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WILLMAR -- Justin Paul Nelson, 25, of Lake Lillian, made his first court appearance Monday on felony charges of fifth-degree drug possession, receiving stolen property, possession of a weapon by a person convicted of a violent crime and for storing methamphetamine paraphernalia in...

LAKE LILLIAN -- The Lake Lillian City Council will appoint a new mayor in January, after the recipient of the most write-in votes declined the job. City Council member Ken Wittman did not seek the mayor's post, but received the most write-in votes with 13 in the Nov. 6 election. Council...

MADISON -- Law enforcement officers rescued three stranded duck hunters from an island in Marsh Lake Sunday evening. According to a news release from Lac qui Parle County Sheriff Rick Halverson, his office received a 911 call around 7:40 p.m. that the hunters were stuck on the island...

LAKE LILLIAN -- Lake Lillian City Clerk Susan Jungclaus said Thursday that Kenneth Wittman has not decided whether he will accept or decline the job as the town's mayor. Wittman, one of four council members, was elected mayor and was the top vote-getter with 13 write-in votes. Wittman...

LAKE LILLIAN -- The next mayor of Lake Lillian could be Kenneth Wittman, if he accepts the job. With no candidates filing for the mayor's position, Wittman was the top vote-getter with 13 write-in votes. Wittman had not sought the office, and told the city he was undecided about...

GRANITE FALLS -- Two women and six children were taken to Marshall Avera Hospital by ambulance for treatment of minor injuries after a two-vehicle crash around 9 a.m. Sunday south of Wood Lake. According to the Yellow Medicine County Sheriff's Office, the crash was reported at 550th...

OLIVIA -- The man who fell to his death Saturday morning at a grain elevator in Buffalo Lake is Andrew R. Burnet, 28, of New Ulm. According to Renville County Sheriff Scott Hable, Burnet fell some 60 feet from the elevator building around 10:45 a.m. Saturday. Ambulance crews attempted...

OLIVIA -- A 28-year-old worker fell to his death Saturday morning from the grain elevator in Buffalo Lake. The Renville County Sheriff's Office said it received several 911 calls at 10:48 a.m. Saturday that a worker had fallen some 60 feet from the elevator building. Ambulance crews...

WILLMAR -- Curtis Dean Erickson, 50, of Lake Lillian, pleaded guilty and was sentenced Tuesday to 13 months in prison on two felony charges of fifth-degree controlled substance and for storing meth paraphernalia in the presence of a child. However, because Erickson had already served...

WOOD LAKE BATTLEFIELD -- Since 1910, a one-acre site with a monument has been all that marked the final battle of the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862, and it is in the wrong location. The fenced site is located where Col. Henry Sibley camped, but not where the Battle of Wood Lake took...

WILLMAR - The Kandiyohi County Commissioners will open bids at 9 a.m. tomorrow for a $3 million project to revamp County Road 9 on the east side of Eagle Lake. The project was supposed to have already been underway but it was delayed because of a snag regarding transfer of ownership...