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GROVE CITY -- A grass fire, apparently started by wood stove ashes dumped on a brush pile, burned a shed and nine vehicles on a property near Grove City Wednesday morning. According to Meeker County Sheriff Jeff Norlin, deputies, firefighters from the Grove City and Cosmos departments...

GROVE CITY -- Voters in Grove City returned the incumbents to their seats, despite a race that generated a full slate of candidates. Mayor Melissa Drange received 187 votes, defeating challengers Michael Bredeson, a former mayor and former city councilman, who received 82 votes,...

GROVE CITY - Voters in Grove City returned the incumbents to their seats, despite a race that generated a full slate of candidates. Mayor Melissa Drange received 187 votes, defeating challengers Michael Bredeson, a former mayor and former city councilman, who received 82 votes, and...

GROVE CITY - Two incumbents and political-newcomer were elected to the Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City School Board Tuesday from a field of five contenders. Current school board members Joel Gratz and Jeanna Lilleberg, were re-elected to the board and Sarah Blom was elected to a seat on...

GROVE CITY -- Meeker County officials have identified Andrea Lee Diaz, 22, of Willmar, as the woman killed in a one-vehicle rollover crash around 3 a.m. Sunday about 7 miles north of Grove City. According to Meeker County Sheriff Jeff Norlin, Diaz was ejected from the 2002 Lincoln...

GROVE CITY -- There will be five names on the ballot for city council in Grove City, but one of those candidates said she won't serve if elected. Melissa Bergstrom had filed to run for a seat on the City Council, but in the meantime she was hired as the new city clerk for Grove City. She...

GROVE CITY -- The cause of a fire that burned a rural Grove City residence Wednesday afternoon is under investigation by the Meeker County Sheriff's Office and the State Fire Marshal's Office. According to Meeker County Sheriff Jeff Norlin, the Grove City Fire Department was dispatched...

GROVE CITY -- The Meeker County Sheriff is seeking information from citizens about an apparent portable methamphetamine lab found Tuesday just east of Grove City. According to Sheriff Jeff Norlin, a deputy responded around 11:45 a.m. Tuesday to a report of a suspicious package located...

WILLMAR -- The Kandiyohi County Sheriff is asking anyone who is missing items from their vehicle to contact their local law enforcement agency or the Sheriff's Office. According to Sheriff Dan Hartog, four teens, one adult and three juveniles, were identified as suspects in the thefts...

A Cottage Grove woman despondent after she was charged with manslaughter in the death of her newborn son has died after she set herself on fire, according to police. Toni A. Medrano, 29, died of injuries she sustained after using a flammable liquid to set herself on fire last week...

WILLMAR -- A statewide emergency network that helps communities deal with municipal infrastructure issues caused by severe storms and flood helped Grove City get its services back up and running after a severe storm last month. "You have to give a lot of credit to a lot of people....

WILLMAR -- Heavy rainfall from a severe storm caused temporary flooding at low-lying intersections in Willmar Sunday night, said City Public Works Superintendent Ron Gilbertson.