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This is the records summary for March 17. Fight SPICER –– A 26-year-old man was arrested early Sunday following a fight that was reported at 1:50 a.m. at Zorbaz on Green Lake in Spicer. Recovered vehicle ATWATER –– A vehicle that had been reported stolen March 3 from Paynesville...

MANKATO –– Three people were killed and three others were injured Sunday afternoon in a head-on collision near Mankato. The crash killed a St. Peter woman and her 5-year-old daughter, and a man from South Dakota in the other vehicle. According to the Minnesota State Patrol,...

WILLMAR — The Kandiyohi County Board of Commissioners will conduct a hearing at 10 a.m. Tuesday to take public comments on the whether the county auditor/treasurer and recorder should be appointed or elected positions. Currently, the two offices are elected by county residents,...

ST. PAUL — A federal judge’s pressure on Minnesota officials to change how the state deals with sex offenders does not appear to be producing results.

MOORHEAD — Longtime U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson will be in Moorhead on Monday to announce his plans for the coming election. Peterson, a Democrat representing Minnesota’s 7th District, will speak at the Moorhead Center Mall atrium at 10 a.m. Monday, according to a news release. Peterson...

MINNEAPOLIS — Utility customers around the country are being targeted by utility bill scams and the ‘Green Dot’ pre-paid debit card scam, and CenterPoint Energy is warning customers to be alert. Posing as utility company employees, scammers are calling customers to tell them...

GROVE CITY –– The funeral service for high school senior Zach Junkermeier will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City school gym in Grove City. Junkermeier, 18, of Lake Lillian, was killed this week while snowmobiling near Cooke City, Mont. Junkermeier had been...

ST. PAUL — Minnesota students would be guaranteed school lunches if senators agree with a House vote.

LITCHFIELD — Three men are facing multiple felony burglary charges for breaking into fish houses in February on Lake Ripley in Litchfield. The criminal complaints against Matthew Allen Bloomquist, 25, of Hawick, and Brennan Thomas Jeffrey, 18, of Litchfield, were recently amended...

This is the records summary for March 15. Sheriff reminds to be wary, hang up on scammers LITCHFIELD — The Meeker County Sheriff is reminding citizens to be vigilant against telephone scam attempts. In a Friday news release, Sheriff Jeff Norlin said that area law enforcement...

GRANITE FALLS — A 46-year-old man was airlifted to the Hennepin County Medical Center after his truck collided with a Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight train around 2 p.m. Friday south of Granite Falls. The Yellow Medicine County Sheriff’s Department reported that...