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WILLMAR — A 17-year-old Willmar teenager pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a second-degree assault charge for allegedly stabbing a man Monday at a Willmar residence. River Theodore Pendleton is scheduled to make his next appearance April 24 in Kandiyohi County District Court. Felony...

WILLMAR — Three Willmar men made their first court appearance Tuesday on multiple felony charges for their alleged roles in robbing and assaulting a man Saturday in Willmar. Unconditional bail was set at $100,000 for each of the men, Hippolito Manuel Sanchez, 23, Rene Rivera III,...

ALEXANDRIA, Minn. -- An armed robbery and assault was reported here Sunday night at a Subway restaurant. At around 8:30 p.m., an unknown white male entered the back door of Subway brandishing what appeared to be a handgun, according to the Alexandria Police Department. The...

WILLMAR — Edgard Valenzuela, 21, of Willmar, pleaded guilty Monday to an amended charge of gross misdemeanor damage to property for kicking the door of a Willmar Police Department squad car hard enough to bend the door so far that it would not close. As part of a plea agreement,...

WILLMAR — A Willmar teenager faces two felony charges after allegedly threatening a store employee Thursday evening at the Willmar Target store. Omar Yanez Jr., 17, of Willmar, made his first appearance Friday in Kandiyohi County District Court on two felony charges of second-degree...

WILLMAR — Cody Lee Friese, 23, of Willmar, pleaded not guilty Friday to four felony charges of assault and obstructing the legal process, plus a gross misdemeanor assault count, for allegedly assaulting three Willmar Police Department officers in December. In the hearing before...

WILLMAR — Three Willmar women made their first court appearances Wednesday on felony third-degree assault and theft charges for their roles in allegedly beating a woman and then stealing her cell phone in October. Micahella Helen Froelich, 20, faces three felony charges, two for...

WILLMAR — Erik Ozornia, 25, of Willmar, made his first court appearance Thursday on two felony charges, for domestic assault and terroristic threats, for allegedly assaulting a woman and then dangling a 6-month-old baby out a second-story window Tuesday afternoon when Willmar police...

WILLMAR — The man who allegedly assaulted three Willmar Police Department officers Thursday faces four felony charges and is held on $25,000 bail at the Kandiyohi County Jail. Cody Lee Friese, 23, faces a third-degree assault charge for causing Sgt. Mike Markkanen to suffer a concussion...

WILLMAR — All three Willmar Police officers hurt in a Thursday afternoon assault by a 23-year-old man are doing fine, according to Police Chief David Wyffels. The three officers were attacked and assaulted when they went to arrest Cody Lee Friese of Willmar. The incident happened...

WILLMAR – Two Willmar Police Department officers were treated for injuries Thursday at Rice Memorial Hospital after being attacked and assaulted by a 23-year-old man who is now in jail on felony assault charges. The incident happened at about 2:40 p.m. in the 800 block of...

GROVE CITY — A Grove City man who blocked both lanes of traffic Tuesday on U.S. Highway 12 shouted racial slurs as he chased and attacked two people who had tried to drive around the man’s vehicle. William Richard Dugan, 57, is accused of attacking a male with a nail-studded...

GROVE CITY — A 57-year-old Grove City man is in the Meeker County Jail facing assault and property damage charges for allegedly assaulting a man Tuesday afternoon along U.S. Highway 12 near Grove City. According to the Meeker County Sheriff’s Office, William Richard Dugan...

WILLMAR — Abass Warsame Mumin, 23, of Willmar, made his first court appearance Friday on a total of seven felony charges stemming from an incident Monday that involved the alleged attempted sexual assault of a woman. Unconditional bail was set at $250,000. Mumin’s next appearance...

WILLMAR — Daniel Esquivel Torres, 28, of Willmar, pleaded guilty and was sentenced Thursday to 60 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm during a June 6 assault of a woman in Willmar. As part of his sentence handed down by District Judge David Mennis in Kandiyohi...