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MILAN -- Resurfacing of part of state Highway 40 is expected to begin Friday. The Minnesota Department of Transportation said in a news release that motorists can expect lane closures along the route, which stretches from state Highway 119 to state Highway 7 near Milan. A pilot car...

WILLMAR — Elio Naranjo Infante, 44, of Milan and formerly of Pennock, was sentenced to 45 months in prison and a $3,000 fine on a third-degree drug possession charge for his role in selling methamphetamine to a CEE-VI Drug Task Force informant in November 2011. As part of a...

WILLMAR - Construction begins Monday, May 13 on Highway 7 from Highway 29 in Montevideo to Highway 40 near Milan, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation. Crews will resurface the highway with two inches of pavement, install high tension cable guardrail and work on...

MILAN — A Granite Falls man was killed early this morning when an oversized load struck a railroad bridge north of Milan. George J. Piasecki, 61, was killed when the load came off a semi on Minnesota Highway 7/U.S. Highway 59 and landed on the car he was driving, according to the...

MILAN — The highway north of Milan has been reopened after a fatal accident this morning when an oversized load struck a railroad bridge, came loose from a semi and landed on a passing car. The identities of the drivers have not yet been released. The Minnesota Department of Transportation...

MILAN – Emergency responders and law enforcement officers are on the scene of a fatal accident north of Milan. Little information is available at this time, but according to the State Patrol the accident was reported shortly before 7 a.m. today on state Highway 7 north of Milan...

WILLMAR -- Repairs are complete on a Minnesota Highway 40 bridge located 18 miles west of Willmar near the Murdock sugar beet piling site, the Minnesota Department of Transportation announced Wednesday. The bridge load limit had been restricted for large trucks while crews reinforced...

MILAN -- There will be a community notification meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Milan City Hall, 244 North Second Street, to inform the public that a sex offender is moving to the community. According to the Chippewa County Sheriff's office, Jesse Martin Bendickson is moving into...

BENSON -- The National Weather Service radar is tracking strong thunderstorms along a line from three miles southeast of Appleton to seven miles southeast of Danvers to four miles east of DeGraff. The Weather Service says these storms are moving northeast at 30 mph. Hail up to nickel...

Events marking Syttende Mai -- literally May 17, which is Norway's Constitution Day -- have been set in area communities over the next three days. In Norway, according to the country's official U.S. website, Norwegians fill the streets each year on May 17 to celebrate the 1814 adoption...