Township

KANDIYOHI — Kandiyohi Township residents held their election of officers and annual meeting Tuesday. Cal Freeman was re-elected as supervisor and Sarah Gustafson was re-elected as treasurer. The levy was set at $175,000.

A fire in a rural Paynesville Township residence early Monday morning has resulted in one death. A passing motorist reported a fire about 6 a.m. this morning at 19503 293rd Avenue, rural Paynesville. The mobile home structure was fully engulfed in flames when the Paynesville Fire...

PAYNESVILLE -- A Paynesville man was airlifted to North Memorial Medical Center for treatment of severe leg injuries sustained in a two-motorcycle crash around 10:30 p.m. Thursday northwest of Paynesville. According to a news release from Stearns County Sheriff John Sanner, Kolby...

LITCHFIELD -- An estimated 200 acres of swampland burned in a fire reported around 3 p.m. Sunday in Cedar Mills Township in Meeker County. According to Meeker County Sheriff Jeff Norlin, when the Litchfield Fire Department arrived at the fire, near 150th Street and 620th Avenue,...

WILLMAR -- Townships across Minnesota will conduct their annual meetings and elections Tuesday. The meeting times vary from township to township. Information about the location of each township meeting can be found at the Minnesota Secretary of State's website: www.sos.mn.state.us Meanwhile...

WILLMAR -- Townships across Minnesota will conduct their annual meetings and elections Tuesday. The meeting times vary from township to township. Information about the location of each township meeting can be found at the Minnesota Secretary of State's website: www.sos.mn.state.us Meanwhile...

OLIVIA -- Renville County's Board of Commissioners gave county staff the go-ahead Tuesday to seek grant funds to develop an off-highway vehicle park. The commissioners voted 3-2 at their meeting to authorize the process of applying for federal and state grant funds for the park....

MONTEVIDEO -- A district judge has dismissed a civil lawsuit by Lone Tree Township landowners in Chippewa County challenging a decision by the Joint Ditch Authority for Hawk Creek to replace two, timber-frame bridges with culverts, rather than open span bridges. District Judge David...

LITCHFIELD -- A 17-year-old male suspect is under arrest in connection with a burglary at the Meeker County Transfer Station in Forest City Township. According to a news release from Sheriff Jeff Norlin, his department was called around 7:45 a.m. Tuesday. The front office window...

NEW LONDON -- An oversized map of Kandiyohi County in the Highway Department office shows a maze of short red lines scattered throughout the county's 24 townships. The red lines show the location of approximately 100 miles of county roads that the County Board would like to give...

WILLMAR -- A section of 128th St. SW north of Raymond will be closed to traffic for about a month while a bridge is being replaced. The project, which includes replacing the existing timber bridge with concrete box culverts, is located ½ mile north of state Highway 23 in Edwards...

DULUTH - A Solway Township man who was critically injured when his girlfriend stabbed him with a butcher knife told the court Tuesday that he forgave the woman and is looking forward to marrying her and spending the rest of his life with her. The woman, Shawn Marie Melton, 45, pleaded...

DASSEL -- Several homes west of Lake Jennie in Collinwood Township of Meeker County were evacuated Wednesday evening after a teen driver crashed a vehicle into a natural gas line and caused the line to leak. According to Meeker County Sheriff Jeff Norlin, emergency crews were called...