A rural Rochester woman was arrested Monday after running over her adult son – intentionally. Olmsted County Sheriff’s Office Capt. Scott Behrns says 58-year-old Cynthia Grund and her 37-year-old son got into a confrontation at her Salem Corners-area home because he had been drinking all day. Behrns says Grund told her son to leave and […]
Train derails near Ottawa
Crews are on the scene of a train derailment in Le Sueur County. Just before five this morning a Union Pacific train left the tracks between Ottawa and the river. Emergency workers on the scene reported that the locomotive and four or five cars came off the tracks and landed in a creek. They also […]
Two people killed in snowmobile crash
The Scott County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a snowmobile crash Sunday afternoon that left two people dead. Deputies say the snowmobile with two riders was on a marked trail in a right of way when it collided with a power pole near Jordan. The driver 42-year-old Jeremy Pumper of Le Sueur died at the scene. […]
Hawley train video drawing attention from around the world.
A Detroit Lakes, Minn. man says the popularity of a video that shows a BNSF freight train barreling through a monstrous snowdrift has taken him by surprise. Cory Bellefeuille was on a bridge near Hawley, Minn. on Sunday when he shot the video from the top of a bridge during a ground blizzard. The video […]
One of two gun reform bills clears House committee
A Minnesota House committee is advancing a bill requiring “uniform criminal background checks” on firearms purchases following an emotional, five-hour debate. The DFL-backed gun safety legislation passed on a 9-7 party line vote and is now headed to the House Ways and Means Committee. The hearing ended just after midnight this (Thursday) morning without a […]
Rochester man sentenced after undercover sting in Alaska
A Rochester man will spend more than 22 years in federal prison for traveling to Alaska to have sex with a minor and distributing child porn. The U-S Attorney in Anchorage says 43-year-old Adam Pike pleaded guilty in October and was sentenced last week. Federal prosecutors say Pike traveled from Minnesota to Alaska in April […]
Clay County Republican party in hot water
The Clay County Republican Party of Minnesota is under fire for a Facebook post comparing Senator Bernie Sanders to Adolf Hitler. The offensive post has since been removed. The G-O-P posted an apology saying, “Whether it’s the Democrats comparing President Trump to Hitler, or Republicans comparing Bernie Sanders, it is wrong, inappropriate, and in poor […]
School bus involved in Lowry Hill Tunnel Crash
Traffic is down to one lane in the Lowry Hill Tunnel in Minneapolis. Multiple agencies are on the scene. It appears at least one car and a school bus from Central Minnesota Christian were involved. Two ambulances were called to the crash site, no word yet if there were injuries or if students were on […]
One dead in Douglas County officer involved shooting
The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office says a deputy has shot and killed a person after responding to a domestic disturbance call in Miltona, about 15 miles north of Alexandria. Douglas County Sheriff Troy Wolbersen says two deputies responded to the call about 5:15 a.m Tuesday and at one point a deputy discharged his weapon. Wolbersen […]
Indiana man headed to prison for killing missing woman
An Indiana man is facing more than 16 years in a Minnesota prison for killing a missing woman last summer in St. Louis County. Forty-one-year-old Daniel Lynn of South Bend received a 200-month sentence Monday after pleading guilty to the second-degree murder of 28-year-old Christina Woods. Prosecutors say Lynn admitted to strangling Woods to death […]