Category Archives: Local News

Trimont Woman Injured After Hitting a Deer on I-90 Monday Morning

A Trimont woman was hospitalized following a crash with a deer on I-90 Monday morning. Fifty year old Kristin Marie Clifford was eastbound on I-90, in a Volkswagen Jetta, when she struck the deer, according to a Minnesota State Patrol report. The crash happened shortly after 6am in Blue Earth City Township, in Faribault County.…read more »

One Person Dead and One Injured After House Fire in Burt

A house fire Thursday morning in Burt, Iowa has claimed the life of one and seriously injured another. Around 1:30pm, Kossuth County Law Enforcement received a 911 call of a house fire, reporting it to be fully engulfed in flames. Upon arrival, firefighters located a man that had escaped the house and was in immediate…read more »

Mercy One Announces the Closure of its Buffalo Center Clinic

Mercy One has announced the closing of its facility in Buffalo Center. In a statement, Mercy One blamed the pandemic, inflation and a lower number of clinical and technical staff entering the healthcare field as reasons for the closure. The last day Mercy One Buffalo Center will see patients is March 24th. Mercy One says…read more »

Rep. Bjorn Olson Gives Update on Pending Legislation

State Representative Bjorn Olson reports that there are several provisions moving forward in the Minnesota Legislature that would be positive for rural Minnesota. In K-12 education, Olson said legislation is moving forward that would be important for Fairmont Area Schools and students who aren’t able to take specific classes in their current school districts.  Olson…read more »

Winnebago Woman Injured When a Deer Runs into Her Vehicle

A woman was injured when a deer crashed into the small SUV she was driving Wednesday evening near Winnebago. Nineteen year old Reyna Maria Cardona, of Winnebago, was driving a 2014 Chevrolet Equinox south on Highway 169 at 6:23pm, when a deer leaped into the fender and bumper area of the vehicle’s front end, the…read more »

MN & Iowa Senators Supporting Legislation to Increase Local Ag Exports

On Thursday, U.S. Senator Tina Smith (DFL-MN) continued her fight to open new international markets for Minnesota farm products by throwing her support behind bipartisan legislation to help farmers, rural cooperatives and small businesses sell more exports abroad.   The Expanding Agricultural Exports Act is estimated to increase agricultural exports by $7.4 billion by doubling funding…read more »

18 Year Old Wells Man Charged After Allegedly Sending Graphic Social Media Messages to a 14 Year Old Girl

A Wells teenager is accused of sending a teenager graphic sexual messages via social media.  Eighteen year old Kaden James Engebretson was charged Monday in Faribault County Court with felony sexual electronic communications with a child. According to the complaint, a classmate reported to investigators that Engebretson was bragging about having a relationship with a…read more »

Authorities Respond to Rollover Accident, West of Frost on Monday Morning

The Faribault County Sheriff’s Office received a report on Monday, just after 9am, of a single vehicle rollover with minor injuries on 100th Street, west of 440th Ave.  According to a press release by the Faribault County Sheriff’s Office, a juvenile female was heading west on 100th Street when the rear of her 1995 Chevy…read more »

Vernon Center Man Sentenced Following Criminal Sexual Conduct Conviction

After his conviction of felony 2nd degree criminal sexual conduct earlier this month, 57 year old Robert Dale Jones of Vernon Center, has been sentenced to work release.  Jones was convicted of sexually assaulting a relative.  A charge of 1st degree criminal sexual conduct was dismissed as part of a plea deal. District Court Judge…read more »