The Minnesota State Basketball Tournament begins Tuesday. Alexandria Cardinals plan at noon Tuesday at Williams Arena. Eden Valley-Watkins will be in AA game at 6 p.m. Tuesday.
A 15-year-old male suffered what are believed to be non-life threatening injuries after a crash reported Wednesday night to the Minnesota State Patrol. The driver, a 19-year-old male, was not injured.
Sgt. Ross Ardoff, commander of the CEE-VI Drug and Gang Task Force, said the task force assisted police in Eden Valley with a traffic stop Dec. 22 after 900 fake oxycodone pills were found.
Dennis Henry Fink, 63, of Paynesville was awakened by his barking dog in the early morning hours Sunday and discovered an outbuilding was on fire. He was able to rescue the livestock inside.
After a two-year hiatus, the CP Holiday Train has returned, traveling across the upper Midwest and Canada, spreading holiday joy and collecting money and food for local food banks.
The man involved in an attempted traffic stop and pursuit involving an officer from the Eden Valley Police Department on Saturday died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, according to an autopsy by the Midwest Medical Examiner's Office.
A bus carrying 15 students from Eden Valley - Watkins School District was involved in a motor vehicle crash on Friday. Two students suffered injuries, as did the driver of the vehicle that hit the bus.
Seven area communities will receive grants for public improvements and housing and commercial rehabilitation projects through the Small Cities Development Program. The grant awards were announced by the Department of Employment and Economic Development.
Kobe Beattie, 19, of Watkins, was passing a vehicle on Meeker Stearns Street east of 632nd Avenue when he lost control and the vehicle left the roadway and hit a field approach, causing the vehicle to roll. He was the lone occupant of the vehicle.
