LOCAL NEWS:
(Buffalo Lake MN-) A Buffalo Lake woman was hurt in a Friday morning crash. The state patrol says it happened at 11:15 a.m. on Highway 212 at Main Street in Buffalo Lake as 34-year-old Cassie Statham was eastbound and was making a turn onto Main Street when she was rear-ended by a semi drive… Read more
(Rochester, MN) -- A Rochester woman is facing five counts of attempted homicide for trying to kill her children. Police say Farhiyo Abdullahi put her five kids inside a running vehicle in the garage October 1st. Some of the kids became sick after a couple of hours and an 11-year-old vomited… Read more
(Willmar MN-) As they continue developing plans for a new facility, members of the Willmar City Council and city officials recently toured community center-city hall facilities in three area towns. City Administrator Brian Gramentz says he wanted them to see first hand what other communities… Read more
(Willmar MN-) Main Street Willmar is trying a new event Saturday to let people get up close and personal with big trucks and equipment. Willmar City Planner Sarah Swedberg says it's called Touch-a-Truck... Read more
(Minneapolis, MN) -- The Minneapolis Police Department is reporting just one arrest for damage to property and one disorderly conduct citation during the Trump campaign rally protest. Officers have hundreds of hours of body cam video collected from the event. Police Chief Medaria Arradondo s… Read more
(Austin, MN) -- A sea of orange will blanket Minnesota fields this weekend as the 2019 pheasant season opens (Saturday). The Austin area is hosting the Governor's Pheasant Hunting Opener. Governor Tim Walz helped dedicate a 140-acre wildlife management area Friday afternoon and attended the … Read more
(St. Paul, MN) -- A former Glenwood postal worker is pleading to federal charges for stealing more than 100-thousand dollars in government funds. Fifty-seven-year-old Lisa Schafer admitted to claiming Federal Employees Compensation Act benefits from 2015 through 2019 by falsely claiming a wo… Read more
(Hastings, MN) -- An Apple Valley man will spend six months in jail and six months on home monitoring for the death of his son in a hot car last summer. Kristopher Taylor was charged with second-degree manslaughter in the death of the four-year-old boy in a parking lot near C-H-S Field in St… Read more
Deborah Grundseth, age 69 of Brooten, died Saturday, October 12, 2019 at the Glacial Ridge H… Read more
Waldon Nelson, 95, of Starbuck, formerly of Kerkhoven, died Sunday, October 13th at Glacial… Read more
LeRoy Sanders, 86, of Willmar, died Saturday, October 12th at Carris Health Rice Memorial Ho… Read more
Jacquelyn M. Carlson, 77, of Willmar, died Saturday, October 12th at St. Cloud Hospital. Fu… Read more
LOCAL AND REGIONAL SPORTS
The Willmar Cardinal football team took on the Becker Bulldogs on a blustery snowy Friday night at Hodapp Field but went down to the Bulldogs by a final score of 12-0. Read more
Two blocked punts by Anthony Maher and a strip fumble recovery and 70 yard run by Jordan Sagedahl helped to propel the BOLD Warriors to a 34-0 win over the Montevideo Thunderhawks on Friday night. The Warriors were ahead at the half 27-0. With the win, BOLD is now 7-0 on the season. Read more
Friday night the New London-Spicer Wildcats football team played in snowy and windy Victoria against the win less Holy Family Fire. Despite the extreme conditions, the Wildcats improved to 5-2 on the season with a 14-0 road victory. Read more
(Winnipeg, Manitoba) -- Kyle Connor and Jack Roslovic scored 28-seconds apart in a three-goal third period as the Jets pulled away for a 5-2 win over the Wild in Winnipeg. Ryan Hartman and Brad Hunt scored for Minnesota, which remains winless at 0-3-and-0. Hunt's tally tied the game at two e… Read more
(Minneapolis, MN) -- The 25th-ranked Golden Gophers are back in action tomorrow hosting Nebraska at TCF Stadium. Minnesota jumped into the rankings after last Saturday's 40-17 rout of Illinois. The Gophers are 5-and-0 for the first time since 2004. That includes a 2-and-0 mark in conference … Read more
NATIONAL NEWS:
iStock(FORT WORTH, Texas) -- A white police officer responding to a call early Saturday for a welfare check at a home in Fort Worth, Texas, fired a shot into a bedroom window, striking and killing a 28-year-old black woman who a neighbor said was not a threat. Read more
iStock(BOCA RATON, Fla.) -- One person was injured after shoppers fled during a false alarm over a suspected shooting at the Town Center Mall in Boca Raton, Florida, according to police. Read more
Twitter/@ABC(NEW ORLEANS) -- Crews were feverishly working on Sunday to stabilize the Hard Rock Hotel in downtown New Orleans a day after the building partially collapsed, killing two construction workers, leaving a third trapped in the rubble and injuring 30 others, officials said. Read more
iStock(BIRMINGHAM, Ala.) -- An Amber Alert has been issued for an Alabama toddler girl who vanished while attending a birthday party over the weekend, authorities said Sunday. Investigators fear she may have been kidnapped. Read more
Facebook/Deerfield Harvest Football(DEERFIELD, N.J.) -- A 10-year-old girl has died after she fell off a carnival ride in New Jersey, according to police. Read more
Business
iStock(NEW YORK) -- Shepard Smith, longtime anchor of Shepard Smith Reporting, is stepping down from his role at Fox News, the network announced Friday. Read more
jetcityimage/iStock(SEATTLE) -- Amazon has unveiled a page on its site titled "Our Positions" where it breaks down the company's stand on issues ranging from climate change to immigration. Read more
Oleksii Liskonih/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- As U.S. and Chinese negotiators sat down in Washington to resume high-level talks on Thursday, President Donald Trump played coy about his desire to cut a deal with China in a tweet as he also announced that he is set to have a face-to-face meeting with… Read more
Delta(HOUSTON) -- A Delta flight operated exclusively by women, and carrying 120 young females as passengers, took off this week to inspire more women to become aviators and advocate for equality in a "male-dominated industry." Read more
D-Huss/iStock(SAN FRANCISCO) -- The fitness tracker and smartwatch maker Fitbit announced it will move manufacturing operations out of China to avoid tariffs as President Donald Trump's trade war continues to sow uncertainty for many U.S. businesses. Read more