Sexual

LITCHFIELD -- A 23-year-old Dassel man is in the Meeker County Jail awaiting his first court appearance on criminal sexual conduct, use of a minor in sexual performance and child pornography possession charges. According to a news release from Meeker County Sheriff Jeff Norlin, investigators...

WILLMAR -- Jesus Cisneros Trevino, 63, of Willmar, pleaded guilty Thursday to a first-degree criminal sexual conduct charge for sexual contact with two young girls. As part of a plea agreement reached in Kandiyohi County District Court, Trevino will be sentenced to six to 12 months...

WILLMAR -- The 21-year-old man wanted by Willmar Police in connection to the July 29 sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl in Willmar has been apprehended in Texas. According to the Willmar Police Facebook page, Esequiel Gomez Jr. was taken into custody in Randall County, Texas. The...

DETROIT LAKES, Minn.

Thank you very much for taking the time to write an editorial on the abysmal behavior of not only the perpetrator, Jerry Sandusky, but also the men in top leadership positions at Penn State in the child sexual abuse cases. Sharon Mace Willmar

WILLMAR -- Jesus Cisneros Trevino, 63, of Willmar, made his first appearance Tuesday on first- and second-degree criminal sexual conduct for alleged sexual contact with two young girls. Unconditional bail was set at $75,000. His next appearance is April 23 in Kandiyohi County District...

WILLMAR -- Adrian Lee Vanderlinden, 38, who is already serving a 12-year prison sentence for molesting a child, was sentenced Monday to another 90 months in prison for molesting a now 13-year-old girl. Vanderlinden's sentence, on a second-degree criminal sexual conduct charge, was...

ANOKA, Minn. - A former Blaine assistant girls' basketball coach is charged with having sexual contact with her 14-year-old player. Twenty-year-old Jenessa Diamond White of St.