the flood devastation in nort...
6-21-12 (Moose Lake, MN) -- Some residents are leaving Moose Lake as floodwaters surround the northeastern Minnesota town. Ca...
6-21-12 (Duluth, MN) -- Following the heavy rains and flooding in northeastern Minnesota, tourism officials want visitors to ...
6-21-12 (Duluth, MN) -- The search resumed today (Thurs) for a missing pilot and plane in northeastern Minnesota following ye...
6-21-12 Many roads, including portions of Interstate-35 and Highway-61along the North Shore, are still closed because of high...
6-21-12 Willmar Fire Chief Marv Calvin says the emergency sirens in the Eagles Landing and Holiday Inn areas are out of order...
6-20-12 (Proctor, MN) -- St. Louis County Sheriff's officials say an eight-year-old boy was rescued this afternoon after ...
6-20-12 (Duluth, MN) -- Duluth Mayor Don Ness says he'll seek federal disaster aid to help the port city recover from wha...
6-20-12 (St. Paul, MN) -- Governor Dayton has declared a state of emergency following severe flooding in the Duluth area. Day...
6-20-12 With electricity out in Grove City and some rural areas since Sunday, spoiling food in freezers and refridgerators is...
6-20-12 Carlton County authorities are advising no travel in many areasdue to flash flooding. Sheriff Kelly Lake says the mos...
6-20-12 A Glenwood man was critically injured in a rollover crash in Renville County yesterday morning. The state patrol says...
6-20-12 An Oakdale man was killed yesterday morning when his Honda Accord collided with a semi on Highway 12 in Orono. The st...
6-19-12 Meeker Cooperative line crews are still working hard to restore power to members in the Atwater and Paynesville areas...
6-19-12 More severe weather is working its way throughMinnesota's mid-section this morning. The National Weather Service ...
6-19-12 According to officials of the City of Willmar, Trott Avenue West between 23rd Street and 28th Street will be closed o...
6-18-12-- Search teams are back in the woods of northeastern Minnesota today (Mon) looking for a missing pilot and airplane. ...
6-18-12 (Chanhassen, MN) -- Some of last night's fiercest weather rumbled through southeastern Minnesota, leaving standin...
6-18-12 Meeker County Sheriff Jeff Norlin says at 9 last night a severe thunderstorm with heavy rain and extremely strong win...
Meeker County Sheriff Jeff Norlin says at 9 last night a severe thunderstorm with heavy rain and extremely strong winds enter...
6-18-12 A powerful thunderstorm rocked mid-Minnesota last evening. Power remains out in several communities this morning.The ...
6-17-12 Searchers continue looking for a missing pilot in northeastern Minnesota. Mike Bratlie of Lakeville departed from Sou...
6-17-12 Officials are investigating two separate early morning hit and run accidents. The first occurred downtown Minneapolis...
6-16-12 Officials are reminding Minnesotans to be alert for potential natural gas leaks caused by severe weather. In particul...
6-16-12 Minnesota's 2011 traffic crash numbers released this week show teen deaths are down, and have dropped nearly 50 p...
6-16-12 Officials in Cannon Falls are hoping the worst is over after strong storms hit the area Thursday. Nearly a foot of ra...
6-12-15 (Cannon Falls, MN) -- Law enforcement is urging "gawkers" to stay out of the area as Cannon Falls and vicin...
6-15-12 (Dodge Center, MN) -- About 200 turkeys died in a fire this morning (Fri) at a Jennie-O turkey farm in southeastern M...
6-15-12 Heavy rains and flooding are forcing the evacuationof some homes near the Cannon River in Goodhue County. The Nationa...
6-15-12 A Waite Park man charged with leading St.Cloud police ona car chase that resulted in a fatal crash has been sentenced...
6-15-12 A motorcycle crash in Wright County claimed the life of aCokato man early Thursday. The sheriff's office says64-y...
6-14-12 2011 was the fourth consecutive year that traffic deathsdecreased on Minnesota roads, and 368 fatalities is the lowes...
6-14-12 A large building full of wood chips was destroyed by fire near Grove City Tuesdaynight. Fire crews were called back w...
6-14-12 The Watson City Council last night approved Montevideo's offer to provide them with fire protection while the cit...
6-13-12 (Mendota Heights, MN) -- Authorities are investigating after a road construction worker in the southeast metro was st...
6-13-12 -- 2011 was the fourth consecutive year that traffic deaths decreased on Minnesota roads, and 368 fatalities is the l...
6-13-12 An on-site investigation by the State Fire Marshals Officehas ruled out any criminal activity in the blaze that badly...
6-11-12 (Bloomington, MN) -- A Minnesota soldier is laid to rest today (Mon) -- nearly 50 years after his plane went down ove...
6-9-12 Even though the Watson Fire Department asked them not to, the City of Montevideo has offered to provide fire protectio...
6-9-12 Two people were hurt in a car-semi crash in Renville County Friday. The state patrol says at 5 p.m. a car driven by 28...
6-7-12 Flash flood warnings and advisories are in effectacross parts of western Minnesota this morning. Heavy rains are pushi...
6-7-12 The State Patrol has identified the woman killed in afiery crash in southwestern Minnesota on Tuesday. It happened nea...
6-7-12 The state patrol believes a Hutchinson man had a medical problem while driving near Silver Lake, causing him to leave ...
6-6-12 One person is dead after a fiery crash on Highway 23 yesterday afternoon in Cottonwood. The state patrol says a semi p...
6-4-12 (Sartell, MN) -- There's still evidence of smoldering but the fire is out -- and demolition soon begins in Sartell...
6-4-12 (Minneapolis, MN) -- A Delta Air Lines jet made an unscheduled landing Sunday afternoon at Minneapolis-St. Paul Intern...
6-2-12 One person is dead after a traffic crash in southeast Minnesota this morning. The state patrol says the driver of a To...
6-1-12 On the Minnesota flood watch, the Crow River west ofthe Twin Cities is cresting in Delano, and is now on the decline a...
6-1-12 Two people are lucky to be alive after their smallhomemade aircraft crashed at the Hutchinson Municipal Airport. The F...
6-1-12 Funeral services are today (FRI) at Seven Dolors CatholicChurch in Albany for 50-year-old Jon Maus (Mouse), who was ki...
6-1-12 Two men were hurt in a rear-end crash near Montevideo yesterday afternoon. The state patrol says at 3:17 p.m. a pickup...
5-31-12 Preliminary reports indicate four people died onMinnesota roads over the Memorial Day weekend, pushing the annual fat...
5-30-12 Willmar Police say they have arrested a man they think was involved in a hit and run crash that injured two people on...
5-30-12 A Willmar woman was hurt in a traffic crash that briefly knocked out power at the Kandiyohi County Law Enforcement Ce...
5-30-12 TheStearns County Sheriff's Department says a Sauk Centre man was killed in a farm accident yesterday. They say 7...
5-30-12 River levels remain high over much of Minnesota, with portions of the Mississippi, St. Louis, Crow and Cottonwood riv...
5-29-12 The Willmar Police Department is asking for the public's help in locating a vehicle involved in a hit-and-run cra...
5-29-12 One person was killed and five people were hurt in an explosion and fire late Monday morning in central Minnesota. It...
5-29-12 All the recent rain has resulted in both good and badconditions around the state. It's a promising sign for river...
5-29-12 A two vehicle crash just south of Starbuck left a Morris woman dead yesterday morning. The state patrol says at 11 a....
5-28-12 Five firefighters were hurt in a church fire Sundaynight in south Minneapolis. Crews battled the blaze at Walker Comm...
(Various) -- Several storm-related fires were reported in the metro area Saturday. Officials say lightning strikes sparked fi...
(Delavan, MN) -- A helicopter pilot is in stable condition after the crop duster he was flying crashed in southern Minnesota ...
5-26-12 A woman and two children were hurt in a crash east of Montevideo Friday morning. The state patrol says a car driven b...
5-26-12 A car hit a school bus full of children in Glenwood yesterday afternoon. 5 children were hurt and the state patrol sa...
5-24-12 Forecasters expect thunderstorms, rain and high winds tocontinue throughout the day -- with the most severe weather p...
5-23-12 (Hastings, MN) -- A 38-year-old Buffalo resident has been found guilty of causing the deaths of two persons and an un...
5-23-12 Forecasters say, starting tonight, a huge swath ofMinnesota could be in for flash flooding. The National Weather Serv...
5-22-12 According to officials for the City of Willmar, the 10th Street West railroad crossing will be closed today and tomor...
5-21-12 A 54-year-old Watkins man died in a motorcycle accident Fridayafternoon. The Meeker County Sheriff's Department s...
5-21-12 5 people were hurt when a car driven by a 98-year-old man crashed north of Slayton Sunday afternoon. The state patrol...
5-20-12 The Lynx open the 2012 campaign this afternoon at Target Center against the Phoenix Mercury. Minnesota ran off a 27-a...
5-20-12 Police have identified the man killed in a motorcycle accident near Forest Lake Friday. Authorities say 45-year-old S...
5-18-12 High winds yesterday knocked a mobile home off a trailer near Litchfield. Just before 11 a.m. yesterday the Meeker Co...
5-18-12 A truck driver from New York suffered non-lifethreatening injuries after crashing into a lake yesterday morning nearA...
5-18-12 Residents of Kandiyohi,Renville and Swift Counties— Better be buckled up, because it’s Click It or Ticket...
5-17-12 Two men and a child were hurt in a head-on crash south of Willmar last night. The state patrol says at 7:49 p.m. a so...
5-17-12 A Watkins man is under arrest for crashing an SUV on Saturday morning and fleeing the scene, leaving an injured passe...
5-16-12 The danger of wildfires has become more combustable inrecent hours over much of northern and eastern Minnesota. The D...
5-16-12 A Belgrade man was hurt in a traffic crash Monday night when his Jeep hit a van east of Paynesville. The other driver...
5-15-12 A pedestrian was struck by a car and injured in St. Cloud last night. The state patrol says the victim was crossing a...
5-15-12 A motorcycle driver is dead after striking a deer, then getting run over by two vehicles in Morrison County northwest...
5-14-12 At 3:46 a.m. Saturday the Meeker County Sheriff's Officeresponded to a report of a possible vehicle accident on 6...
5-14-12 A St. Cloud man was hurt in a motorcycle crash involving a classic car. The Stearns County Sheriff's Department s...
5-11-12 -- April brought several rounds of frost to Minnesota - and growers have been worried about crop damage. But climato...
5-11-12 April showers - and lots in May - have enabled most of Minnesota to break free of the long and damaging drought. U of...
5-10-12 The Minnesota River continues to swell after recentrains and is now at flood stage around New Ulm. Forecasters expect...
5-9-12 A Raymond woman has pleaded guilty to criminalvehicular homcide charges in a November 2010 crash near Litchfiled thatk...
5-9-12 A mother from Richmond and her two daughters were hurt in a one-vehicle rollover in Stearns County yesterday afternoon...
5-9-12 At approximately 2:45 am, a fault was detected on the transmission line that feeds Kandiyohi Power Coop substations no...
5-9-12 Fire heavily damaged a house near St. Joseph early yesterday morning. The Stearns County Sheriff's Department says...
5-8-12 At 8:53 Saturday morning, the Meeker County Sheriff’s Office, Kimball Fire dept. and Rescue Squad, and Gold Cros...
5-7-12 By this time tomorrow morning, forecasters say there will be flooding insouthwestern Minnesota. The National Weather S...
5-7-12 The month of April brought temperatures slightly above average and more precipitation than March gave us. And now May ...
5-4-12 A rural Kerkhoven man is dead after a tractor accident Wednesday.70-year-old Kenneth Gerdes was driving the tractor on...
5-3-12 After 19 hours of deliberations, a jury found Amy Senser guilty on two of three felony counts in the fatal hit and run...
5-3-12 Some areas of southeastern Minnesota received aroundthree inches of rain from last (Wed) night's heavy downpours. ...
5-2-12 There was a brief tornado touchdown reported lastnight in west-central Minnesota near the town of Brooten. The Nationa...
5-1-12 A Rice man was hurt in a one car crash Monday afternoon. The Stearns County Sheriff's Department says 26-year-old ...
4-30-12 The month of April ends with warmer air moving into Minnesota.Statewide highs today should reach into the 60's an...
(St. Paul, MN) -- The state Health Department is out with a reminder that some fish taken from Minnesota waters have contamin...
4-25-12 Willmar Fire Chief Marv Calvin says at this point there's no reason to believe Monday's fire at Swenson Motor...
4-24-12 A driver from eastern Kentucky was killed when his cardrifted across the center line of a Minnesota road and collided...
4-23-12 A Cosmos man is dead after a two-vehicle crash in Renville County yesterday. The sheriff's office says it happene...
4-23-12 Jury selection is set to begin today in the fatalhit-and-run trial of Amy Senser. The 45-year-old wife of former Minn...
4-23-12 Swenson Motors in Willmar was damaged by a fire early this morning. At 12:40 this morning smoke was reported coming f...
(Oak Grove, MN) -- Authorities have identified the nine-year-old boy who died following a dirt bike accident Friday. Nicholas...
(Undated) -- Landowners who wish to burn this weekend are encouraged to check restrictions in their area. Daria (DARR-ee-ah) ...
4-18-12 (Minneapolis, MN) -- The young boy hospitalized after a sailboat accident that claimed the lives of his two younger b...
4-17-12 (St. Paul, MN) -- People are seeing or hearing loons on Minnesota lakes about three weeks early this season. The D-N-...
4-17-12 A cold morning has settled in over the state following Monday's blustery weather. The National Weather Service re...
4-16-12 The pilot of an ultra-light aircraft was hurt when he crashed his plane in Chippewa County over the weekend. The sher...
4-13-12 Fire destroyed a barn near Brooten last night. At 7:20 p.m. the Stearns County Sheriff's Department got a report ...
4-13-12 Willmar Fire Chief Marv Calvin is hoping for rain to lessen the fire danger. Calvin says the recently-acquired UTVs h...
4-12-12 (St.Paul, MN) -- There appears to be no end in sight for the flu season in Minnesota. There were two influenza-relate...
4-12-12 Fire destroyed an abandoned home and spread to some nearby outbuildings at a farmsite near Belgrade early this mornin...
4-11-12 (Grand Rapids, MN) -- There are no red flag warnings today (Wed) in Minnesota as the risk of wildfires has dropped fr...
4-11-12 Local emergency crews worked together to rescue a Willmar man who drove into a lake north of Willmar last night. At 9...
4-11-12 A Willmar man had to be rescued after driving his car into a lake last night. At 9:46 p.m. the Kandiyohi County Sheri...
4-9-12 (Nimrod, MN) -- Crews appear to be getting the upper hand on a wind-driven wildfire near Nimrod in north central Minne...
4-9-12 The Stearns County Sheriff's Department is investigating the death of a truck driver from Georgia.59-year-old Nick...
4-9-12200 acres of Meeker County swamp land burned yesterday afternoon. The sheriff's office says at 3:00 p.m. they got a...
4-9-12 Family members are asking for prayers for the youngboy hospitalized after a sailboat accident that claimed the lives o...
4-9-12 A person was killed in an ATV accident in Stearns County early yesterday morning. The sheriff's office says at 2:3...
4-7-12 A Cold Spring man was hurt after his motorcycle hit a turkey Friday afternoon. The state patrol says 46-year-old Phil ...
4-7-12 Fire crews from Sunburg, Pennock and New London battled a fire in a wetland near Norway Lake for 3 hours yesterday.The...
4-6-12 Fire crews from Sunburg, Pennock and New London battled a fire in a wetland near Norway Lake for 3 hours today.The fir...
4-6-12 The season's first red flag warning is upon the westernhalf of Minnesota starting this afternoon (FRI). The Nation...
4-5-12 The Yellow Medicine County Sheriff's Department says a passer-by helped save the life of an elderly man who drove ...
4-4-12 Authorities have identified the Minnesota man whodied in a crash just over the South Dakota border on Monday. Sixty-si...
4-3-12 According to Men's Health Magazine, you can relax when driving in St. Paul, but beware in St. Louis. Men's Hea...
4-3-12 Several teens were hurt when an SUV collided with a semi on I-94 near Alexandria yesterday afternoon. The state patrol...
4-3-12 An Alexandria man was hurt when his SUV crashed an burned in Douglas County yesterday morning. The state patrol says a...
4-2-12 (St. Paul, MN) -- The multi-fatal crash in Kansas Sunday involving a Minnesota family is raising a lot of questions. T...
4-2-12 Five people were hurt in three seperate crashes in Kandiyohi County yesterday...Three people were hurt in a two vehicl...
4-2-12 Details are still coming in after the crash of amotor home that was headed back to Minnesota from Texas. It happened o...
3-26-12 The past week brought rain to moisture-starvedMinnesota. Some parts of the state got a good drenching - but not enoug...
3-25-12 What's that smell in central Minnesota? It's probably the Camp Ripley Fire Department -- conducting spring ra...
3-24-12 The Stearns County Sheriff's Department says a Rockville man was hurt in an ATV accident last night. At 6:20 p.m....
3-24-12 A head-on crash in the fog yesterday morning killed one person and critically injured another south of Willmar. 42-ye...
3-24-12 Yesterday morning's Radio For Relief raised a total of 41,500 dollars and pounds of food for the Willmar Area Foo...
3-23-12 A head-on crash in the fog this morning killed one person and critically injured another south of Willmar. The state ...
3-23-12 At least two people were seriously injured in a head-on crash on a foggy Highway 71 at Kandiyohi County Road 80, near...
3-22-12 Authorities have released the names of the three people killed in a plane crash near Glencoe Wednesday morning. They ...
3-22-12 A teenager was struck by a semi and killedonHighway 212 in Norwood/Young America this morning. The state patrol says ...
3-21-12 A St. Joseph man is hospitalized after being struck by a car while riding a bicycle. The Stearns County Sheriff's...
3-21-12 A plane crashed in a field near Glencoe this morning, killing three people. Mcleod County Sheriff Scott Rehmann says ...
3-21-12 Minnesota's fire danger rating has dropped after recentrains. While burning permits are still required in most co...
3-21-12 The National Weather Service has confirmed the state's second-earliest tornado ever -- a twister which tore throu...
3-20-12 Strong storms caused a fair amount of damage across southern Minnesota. The LeSueur County Sheriff's Office repor...
3-19-12 A rural Albany man woke up early yesterday morning to find his house on fire. 63-year-old Michael Roering woke up aro...
(Minneapolis, MN) -- It's a strange and welcome sight along Minnesota rivers this spring. Water levels are well within th...
(Oak Township, MN) -- Authorities in Stearns County responded to a call of a turkey barn fire on Friday at around five p.m. i...
3-16-12 A new report by Environment Minnesota warns that climatechange could lead to more extreme weather events in the futur...
3-16-12 The state patrol says 45-year-old Walter Johnson of Delano is in critical conditon at North Memorial Hospital in Robb...
3-15-12 (Brooklyn Park, MN) -- The Minnesota State Patrol is investigating a three-vehicle crash on Interstate 94 that sent a...
3-15-12 At 8:09 last night, the Meeker County Sheriff’s Office responded to and dispatched Litchfield Fire to an explos...
(MNN)-- Minnesota has bragging rights when it comes to seat belt use. It has one of the highest rates in the nation. But for ...
(MNN)-- The St. Louis County Sheriff's Department is investigating a snowmobile accident on the Arrowhead Snowmobile Trai...
3-9-12 (Fargo, ND) -- Four Twin Cities students who died in a car crash last month are being remembered with bracelets. Morga...
3-9-12 (Chanhassen, MN) -- Spring-like weather is on the way and it looks like it could be here to stay. National Weather Ser...
(Denver, CO) --03-07-2012-- Colorado goaltender Semyon Varlamov (SEM-yon var-LAH-mov) made 21 saves to help give the Avalanch...
3-6-12 (West Liberty, KY) -- The heart-rending stories of loss and survival continue to pour in from tornado-stricken states ...
3-6-12 A central Minnesota man is dead after a weekendsnowmobile accident near the town of Nevis (NEE'-viss). The Hubbard...
(Denver, CO) --03-06-2012-- The Minnesota Wild wrap up a home-and-home set with theColorado Avalanche this evening at the P...
3-5-12 (St. Paul, MN) -- Officials at Xcel Energy insist their nuclear power plants at Prairie Island and Monticello are safe...
3-5-12 Four people were hurt in a two-vehicle crash in Lac Qui Parle County yesterday morning. The state patrol says a car dr...
3-3-12 (Goodhue County, MN) -- Authorities are investigating a fatal crash thatoccurred in Goodhue County overnight. Accordin...
3-3-12 (Goodhue County, MN) -- Authorities are investigating a fatal crash thatoccurred in Goodhue County overnight. Accordin...
3-3-12 (Goodhue County, MN) -- Authorities are investigating a fatal crash thatoccurred in Goodhue County overnight. Accordin...
3-2-12 Officials believe a fatal blast and fire at a cabin near Lake Lillian was caused by an LP gas leak. Kandiyohi County S...
3-2-12 Officials believe a fatal blast and fire at a cabin near Lake Lillian was caused by an LP gas leak. Kandiyohi County S...
3-1-12 (St. Paul, MN) -- Flu activity is picking up around the state. During the latest reporting period, two people died fro...
3-1-12 Officials are investigating a house explosion on Big Kandiyohi Lake yesterday that killed a person. At 2:41 p.m. the B...
3-1-12 Officials are investigating a house explosion on Big Kandiyohi Lake yesterday that killed a person. At 2:41 p.m. the B...
2-29-12 (St. Paul, MN) -- If you have to travel today, keep in mind that road conditions vary around the state. The State Pat...
2-28-12 (Maple Grove, MN) -- A 61-year old woman is charged with running over another woman on a Maple Grove sidewalk in Janu...
2-28-12 A winter storm will soon be layering in over most of Minnesota. As it stands now, forecasters predict a band of heavy...
2-28-12 It was one year ago today fire destroyed a third of a city block in downtown Atwater, and tonight the city wants to t...
2-27-12 Atapproximately 8:50 Monday morning, theSwift County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call from a party at Rothe...
2-27-12 Some feel the lives of four teenaged college students who died in a traffic crash one week ago might have been saved ...
2-26-12 A new report shows Minnesota had an unusually high number of fire deaths last year, 51 compared to 39 the year before...
2-25-12 The two final funerals will be held today (Saturday) for victims of the Monday car crash that killed four North Dakot...
2-25-12 The two final funerals will be held today (Saturday) for victims of the Monday car crash that killed four North Dakot...
2-25-12 The Willmar Fire Department was called to the Holiday Gas Station on West Highway 12 yesterday afternoon to clean up ...
2-24-12 The Willmar Fire Department was called to the Holiday Gas Station on West Highway 12 this afternoon to clean up a fue...
2-24-12 An elderlycouple was shaken up yesterday morning after rolling their car on the west side of Willmar. The accident ha...
2-23-12Italian authorities have now recovered eight bodiesfrom the capsized Costa Concordia. No identities have been released...
2-23-12 The Willmar City Council last night repealed it's ordinance regarding false burglar and fire alarms. City Finance...
2-23-12 The State Patrol says it could take awhile to determine the cause of a crash that killed four students from North Dak...
2-23-12 A fire north of Paynesville early yesterday morning killed many rabbits and destroyed a barn. The Stearns County Sher...
2-22-12 A six person is dead after slushy conditions hit the Alexandria area on Monday. Four college students died onI-94west...
2-21-12(Fargo, ND) -- Administrators and counseling staff at North Dakota State University are dealing with the deaths of fou...
2-21-12 A Starbuck woman is dead after car-truck crash in Pope County yesterday afternoon. The state patrol says a car driven...
2-21-12 Four young women in a Chevy Malibu were killed in a crash west of Alexandria yesterday afternoon. The state patrol sa...
2-20-12 A Lamberton man is dead after a one vehicle rollover Friday morning. The Redwood County Sheriff's Department says...
2-20-12 Fire destroyed a house near Darwin yesterday morning. The Meeker County Sheriff's Department says a passer-by on ...
2-17-12 (Grand Rapids, MN) -- A two-year-old boy is dead after a hot tub accident in a Grand Rapids hotel. Officers say the b...
2-17-12 Still no word on how a Minnesota man was killed whilesnowmobiling in a remote area of northwest Wyoming. The group th...
2-17-12 A home between Willmar and Spicer was heavily damaged by fire Wednesday afternoon. Spicer Fire Chief Mike Holme says ...
2-16-12 (Moorhead, MN) -- More good news from the National Weather Service about the potential for flooding in the Red River ...
2-15-12 A Brooten man is dead after a traffic crash in Willmar yesterday afternoon. Willmar Police say at 3:11 p.m. a pickup ...
THANK YOU!Thank You for supporting Radio for Relief. Your response was amazing and during our four hour broadcast, a combined...
12-13-12 (Elk River, MN) -- Sherburne County authorities report the death of a motorist whose S-U-V crashed into the side of ...
2-13-12 The Stearns County Sheriff's Department says 18-year-old Craig Weichmann of rural Freeport was killed in a farm a...
2-13-12 A memorial fund has been set up for the family of a boykilled last Friday while waiting for his school bus west of th...
2-11-12 Authorities continue to investigate a fatal crash inMontrose yesterday. Officials say a car driven by 47-year-old Rob...
2-10-12 Two young children are safe this morning after jumpinginto the arms of neighbors from a burning duplex in St. Paul. F...
2-9-12 It's beenawhile since local fire departments had to battle a grass fire in February, but that wasthe case yesterda...
2-9-12 A Hector man was hurt in a van-semi crash in Buffalo Lake yesterday morning. The state patrol says at 8:30 a.m. a van ...
2-8-12 Farmers have reason to worry as their soil goes without significant moisture this winter. The relative lack of snow is...
2-7-12 (St. Paul, MN)-- For the second straight month, lack of seat belt use factored in a majority of Minnesota traffic deat...
2-7-12 Fire damaged the outside of a house west of Willmar early this morning. Willmar Fire Chief Marv Calvin says around 1 a...
2-6-12 (Wheaton, MN) -- A man from Wheaton in western Minnesota is the latest victim of a fatal ice fishing accident. The bod...
2-2-12 (St. Paul, MN) -- A new study shows one in ten babies along Minnesota's North Shore is born with unhealthy levels ...
2-3-12 A Stearns County Deputy was hurt this morning when a semi went out of control and struck the deputy's car on the s...
2-2-12 (St. Paul, MN) -- Flu activity remains low around the state. During the latest reporting week, only six people were ho...
1-31-12 (Giglio, IT) -- Emergency officials have called off the search for 16 people missing at the site of a capsized cruise...
1-29-12 A recent crash in southern Minnesota is another reminder of the dangers at railroad crossings. A snowplow driver was ...
1-29-12 A man is dead following a cabin fire in Lavell Township. The St. Louis County sheriff's department responded to a...
1-28-12 The Stearns County Sheriff's Department says at 4:44 p.m. yesterday they were called to a one car crash south of ...
1-25-12 A man escaped unharmed after his pickup went through the ice on Diamond Lake near Atwater Wednesday afternoon. At 3 p...
1-23-12 (Rochester, MN) -- A MnDOT snowplow operator remains hospitalized in fair condition after a collision with a Union Pa...
1-23-12 A rural Cold Spring home was damaged in a fire yesterday afternoon. The Stearns County Sheriff's Department says ...
1-23-12 A Madison man was critcally injured in a two vehicle crash west of Prinsburg Saturday morning. The state patrol says ...
1-23-12 The Stearns County Sheriff's Department says two cars collided, then hit a garage near Melrose yesterday. Just be...
(St. Paul, MN) -- The Wild set a franchise-record, scoring three goals in a 59-second span to beat Dallas, 5-2. Dany Heatley ...
(Brooklyn Center, MN) -- A multi-car crash slowed things down on the 694 bridge over the Mississippi River in the metro area ...
1-20-12 -- Lots of crumpled metal and delayed arrivals as light snow tangled traffic around Minnesota this morning. More than...
1-20-12 A Redwood Falls family that suffered a tragic loss in a car crash on Christmas Eve got some good news today when thei...
1-20-12 The prayers continue for a White Bear Lake couple stillmissing nearly a week after the wreck of the cruise ship Costa...
1-19-12 The vigil continues at a church in the Twin Citiessuburb of White Bear Lake for Jerry and Barbara Heil (HYLE) -- stil...
1-19-12 Another reminder from the state Department of PublicSafety about the importance of wearing your seat belt. Officials ...
1-18-12 (St.Paul, MN) -- Another reminder from the state Department of Public Safety about the importance of wearing your sea...
1-17-12 The search continues today for a White Bear Lake coupleand others still missing after the cruise ship disaster off th...
1-16-12 A couple from White Bear Lake is among those still missing inthe cruise disaster in Italy as of last night. Gerald an...
1-13-12 Traffic fatalities were down across Minnesota last year and a further look at one area of the state, Rice County, ill...
1-11-12 Minnesota pilots Walt and Raeanna Gislason donated a plane to Bahamas Habitat, a nonprofit organization. The Gislason...
1-11-12 A Clarkfield man was hurt yesterday when his truck left Highway 67 and hitfield approach. The state patrol says it ha...
1-9-12 Three people were hurt in a crash yesterday afternoon in Willmar. Police Chief Dave Wyffels says just before 5 p.m. tw...
(Undated) -- The number of traffic deaths in Minnesota for 2011 is the lowest since 1944, and an 11-percent decrease from the...
1-6-12 (Lamberton Township, MN) -- Mechanical problems in mid-air led to an emergency landing in southwestern Minnesota on Th...
1-6-12 More than half of Minnesota is now officially in a drought. The latest U-S Drought Monitor shows most of the lower hal...
1-6-12 A Lakeville man was slightly hurt after making an emergency landing of his plane on Highway 14 in Redwood County Thurs...
1-6-12 There's been another sighting of "Lord", the Schnauzer. Lord was in a car involved in a traffic crash at the...
1-5-12 (Hay Creek, MN) -- Authorities say two young people died in a crash on a highway in southeastern Minnesota. The State ...
1-5-12 One person was killed and two others injured in a crash near Red Wing last evening. The state patrol says at 550 p.m. ...
1-4-12 (St. Paul, MN) -- Traffic fatalities in Minnesota declined for the fourth straight year in 2011. Preliminary statistic...
1-4-12 A traffic crash near New London yesterday afternoon killed a Paynesville woman. The state patrol says it happened arou...
1-4-12 A North Mankato man is deadafter a one vehicle rollover in Mankato last night. The state patrol says it happened at 10...
1-3-12 (Various) -- Talk about needing a breather after the holidays. The Minnesota State Patrol says there were nearly 90 cr...
1-3-12 A state trooper was hurt incrash Sunday afternoon in Redwood Falls. The state patrol says at 4:05 p.m Sunday, trooper ...
1-2-12 Four people were hurt, one of them seriously, in a two vehicle crash near Lake Lillian Friday night. The state patrol ...
(MNN) --The Hennepin County Medical Examiner has identified the woman who died after being hit by a car at Park Avenue South ...
12-31-11 A lack of precipitation following 2011's wet springhas made Minnesota the most drought-stricken state in the norther...
12-31-11 Four people were hurt, one of them seriously, in a two vehicle crash near Lake Lillian Friday night. The state patro...
(Milan, MN) -- A highway crash last night in western Minnesota killed the driver of an S-U-V. The State Patrol says 19-year-o...
12-30-11 (Red Lake Falls, MN) -- Two relatives from Red Lake Falls are the victims of a one-vehicle crash last (Thurs) night ...
12-30-11 At 9 a.m. yesterday the Meeker County Sheriff's Office took a report of a one vehicle accident atHWY 24 and 660th Av...
12-29-11 A family is looking for their dog after last weekend's fatal crash at Mel's Corner,the intersection of Hwy 71 & 7. T...
12-29-11 As law enforcement officials gear up for the New Yearholiday weekend, State Patrol Lieutenant Eric Roeske (ROSS'-kee...
12-29-11 Shortly before 2 p.m. Monday the Renville County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call reporting a crash involv...
12-28-11 (Freeport, MN) -- An historic flour mill in central Minnesota was destroyed after a huge fire on Tuesday. No injurie...
12-28-11 (Rochester, MN) -- The Mayo Clinic has been shaken by the loss of a transplant doctor and an organ technician killed...
12-27-11 It has been an interesting late morning here at our studios. Right outside our windows that face Foot Lake and Robin...
12 -27-11 (Willmar, MN) -- The State Patrol says it was a 15-year-old who was driving an S-U-V that caused a fatal four-vehic...
(St. Paul, MN) -- The Wild will try to get back on track when they host theAvalanche at The X this evening (5pm). Minnesot...
(St. Paul, MN) -- The Wild get back into action late tomorrow afternoon when they host the Avalanche. Colorado has won four s...
(Willmar, MN) -- A four-vehicle crash south of Willmar yesterday left one person dead and several injured. The State Patrol s...
12-23-11 Power plants in Minnesota and across the U-S will have to slash air pollution by 90 percent over the next four years...
12-23-11 In its latest reporting week, the Minnesota Health Department says there were three school outbreaks due to seasonal...
12-21-11 Paynesville officials met with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency last week, hoping to get them to excavate a fo...
12-19-11 (Minneapolis, MN) -- The State Patrol is urging future Good Samaritans to use extreme caution, after a tragic succes...
12-19-11 A Redwood Falls man was killed in a hunting accident in Renville County Saturday. Sheriff Scott Hable says 19-year-o...
12-19-11 ARidgewater College Studentis dead after a broadside crash in Chippewa County Friday night. The state patrol says ac...
12-17-11 Awoman is dead after a broadside crash in Chippewa County last night. The state patrol says acar driven by 29-year-o...
12-17-11 An Appleton woman is dead after a one-vehicle rollover early this morning in Lac Qui Parle County. The state patrol ...
12-16-11 (Madelia, MN) -- There is a benefit tomorrow (SAT) for an Iraqi war veteran from Madelia who was critically injured ...
12-15-11 -- At least one lawmaker wants the Minnesota Legislature to consider a ban on cell phone use while driving. Represen...
12-15-11 (Tacoma, WA) -- A Minnesota soldier was one of the men killed in the fatal crash of two Army helicopters near Tacoma...
12-13-11 (Roseau, MN) -- The State Patrol cited a truck driver from Fargo after his rig rear-ended a school bus this morning,...
12-13-11 (Mora, MN) -- A preliminary investigation indicates last week's fatal fire at an apartment in Mora was accidental --...
12-13-11 A Raymond man was killed in a one-vehicle rollover north of Raymond just before 7 a.m. Tuesday morning. The Kandiyoh...
12-13-11 The Kandiyohi County Sheriff's Department says a 46-year-old man is dead after a one-vehicle rollover near Raymond t...
12-13-11 Minnesotans are not used to this kind of weather inmid-December. Forecasters say light freezing drizzle will continu...
12-12-11A Paynesville woman and a child were hurt in a two-vehicle crash Monday morning near New London. The state patrol say...
12-9-11 -- Five Minnesotans have died in two separate structure fires this week. Authorities have identified the father and s...
12-9-11 25-year-old Steven Flanagan of Cold Spring died at Hennepin County Medical Center Wednesday from injuries suffered in...
12-8-11 A southwestern Minnesota man is dead after a two-vehiclecrash Tuesday morning near the town of Morgan. The Redwood Co...
12-5-11 Regional U of MExtension Service Educator Dave Nicolai says even sparse precipitation over the weekend is welcome to ...
MNN-- State safety officials are pleased - and a bit stunned - that Minnesota had just one road death over the Thanksgiving h...
12-3-11 Parts of Minnesota could get a blast of winter today and D-N-Rofficials are reminding snowmobilers to brush up on the...
12-1-11 (Maple Grove, MN) -- Four ninth-graders suffered what are called "mild to severe" burns after a science exp...
11-30-11 Preliminary traffic fatality reports indicate Minnesota may have recorded its safest Thanksgiving travel period sinc...
(Eden Prairie, MN) -- The Vikings placed four players on season-endinginjured reserve among a flurry of moves on Tuesday. ...
11-29-11 A pedestrian was struck by a van and killed in Morrison County early yesterday morning. The state patrol says the va...
11-28-11 Two people were hurt in a one-vehicle crash in Stearns County yesterday morning. The sheriff's office says a Chevy H...
11-28-11 A pedestrian was struck by a van and killed in Morrison County early this morning. The state patrol says the van, dr...
(Mankato, MN) -- A spokesman for North Star Aviation confirms a plane that crashed in north-central Wisconsin Thanksgiving Ev...
(Undated) -- A note for parents doing some Christmas shopping this weekend after Black Friday: The U-S Public Interest Resear...
11-24-11 Employees at Cargill’s grain business in the area conducted a food drive that reaped over 10,000 food items an...
11-24-11 A Little Falls man was killed in a car-semi crash in the town of Rice yesterday morning. The state patrol says a sem...
11-23-11 The Renville County Sheriff's Department has released the name of the person killed in a two vehicle crash west of H...
11-23-11 A person was killed in a car-semi crash in the town of Rice this morning. The state patrol says a semi was crossing ...
11-22-11 A van and a car crashed in west of Hutchinson last night, killing the car driver. The Renville County Sheriff's offi...
11-22-11 At 7:22 last night the Meeker County Sheriff’s Office dispatched Cosmos Ambulance, Cosmos Fire Dept., Hutchins...
11-22-11 A man was hurt in a fall from a roof on a Renville County farm yesterday morning. The sheriff's office says the 25-y...
11-21-11 Icy conditions likely contributed to a fatal accidentSaturday on I-90 in Nobles County. The State Patrol says the dr...
(MNN)-- A fatal one-vehicle accident on I-90 in Nobles County claimed the life of one person Saturday afternoon. The State Pa...
11-19-11 Minnesota's soil is the most parched it's been all year. The latest U-S Drought Monitor shows severe drought across ...
(St. Paul, MN) -- Minnesota forward Devin Setoguchi scored the game's onlygoal late in the third period, and the Northwest...
11-17-11 Shortly after 8 yesterday morning the Chippewa County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call about a one vehicle...
11-17-11 A woman is dead after a car crash and fire in Chippewa County this morning. Kerkhoven Fire Chief Jesse Nelson says a...
11-17-11 A woman is dead after a car crash and fire in Swift County this morning. Kerkhoven Fire Chief Jesse Nelson says at a...
(St. Paul, MN) -- The Wild will open up a six-game homestand against the Avalanche at the Xcel Energy Center this evening. Mi...
11-16-11 Minnesota has crossed an unwanted threshold with more than 300 persons killed in road crashes so far this year.The u...
(Minneapolis, MN) -- A Minneapolis man is charged with criminal vehicular homicide following a fatal hit-and-run crash Saturd...
11-14-11 The National Weather Service is warning of high firedanger across southwestern Minnesota this afternoon. Forecasters...
11-14-11 At least one person was killed and several others were injured in a crash in Watonwan County Saturday. At 11 a.m. a ...
11-14-11 Goodbye wind chill warning. Hello extreme cold alert. Forecasters in Minnesota and North Dakota are scrapping the tr...
(Chanhassen, MN) -- Goodbye wind chill warning. Hello extreme cold alert. Forecasters in Minnesota and North Dakota are scrap...
11-10-11 A farm tractor driver was killed yesterday in a crash near New Ulm. The state patrol says the cab-less tractor, driv...
11-10-11 Paynesville city officials are losing their patience with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency over the agency's f...
11-10-11 The state patrol says a school bus driver and a passenger were hurt yesterday morning when the bus ran off the road ...
11-9-11 -- Minnesota apparently didn't have as many problems as other parts of the country during this afternoon's first-ever...
11-9-11 The state patrol says a school bus driver and a passenger were hurt this morning when the bus ran off the road in Swi...
The Department of Public Safety’s Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (HSEM) is conducting a very sh...
11-9-11 The state patrol says at 7:36 this morning a school bus left Highway 12 and crashed into a field north of Appleton. T...
At 10 yesterday morning the Stearns County’ Sheriff’s Office received a report of motor vehicle crash atCR 14 and...
11-8-11 Willmar Fire Crews battled a house fire in southeast Willmar Tuesday night. The fire at 501 Southeast 25th Street, ab...
11-8-11 Willmar Fire Crews battled a house fire in southeast Willmar Tuesday night. The fire at 501 Southeast 25th Street, ab...
11-8-11 TheSouth Dakotaman who was hurt Friday afternoon after driving his Cadillac under the trailer of a semi in Paynesvill...
11-8-11 A grass firedamaged two sheds at a property north of Atwater yesterday. Atwater Fire Chief Gerald Schwartz says just ...
11-8-11 The human death toll from the start of Minnesota's hunting season is now up to four. The Kanabec County Sheriff's Off...
11-8-11 This week is Winter Hazard Awareness Week in Minnesota. National Weather Service meteorologist Phil Schumacher says m...
11-7-11 A deer ran into the door of a moving pickup on Highway 212 Saturday, slightly injuring the pickup driver. The state p...
11-7-11 As a former Iraq Marine lies in critical condition, friends of John Byro are offering a three-thousand-dollar reward ...
11-6-11 An elderly deer hunter is dead following an accident yesterday in St. Louis County. The St. Louis County Sheriff's Of...
11-6-11 An elderly deer hunter is dead following an accident yesterday in St. Louis County. The St. Louis County Sheriff's Of...
11-4-11 Fire destroyed a farm machinery shed near Albany last night. The Stearns County Sheriff's Department says a family me...
11-3-11 Willmar Fire Chief Marv Calvin says they think the fire that damaged the Highway 12 Motel in Willmar Thursday morning...
11-3-11 Willmar Fire Chief Marv Calvin says they think the fire that damaged the Highway 12 Motel in Willmar this morning was...
11-3-11 Fire crews from Willmar and other agencies fought a fire at the Highway 12 Motel in Willmar this morning. The fire wa...
(Moscow) -- Pilot error is being blamed for the September 7th plane crashthat killed members of a Russian hockey team. Inv...
(Undated) -- Environment Minnesota is highlighting what it calls "frightening facts" about the state's lakes and ri...
10-27-11 The Yellow Medicine County Sheriff's Department says a teen hurt in a weekend farm accident has died. 16-year-old Al...
10-27-11 There are slippery roads and bridges in the area this morning. MnDot crews are sanding this morning, and at least on...
10-26-11 (Washington, DC) -- The U-S-D-A has designated 11 Minnesota counties as disaster areas because of a growing season t...
10-26-11 Two women from Spicer were hurt in a crash near the Nest Lake Bridge Tuesday afternoon. The state patrol says an SUV...
10-25-11 A Glenwood manis dead after a two vehicle crash in Pope County yesterday. The state patrol says a car driven by 84-y...
10-24-11 One person is dead after a two vehicle crash in Pope County Monday. The state patrol says a car was eastbound on Hig...
10-22-11 A Hutchinson teen was hurt when his car hit a tractor south of Hutchinson last night. The tractor with a digger was ...
10-20-11 Senator Al Franken is pleased that the Environmental Protection Agency has decided not to impose federal dust regula...
10-20-11 A pickup and a car collided near Sacred Heart yesterday and both ended up in a drainage ditch. The Renville County S...
10-19-11 A Sauk Centre man was hurt in a farm accident in Meeker County yesterday afternoon. Sheriff Jeff Norlin says at 12:3...
10-19-11 Highway 104 north of the Kandiyohi County Line is blocked due to a semi rollover. A semi hauling merchandise for Wal...
10-19-11 A pedestrian was struck by a semi and killed in Brown County yesterday. The state patrol says 65-year-old Daniel Heg...
10-18-11 -- Health officials have discovered additional cases of a rare form of lung cancer involving people who once lived o...
10-18-11 A Taunton woman is dead after a two vehicle crash near Hanley Falls. The State Patrol reports 43-year old Janet Reed...
(Las Vegas, NV) -- Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon diedfollowing a 15-car crash at the Las Vegas Motor Speedwa...
(Grand Rapids, MN) -- There will likely be a lingering reminder of the BWCA wildfire long after the last flames are out. Minn...
10-14-11 (Burnsville, MN) -- Despite the driver's Facebook posting, State Patrol officials do *not* believe excessive speed p...
10-14-11 (Nora Twp, MN) -- An Alexandria man is dead after a farm accident in Pope County Thursday. Sheriff Tim Riley says ju...
10-14-11 The State Patrol has identified two workers killed whena sports car swerved off a Twin Cities freeway and crashed in...
10-14-11 Thursday was a damp, overcast day in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area wherecrews continued putting the final containme...
10-14-11 The long dry spell has kept a lid on campfires and other open burning. But now - with rain and cooler weather - the ...
Recent widespread precipitation and cooler temperatures have eased the critical fire danger across the state, so the Minnesot...
10-13-11 It looks like everything is going the right way as crews secure the final lines around the wildfire in northeastern ...
10-13-11 The Kandiyohi County Public Works Department office in Willmar says County Road 7 is now open from Highway 40 to Hig...
10-12-11 More rain is moving through the state today, helping in theeffort to contain the Pagami Creek fire. Fire management ...
10-12-11 A Minnesota disc drive maker says operations are beingstepped up here after suspending work at a plant in Thailand d...
10-11-11 (Elk River, MN) -- Authorities say a Chaska motorist was killed today as he drove around the lowered arms of a rail ...
10-11-11-- One of Minnesota's two big wildfires is now fully contained. Officials say the Juneberry 3 fire in the state's nor...
10-11-11 A St. Cloud woman waskilled after being struck by a car in New Ulm Sunday night. The state patrol says 75-year-old N...
10-10-11 -- Minnesota has recorded one of its deadliest weekends of the year on state roads. At least ten people died in high...
10-10-11 A St. Cloud woman waskilled after being struck by a car in New Ulm last night. The state patrol says 75-year-old Nor...
10-10-11 Two people were killed and two were injured in a car-pickup collision near New London Saturday afternoon. The Kandiy...
10-10-11 While temperatures are starting to go down, the wildfiredanger remains high in Minnesota. The D-N-R's Ron Sanow says...
(Willmar, MN) Saturday afternoon, October 8,at 2:30 pm, the Kandiyohi CountySheriff's Office received a report of a personal ...
(Various) -- The State Patrol says at least four people have been killed in crashes so far this weekend. A 37-year old man wa...
10-8-11 A Minnesota prosecutor is renewing his push to increasethe penalty for negligent driving resulting in death. A woman ...
10-8-11 It's been dubbed the "Juneberry 3" fire for the township it started on Wednesday afternoon. The wildfire ha...
10-7-11 Willmar fire crews were called when flames were seen shooting up from manholes and sewer grates in southeast Willmar ...
10-7-11 (Greenbush, MN) -- It's been dubbed the "Juneberry 3" fire for the township it started on Wednesday afterno...
10-6-11 (Ely, MN) -- Still 71 percent contained - and holding. That's the report from northeastern Minnesota where strong win...
10-7-11 Two Watkins men died in a rollover crash in Meeker County yesterday morning. At 3:15 a.m. the sheriff's office sent t...
10-7-11 An Eden Valley woman was killed Wednesday when her carwent off a county road near St. Nicholas and rolled over severa...
10-6-11 At 3:15 this morning, the Meeker County Sheriff's Office responded to and dispatched Litchfield Fire Department, Litc...
10-5-11 Dried out soil and grass have sparked much higher firedanger ratings throughout Minnesota. The D-N-R says the highest...
10-5-11 Fire crews are bracing for trouble from rising winds, low humidty and above-average temperatures in the Boundary Wate...
10-5-11 Fire crews from Lake Lillian and Atwater put out a combine fire yesterday morning. At 10 a.m. the combine near a corn...
10-4-11 A long dry spell has finally caught up with us andforecasters have issued a red flag warning, starting this afternoon...
The Willmar City Council last night voted to hire up to6 more firefighters. The hirings will bring the fire department up to ...
10-4-11 The Willmar City Council last night voted to hire up to6 more firefighters. The hirings will bring the fire departmen...
10-3-11 A fresh command team takes over today in the battle against the massive forest fire in northeastern Minnesota. Contai...
10-3-11 At 1:09 yesterday morning THE STEARNS COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE WASDISPATCHED TO A ONE VEHICLE CRASH ON CR 2 SOUTH OF CR...
(Olivia, MN) -- Renville County in southern Minnesota is the deadliest county in the state to drive in - per capita. Federal ...
9-30-11 Around 50 dairy cows died in a barn fire in Stearns County early this morning. The sheriff's department says at 2 a.m...
9-29-11 A Sauk Rapids woman is dead after a motorcycle crash in Stearns County last night. The sheriff's Department says 47-y...
9-28-11 (Isabella, MN) -- B-W-C-A fire crews are bracing for a big challenge from the weather tomorrow (Thurs). Strong winds ...
9-27-11 (Minneapolis, MN) -- People might see lots of lights, helicopters and emergency vehicles tonight (Tues 5:30-9pm) alon...
9-26-11 Fresh crews of firefighters are arriving in northeasternMinnesota to help suppress the Pagami Creek Fire. A warmer, d...
The State Patrol has released the names of the motorcyclists involved in a fatal crash Friday night. Fifty-one-year old Ann M...
The forecast calling for warmer, drier weather and lighter wind in northeast Minnesota is good news for those fighting the fi...
9-23-11 A Sleepy Eye woman is hospitalized after a traffic crash in Yellow Medicine County last night. The state patrol says ...
(New York, NY) -- The NFL is taking a firm stance against teams thatpossibly fake injuries on the field. The league has is...
9-20-11 (Isabella, MN) -- Crews have now contained about one-fourth of the big timber fire in northeastern Minnesota. Public ...
9-19-2011 -- Rainy weather is giving crews their first big break in the fight against the massive forest fire in northeastern...
Here's News Director J.P. Cola's report on the Pagami Creek Wildfire...
9-19-11 After a day of rain, the weather is expected to clear and thewinds pick up today over the huge wildfire burning in no...
9-19-11 The fall harvest is ramping up in Minnesota and this is also Farm Safety and Health Week. Allen Sommerfeld with the s...
(Undated) -- Minnesota law enforcement arrested nearly 18-hundred motorists during the recent crackdown on drunken drivers. I...
9-16-11 Thousands turned out to pay their respects to aninternational hockey star who spent some quality time in Minnesota. A...
9-16-11 Lighter winds and more moisture are helping crews in theirbattle to contain the big timber fire east of Ely in northe...
9-16-11 A traffic crash in Benson has led to DWI charges against one of the drivers. At7:41 Wednesday night the Benson Police...
9-16-11 A woman was killed in a one vehicle crash in Wright County this morning. The state patrol says a car driven by 25-yea...
9-15-11 (Ely, MN) -- Lighter winds and more moisture are helping crews in their battle to contain the big timber fire east of...
9-14-11 (Isabella, MN) -- Firefighters are getting some help from the weather today as they battle a blaze in the B-W-C-A -- ...
9-14-11 Lingering smoke from the wildfire in northeastern Minnesota forced the Brewers to close the retractable roof at Mille...
9-12-11 -- The D-N-R has imposed burning restrictions in most of northern Minnesota. It's in response to high wildfire danger...
9-12-11 On Sunday from the steps of the state Capitol, GovernorMark Dayton addressed a crowd that assembled to remember 9-11,...
9-12-11 The Kandiyohi County Public Works Department office says, weather permitting, the bridge on 75th Avenue SE, approxima...
9-12-11 Fire destroyed a house in the Upper Sioux Community yesterday afternoon. The fire was called in shortly after 1 p.m. ...
9-10-11 After a very wet winter and spring, the latest U-S DroughtMonitor shows the effects of a total reversal in weather tr...
9-10-11 The Kandiyohi County Public Works Department office says, weather permitting, the bridge on 75th Avenue SE, approxima...
9-9-11(Grand Rapids, MN) -- The northern third of Minnesota is starved for rain - and wildfire danger is now rated as high. A...
9-8-11 A Willmar man was hurt when a train hit his truck near Raymond. The Kandiyohi County Sheriff's Department says at10:35...
9-8-11 The state of Minnesota is drying out quickly in the late summertime. The U-S Drought Monitor shows much of the Arrowhe...
9-7-11 The preliminary death toll on Minnesota roads over the Labor Day holiday weekend is six. That makes it the deadliest s...
9-7-11 In central Minnesota, McLeod County authorities report a man has died after crashing a small plane. It happened Monday...
9-6-11 -- Effective today (Tuesday), Minnesota drivers with outstanding traffic violations in other states could have their M...
9-6-11 A bicyclist is dead after riding through anintersection and being struck by a gravel truck in Alexandria yesterday. Po...
9-5-11 Just aftermidnight Saturday morning the Stearns County Sheriff's Office was notified of a car crash with injuries on C...
9-5-11 Just before noon yesterday Cold Spring Fire and Rescue was dispatched to a shed fire at the John Kremer residence on H...
9-2-11 (Minneapolis, MN) -- The wife of ex-Minnesota Vikings star Joe Senser was driving a Mercedes-Benz S-U-V involved in a ...
9-2-11 (St. Paul, MN) -- Minnesota in 2010 had the lowest number of alcohol-related crash deaths ever recorded. But the bad n...
(Minneapolis, MN) -- The State Patrol is reporting that the S-U-V involvedin a fatal hit-and-run last week in Minneapolis b...
9-2-11 The car that authorities say was involved in a fatalhit-and-run last week in Minneapolis belongs to former Minnesota V...
9-1-11 An SUV traveling on the wrong side of a highway near Bemidji ran several vehicles off the road and hit three vehicles,...
8-31-11 (Fergus Falls, MN) -- A young woman from Browerville has pleaded guilty to criminal vehicular homocide in a September...
8-31-11 The federal budget squeeze has caused FEMA to hold back on funding new work in Minnesota following flooding and torna...
8-29-11 Spring and summer flooding in Montevideo has caused a loss of approximately $360,000 dollars. Montevideo City Man...
8-26-11 Over 150 people have been displaced from their homes after a fire broke out early this morning at a Plymouth apartmen...
8-25-11 Authorities are still looking for the driver of aMercedes S-U-V with front-end damage, who fled the scene of a deadly...
8-24-11 (Minneapolis, MN) -- Authorities have identified the victim of a fatal hit-and-run crash on an I-94 ramp last (Tues) ...
8-24-11 (St. Paul, MN) -- State public safety officials say at least 232 motorists were arrested for D-W-I last weekend at th...
8-24-11 The State Patrol is investigating a fatal hit-and-run which happened in the Twin Cities last night. The victim was fi...
8-24-11 The Minnesota-based American Refugee Committee is helping with the famine relief efforts in drought-stricken Somalia....
8-23-11 ANorth Mankato woman was killed in a car-semi crash in Nicollet County yesterday afternoon. The state patrol says at ...
8-23-11 The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) concluded 47 enforcement cases totaling nearly half a million dollars i...
8-22-11 A cafe in Echo was destroyed by fire yesterday. The Yellow Medicine County Sheriff's Department says at 11:30 yesterd...
8-22-11 Official funeral services have not been publicized buta Minnesota pilot was honored after his stunt plane crashed and...
8-22-11 A Minneapolis woman was critically injured when her van collided with a pickup on I-94 north of New Munich in Stearns...
8-22-11 Motorists will encounter a detour on Highway 23 near Paynesville beginning tomorrow as crews build the east connectio...
8-22-11 At 2:09 yesterday morning the Stearns County Sheriff's Office was called to the scene of a motorcycle crash on County...
(Undated) -- Local, county and state law enforcement agencies have launched an end-of-summer crackdown on drunken drivers. Th...
8-19-11 (Bemidji, MN) -- Clean-up operations are continuing in parts of northwestern Minnesota that were hit by severe weathe...
8-19-11 -- Local, county and state law enforcement agencies have launched an end-of-summer crackdown on drunken drivers. The ...
8-17-11 Minneapolis-based Cargill faces another lawsuitfollowing a salmonella outbreak due to its ground turkey made in Arkan...
8-17-11 Last weekend's stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair that killed 5 and injured dozens was a chilling reminder of w...
8-16-11 The Stearns County Sheriff's Department wants to know who covered roads in the county with huge flaming hay bales and...
8-16-11 Monday marked the the first step for Pine and StearnsCounties applying forfederal disaster relief money after this su...
8-13-11 Sixteen people were treated for injuries after the deckat a home in Alexandria collapsed last night. The Douglas Coun...
8-13-11 A car and truck crashed in eastern Chippewa County sending two people to the hospital. The sheriff's department says ...
8-12-11 The Centers for Disease Control says the salmonella outbreak linked to ground turkey made by Cargill has expanded, an...
8-10-11 (Minneapolis, MN) -- All lanes of I-94 in both directions in downtown Minneapolis have reopened after crews finished ...
8-10-11 A Hutchinson man died after being injured in an industrial accident in Renville County yesterday. Sheriff Scott Hable...
8-10-11 A man died after being injured in an industrial accident in Renville County yesterday. Sheriff Scott Hable says short...
8-8-11 -- The State Patrol reports at five people died on Minnesota roads over the weekend. Two were killed when their car wa...
(Minneapolis, MN) -- U-of-M researchers have discovered a natural foodpreservative that kills foodborne bacteria such as the ...
8-5-11 (Eagle Lake, MN) -- Canadian Pacific crews have finished pumping ethanol out of three train cars after a derailment We...
8-5-11 A Hanley Falls woman is hospitalized at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis after a head-on crash yesterday ...
8-5-11 The Minnesota Turkey Growers Association is hoping to avoid any image damage from the nationwide ground turkey recall....
8-4-11-- An investigation is underway to determine how ground turkey produced at a Cargill plant in Arkansas became contamina...
8-4-11 A crash last night west of Redwood Falls killed a young woman and put another in the hospital. The State Patrol says a...
8-4-11 A crash last night west of Redwood Falls killed a young woman and put another in the hospital. The State Patrol says a...
8-4-11 Ongoing rains have caused the Army Corps of Engineers toshut off the water at a dam on Lake Traverse in far western Mi...
8-4-11 The Minnesota Department of Transportation says Highway 55 east of Lowry will remain closed through at least Friday to...
8-4-11 A crash last night west of Redwood Falls killed oneand put a woman in the hospital. The State Patrol says a car didn't...
8-4-11 Congressman Collin C. Peterson says the City of Hector has been selected to receive a $75,000 loan and a $34,0...
8-3-11 The Minnesota Department of Transportation says Highway 55 east of Lowry will remain closed through at least Friday to...
8-3-11 A survivor of the 35W Bridge Collapse says she's proud of the role those affected by the disaster had in designing the...
8-3-11 The benefits of wearing seatbelts was clearly demonstrated in a fatal rollover in southwest Minnesota yesterday mornin...
8-3-11 Congressman Collin C. Peterson says the City of Hector has been selected to receive a $75,000 loan and a $34,0...
8-3-11 An early morning fire in a Willmar apartment building injured two people. Fire Chief Marv Calvin says they were called...
(8-2-11) -- A Massachusetts boy was killed and three other youngsters were critically injured when their family's SUV crashed...
8-2-11 Pope County Sheriff Tim Riley says at this point it appears it was straight-line winds, not a tornado, that heavily da...
8-1-11 (Minneapolis, MN) -- On this fourth anniversary of the disaster, officials gather in Gold Medal Park in downtown Minne...
8-1-11 A number of new laws take effect today (Monday) inMinnesota. One offers more protection to consumers from so-called fl...
8-1-11 Flags are flying at half-staff today across Minnesotain rememberance of the 35-W bridge collapse on this day four year...
8-1-11 Electrical power co-ops and towns affected by the July 1st wind storm and tornadoes will get reimbursed for their loss...
7-30-11 A truck driver escaped serious injury when his rig was hit by a train near Belgrade Friday afternoon. The Stearns Cou...
7-29-11 President Obama at Governor Dayton's request has declared 14 Minnesota counties a disaster area following severe stor...
7-29-11 The Yellow Medicine Campgrounds and Horse Rider Campgrounds at Upper Sioux Agency State Park are officially open for ...
7-28-11 (Washington, DC) -- President Obama today (Thurs) at the request of Governor Dayton declared 14 Minnesota counties a ...
7-28-11-- The State Patrol is investigating after a young man was killed this morning (Thurs) in Otter Tail County in a head-...
7-26-11 Authorities say alcohol was a factor in the crash of twoboats in Wisconsin which killed four people including two Min...
7-26-11 Forecasters say more severe weather is on the way over much ofthe state starting this afternoon and running through t...
7-26-11 Fire officials have ruled the deadly blaze at a New Ulm bedand breakfast an accident. An investigation found the fire...
7-25-11 -- Fire officials have ruled the deadly blaze at a New Ulm bed and breakfast an accident. An investigation found the ...
7-25-11 Many people are wondering what caused the high heat and humidity that roasted Minnesota this past week. U of M climat...
7-25-11 It's no wonder the grass needs mowing more often this summer. Heavy downpours continue to be a factor in Minnesota's ...
7-25-11 All four people killed in a weekend boating accident in Chippewa County have now been found. A kayaker discovered the...
7-25-11 The state patrol has identified thepedestrianstruck and killed by a vehiclein Pope County early Saturday morning.At 1...
7-23-11 A pedestrian was struck by a vehicle and killed in Pope County early this morning. The state patrol says the incident...
7-23-11 A crash in Morton yesterday sent a woman to the hospital. The state patrol says a car driven by a Red Wing woman was ...
7-23-11 A Montrose man was killed Friday when he was struck by afreight train near Waverly in Wright County. Railroad officia...
7-22-11 -- Campers are heading to newly reopened state parks this weekend, but a few parks will remain closed for camping. Fo...
7-22-11 Legislation authored by Representative Dean Urdahl to help bring funding equity to a local nursing home has been sign...
7-21-11 The governor is asking Washington for federal help,citing 19-million dollars worth of damage from early July storms w...
7-21-11 A Willmar man was hurt and charges are pending after a series of car crashes on 1st Street in Willmar yesterday after...
7-21-11 A car crashed into a Willmar building yesterday afternoon. Willmar Police say at 2:13 p.m. yesterday they got a call ...
7-14-11 A rural Lake Lillian woman is hospitalized after a one-vehicle rollover yesterday in Meeker County. The sheriff's off...
7-14-11 FEMA and the state today begin assessing damage to publicinfrastructure caused by storms throughout Minnesota between...
(Chanhassen, MN) -- A big stretch of central and southern Minnesota is in a flood watch late tonight into tomorrow afternoon....
The Minnesota Lynx hit the hardwood this afternoon as they host the Phoenix Mercury at the Target Center at noon. The Lynx ha...
7-13-11 Two top state lawmakers ask a Ramsey County judge thismorning (9am) to continue funding for state road projects durin...
7-12-11 A bridge over the Minnesota River in Renville County has reopened. The Renville County Road 21 Bridge, also known as ...
7-12-11 The Renville County Board wants President Obama to declare the county a major disaster area after the July 1st windst...
7-12-11 Central Minnesota continues picking up the piecesafter Sunday's violent weather. The city of Sauk Centre got the wors...
7-12-11 A Willmar man is dead after a one-vehicle rollover yesterday in Meeker County. At 11:23 a.m. the state patrol got a r...
7-11-11-- Charges of criminal vehicular operation could be filedtoday against a Burtrum man after a two-year-old died in a cr...
7-11-11 No information has been released at this time regarding a fatal accident this morning in Meeker County. Around 11 a.m...
7-11-11 Fire destroyed a barn in Stearns County early this morning. At 1:13 a.m. Eden Valley Fire and Rescue was called to an...
7-11-11 High winds and heavy thunderstorms swept across thelower half of Minnesota last night. The National Weather Service s...
7-11 11 The Kandiyohi County Public Works Department saysweather permitting, work will begin Tuesday on Kandiyohi County Road...
(St. Paul, MN) -- Governor Dayton has declared a State of Emergency forareas hit by the storms that rolled across parts of th...
(Chanhassen, MN) -- Forecasters say rivers in most of Minnesota are wellabove average levels, plus above-average precipitatio...
7-8-11 A St. Cloud man was hurt in a car-motorcycle crash near Waite Park this morning. The Stearns County Sheriff's Departme...
7-8-11 A Milaca man died in a two-car crash in Meeker County Thursday morning. The State Patrol says 45-year-old Jay Bekius w...
7-8-11 Officials have released the names of all six people killed in a fire at a New Ulm bed and breakfast last weekend. They...
(Washington, DC) -- The U-S Small Business Administration has grantedGovernor Dayton's request for a disaster declaration for...
7-6-11 Fire damaged the Litzau Taxidermy Building in Cosmos Monday night. Cosmos Fire Chief John Freutel (FROODLE) says aroun...
(Undated) -- A program that supplies large amounts of food to Minnesota foodshelves will continue during state government shu...
7-5-11 Two children and a man are dead and two others are hospitalized after a car went into a river near Saint Cloud early y...
7-5-11 The Meeker County Sheriff’s Office says a boat accident injured a man yesterday afternoon near Darwin. At 2:46 p...
7-4-11 The investigation continues into what caused the fire atthe Bohemian Bed and Breakfast in New Ulm that killed six peop...
(Undated) -- If you're planning an outdoor picnic this Fourth of July weekend, keep food safety in mind. When the temperature...
(St. Cloud, MN) -- The storm system that ripped through central Minnesota last night left behind downed trees, some damaged b...
The area will be a-buzz with the sound of chainsaws today as people clean-up damage from yesterday afternoon's storms. Thousa...
7-1-11 July is under way with a good portion of riversideland still under water. Levels are rising on the Red River in northw...
7-1-11 A head-on crash in Paynesville sent four people to the hospital yesterday afternoon. The state patrolsays shortly afte...
6-30-11 Shortly after midnight this morning the Yellow Medicine County Sheriff’s Office was notified of a single car ac...
6-28-11 At 2:38 p.m. yesterday the Renville County Sheriff’s Office received a report from the Yellow Medicine County S...
6-28-11 At 2 p.m. yesterdaythe Yellow Medicine County Sheriff’s Office was notified of an injury accident in the City o...
6-28-11 The Renville County Highway Department says they anticipate the County Road 21 Bridge, also known as the Gold Mine Br...
(Undated) -- It was a close call Sunday for a mother and child from Perham when the pickup the woman was driving was hit by a...
(Undated) -- "Operation Dry Water" is going statewide this weekend. Sheriff's deputies and conservation officers wi...
(Undated) -- The number of people who lost their lives on Minnesota roads is down for a third year in a row. In 2010 there we...
(St. Paul, MN) -- State officials have a saturation campaign under way this weekend to enforce Minnesota's boating-while-into...
6-23-11 This week's rains have taken a toll on Minnesota roads. For instance, drivers using U-S Highway-12 near Ortonville ar...
6-22-11 The air over central and southern Minnesota was filledwith the sound of sirens late Tuesday as severe weather swept a...
6-22-11 The downward trend continues in highway crash deaths in Minnesota. The final numbers for 2010 show that 411 people di...
6-22-11 The Stearns County Sheriff's Department is looking for the driver of a white van that struck a vehicle driven by a Me...
(Various) -- Flood warnings continue for the Minnesota River at New Ulm, Jordan and Shakopee, the Cottonwood River at New Ulm...
(Undated) -- Minnesota has posted its lowest highway death toll since World War Two. Final figures for 2010 show 411 people l...
6-21-11 The Stearns County Sheriff's Department is looking for the driver of a white van that struck a vehicle driven by a Me...
6-21-11 Tornado warning sirens were sounded in Lake Lillian, Willmar and Pennock between 2 and 3 p.m. after weather radar and...
6-21-11 Today is the first day of summer, and with two- to three-inches of rain possible by thistime tomorrow (WED), flood wa...
6-20-11 Contractors working on the Gorton Avenue reconstruction project in Willmar today severed a gas line causing a minor e...
6-20-11 People across much of Minnesota have to wonder if things will ever dry out. More rain is on the way later today throu...
The American Red Cross must close its emergency shelter in north Minneapolis today to dozens left homeless after the May 22nd...
The investigation continues into why a van driven by 68-year-old woman crossed the center line of road near Lindstrom and cra...
6-18-11 Three people were killed and two injured in a head-oncrash between a car and a van just after six o'clock last night ...
(Chanhassen, MN) -- Flood watches remain in effect over much of southern and west-central Minnesota through tonight. Possible...
(Grand Rapids, MN) -- Minnesota is sending three 20-person fire crews to help battle wildfires in the Southwest. They are fly...
6-16-11 A three-vehicle crash sentthree people to the hospital north of Willmar yesterday afternoon. It happened at 1:45 p.m....
6-15-11 The middle of June is here and flooding is back insouthwestern Minnesota. Rains have pushed the Cottonwood River over...
6-15-11 Among those who are not pleased with FEMA's decisionabout aid for north Minneapolis -- city Mayor R-T-Rybak. Rybak is...
6-15-11 Demolition crews have begun cleaning-up the debris and removing the burned-out hulks of buildings destroyed in a Febr...
(Freeport, MN) -- A ten-year-old boy is in serious condition after he was trapped in an auger on his family's farm near Freep...
6-14-11 Demolition crews have begun cleaning-up the debris and removing the burned-out hulks of buildings destroyed in a Febr...
6-13-11 Minneapolis city inspectors begin assessing damage to rental properties hit by last month's tornado on the city's nor...
(Undated) -- We're in the deadliest time of year for highway crashes - and teenage motorists are often among those who are ki...
6-11-11 Stearns County Deputies say inattentive driving is to blame for a crash that sent two people to the hospital yesterda...
(St. Paul, MN) -- The Ramsey County Sheriff's Office says it does not anticipate criminal charges in connection with an accid...
6-10-11 A Renville woman is dead after a rollover crash in Renville County Thursday morning. The sheriff's department says at...
6-10-11 A salmonella outbreak which has sickened at least eight people in Ohio has now spread to Minnesota and several other ...
6-10-11 Preliminary reports from the State Office of Traffic Safety indicatesno fatalities were reported on Minnesota Roadway...
(St. Paul, MN) -- State health officials have declared an end to this season's measles outbreak in Minnesota that was the lar...
6-9-11 A woman is dead after a rollover crash in Renville County Thursday morning. The sheriff's department says at approxima...
6-8-11 The federal government has issued a disasterdeclaration for Minnesota -- not because of sweltering heat -- but due tol...
6-8-11 Officials are investigating the death of a Glenwood Fireman. Fire Chief Dale Danter says emergency crews responded to ...
6-7-11 Officials are investigating the death of a Glenwood Fireman. Fire Chief Dale Danter says emergency crews responded to ...
(Undated) -- Safety officials are cautioning motorists to be on the lookout for pavement failures triggered by the extreme he...
6-7-11 At 2:51 p.m. yesterday the Stearns County Sheriff's Department and Paynesville Police and Fire responded to a train de...
(Minneapolis, MN) -- The National Weather Service says Target Field in downtown Minneapolis is a "StormReady" facil...
6-6-11 There's visible progress in the clean-up efforts innorth Minneapolis, thanks to around two-thousand people who turned ...
6-6-11 It's a taste of summer's ugly side for now around theTwin Cities. The National Weather Service is issuing an excessive...
6-6-11 A pickup slowed down due to turkeys in the road near Montgomery, causing a fatal motorcycle accident yesterday evening...
(Minneapolis, MN) -- One man is dead and another under arrest after a fight outside a bar in south Minneapolis. Police say wh...
(Minneapolis, MN) -- Clean-up continues in north Minneapolis -- hit hardby a tornado back on May 22nd. Volunteers from variou...
(Wenatchee, WA) -- A 21-year old Paynesville man is safe and sound after aharrowing experience in the mountains of Washington...
(Undated) -- There was plenty of storm damage in northwestern Minnesota late Monday. Upon further examination, the National W...
(Moorhead, MN) -- Just about everywhere you look across the Fargo-Moorhead area this morning, there's damage of some sort fro...
(Minneapolis, MN) -- Senator Al Franken believes Minnesota's federal disaster declaration request for Hennepin and Anoka coun...
(St. Paul, MN) -- Governor Dayton has requested a federal disaster declaration for Hennepin and Anoka counties following Sund...
5-27-11 A traffic crash in Stearns County yesterday afternoon sent two people to the hospital. The sheriff's department says ...
5-27-11 Two people suffered non-life-threatening injuries in a two vehicle crash in Richmond yesterday afternoon. The state p...
5-26-11 More than 100 people have been killed in traffic crashes on Minnesota roads so far in 2011. The preliminary count of ...
5-26-11 U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken and U.S. Representatives Collin Peterson and Tim Walz say the Federal High...
The state patrol has released the names of two people killed in a fiery crash of two pickups in Prinsburg Sunday afternoon. D...
5-24-11 The deadly tornado that rumbled 14 miles from St. Louis Parkthrough North Minneapolis Sunday is being labeled a high-...
5-24-11 The damage toll of the tornado that hit NorthMinneapolis Sunday is at 166-million-dollars and rising. The tornado was...
The Stearns County Sheriff's Department says a two vehicle crash near Belgrade yesterday morning injured two people. A van dr...
Governor Dayton says he may call a special session of the legislature to pass disaster relief. This morning, he toured tornad...
5-23-11 The state patrol now says it may not be until Wednesday until they positively identify two people killed in a traffic...
The Kandiyohi County Highway Department says County Road 4 is closed at the Lake Lillian Outlet, three quarters of a mile nor...
5-23-11 The investigation continues into what caused a fatalboat crash on Lake Victoria near Alexandria Saturday evening. Two...
5-23-11 A Long Prairie teen was killed in a crash in Todd County yesterday afternoon. The state patrol says a car driven by 1...
5-23-11 One person is dead and around 30 people were injured,two critically, after a tornado ripped through North Minneapolis...
5-23-11 Two people were killedyesterdaywhen two pickups collided in Prinsburg andone of the pickups started on fire. The stat...
(Alexandria, MN) -- The Douglas County Sheriff's Office says two people died in a boating accident near the Lake Victoria Boa...
(Alexandria, MN) -- The Douglas County Sheriff's Office says two people died in a boating accident near the Lake Victoria Boa...
A bonding bill that would have provided 47-milliondollars for flood relief in northwestern Minnesota failed to pass theMinnes...
A grease fire on a stove started a fire that destroyed a house near Belgrade yesterday afternoon. The Stearns County Sheriff'...
A Wednesday morning fire destroyed a business in Dassel. The Meeker County Sheriff's Department says at 7:43 a.m. Wednesday t...
A car-semi crash on Highway 212 in Carver County killed a person yesterday afternoon. The state patrol says at 3:14 p.m., a c...
An Oak Grove man was critically injured when his motorcycle hit a car near Alexandria yesterday afternoon. The state patrol s...
A Willmar man was hurt in a motorcycle accident last night in Yellow Medicine County. The state patrol says at 7:27 p.m. 52-y...
Minnesota's late entrance into spring continues with morepicturesque weather today, prompting a steeper decline in flood leve...
Police say a woman became distracted while driving on 1st Street in Willmar and crashed into a building, causing a natural ga...
The flu season continues to wind down, however five moredeaths have been reported by the Minnesota Health Department. Officia...
The situation is likely to be much better by the endof May but for now, driving is still sketchy where floodwaters are recedi...
It was quite a scene in Alexandria Wednesday as firecrews arrived at a property to find a motorhome fully engulfed in flames....
Authorities have determined the death of a woman in Atwater Tuesday evening was a suicide. Atwater Police Chief Reed Schmidt ...
Authorities have determined the death of a woman in Atwater yesterday evening was a suicide. Atwater Police Chief Reed Schmid...
The White House has signed a disaster declaration for 20counties in Minnesota after spring flooding. The declaration means FE...
A Minneapolis man who hit and killed a University ofMinnesota student while driving drunk will spend four years in prison.Twe...
Two people were hurt in a crash south of Granite Falls this morning. The state patrol says at midnight this morning a car dri...
(Bemidji, MN) -- A 16-year-old boy is dead after leading authorities on a high-speed chase near Bemidji over the weekend. A B...
Motorists my encounter daytime shoulder and lane closures in Bird Island and Olivia as crews install new accessible pedestria...
A motor vehicle accident in Willmar this morning sent a car into the Foot Lake Slough and blocked Ella Avenue. The crash happ...
An unattended candle in a bedroom caused a fire in a Willmar apartment Wednesday night. Willmar Fire Cheif Marv Calvin says t...
A driver is dead after colliding with a semi nearCarnelian Lake near Kimball. The State Patrol has not yet releasedthe name o...
The Willmar City Council spent an hour-and-a-half Monday night listening to and discussing a report from an engineering firm ...
Smoke alarms alerted several Willmar residents of a fire in their home early this morning, and everyone was able to evacuate ...
A Litchfield man and his wife were hurt in an accident involving a trailer that came lose from a pickup last night. The state...
With the death of Osama Bin Laden, comes justice for the families of the Minnesota natives killed on 9-11. Among those who di...
This spring has been especially tough on roads around the area. Willmar Public Works Director Holly Wilson says the ground wa...
(St. Paul, MN) -- We are heading into the most dangerous time of year onMinnesota roads. The numbers show that prom season ...
Mn-DOT says northbound I-35-W is back open after aperson jumped from a bridge above onto the freeway just south of the TwinCi...
The Meeker County Sheriff's Department has released the name of the man killed in anATV accident Wednesday morning. 55-year-o...
The Meeker County Sheriff's Department has released the name of the man killed in anATV accident yesterday morning. 55-year-o...
The Minnesota Department of Transportation will commemorate Workers Memorial Day April 28, by honoring the 46 workers who die...
The levees and dikes along the Red River in northwestern Minnesota are getting a good test this spring. The waterway is dropp...
A Redwood County jury has convicted a 41-year-old man of murder in the death of a infant boy. The panel found that Donald Hay...
The Meeker County Sheriff's Department is investigating a fatal ATV accident yesterday morning. At 3:47 a.m. a Meeker County ...
(Perham, MN) -- With the Red River slowly dropping and other Minnesota waterways dipping under flood stage, the biggest worry...
Blog Posts
Drunk drivers continue to wreck havocDrunk drivers continue to cause heartache on Minnesota roads. A Starbuck man with two pa...
It was cold up on the pedestrian bridge over the Willmar trainyard Thursday morning as I watched emergency crews working on a...