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WILLMAR — Since Sunday and into this morning, Minnesota State Patrol troopers have responded to 18 crashes, including nine rollovers and one non-serious injury, and 52 reports of vehicles off...

BIRD ISLAND -- Due to the weather, the All Ag Celebration that had been scheduled for tonight has been moved to Tuesday night at the Island Ballroom in Bird Island...

PAYNESVILLE — A 39-year-old Paynesville man is in the Stearns County Jail on second-degree assault and domestic assault by strangulation charges for allegedly stabbing and assaulting a woman during a...

GLENWOOD – Four people were seriously injured in a head-on crash Sunday night near Glenwood in Pope County. The names of those involved are not being released until tonight. The...

WILLMAR – Travel is not advised this morning in much of west central Minnesota due to heavy snow and reduced visibility, the Minnesota Department of Transportation says on its 511...

RENVILLE — With a waiting list that continues to grow, Renville Health Service in Renville has brought back four skilled nursing home beds, and will be adding four more on...

LITCHFIELD — A Cokato man was killed and his father severely injured in a one-vehicle accident at 5:33 p.m. on Saturday east of Kingston, the Meeker County Sheriff’s Office reported...

Man ejected from vehicle in roll-over GRANITE FALLS — A 28-year-old man was transported by North Memorial Air Care for injuries suffered after he was ejected from a vehicle in...

Millions of Americans celebrate receiving an income tax refund each year. Many of these same people live each month under the burden of financial hardship, struggling to make ends meet,...

WILLMAR — Willmar, Benson, Montevideo, Olivia and Litchfield are among the area cities in a winter weather advisory beginning overnight tonight. The National Weather Service Twin Cities office in Chanhassen...

PAYNESVILLE — The Stearns County Sheriff’s Office has been notified that Michael Shawn Klappenbach, 39, a Level III sex offender, will not be moving into or living at an address...

Townships held elections and conducted annual meetings Tuesday to set levies for 2014. The results of some of those meetings were reported in Wednesday’s edition of the West Central Tribune...

SACRED HEART TOWNSHIP — Plans to develop an off-highway vehicle park in Renville County are being challenged by the township in which it would be located. Sacred Heart Township residents...