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(Willmar, MN) The annual Memorial Day 5K Walk/Run takes place in Willmar today (Saturday). The course will begin at Flags of Honor Memorial Park and runners will go through Robbins Island and will finish in Robbins Island. The race begins at 9 a.m. and upon finishing, refreshments will be av… Read moreMemorial Day Events

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(Willmar, MN) Today (Saturday) is the deadline to sign up for the NFL Flag Football program in Willmar. Organizer Tremaine Scott says it's for kids aged 4 to 17 and includes both boys and girls. Scott, who played football at St. Paul Central, Ridgewater College and The Willmar Broncos, says … Read moreFlag Football Deadline

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(St. Paul, MN) -- The People of Color and Indigenous Caucus at the legislature -- all D-F-L lawmakers -- is strongly criticizing fellow Democrat, Governor Tim Walz, for vetoing a bill that would have increased wages for Uber and Lyft drivers. POCI Caucus says it is disheartening that the fir… Read moreGovernor Walz vetoes bill that would have given Uber and Lyft drivers a raise

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(Minneapolis, MN) -- The holiday weekend forecast is dry -- and the National Weather Service says this month in the Twin Cities has seen the longest stretch without rain in decades. The forecast contains no chance for rain throughout the weekend. Before this year, the longest span of Memoria… Read moreDry Memorial Day forecast

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(Melrose MN-) The state patrol believes alcohol was a factor in a rollover crash in Stearns County that injured an Alexandria man. At 11:14 p.m. Wednesday 32-year-old Jared Harstad was driving his Toyota Camry westbound on I-94 near Melrose when he left the road and rolled in the median. Har… Read moreMan hurt in rollover near Melrose

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(Darwin MN-) The Meeker County Sheriff's Department says two people were hurt in a traffic crash Wednesday afternoon south of Darwin. At 4:03 p.m. a mini van driven by 93-year-old Gloria Ruzicka of Hutchinson was eastbound on County Road 18 and collided with a pickup that was traveling south… Read moreTwo hurt in crash south of Darwin

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(St. Paul MN-) Minnesota is going to be getting a new flag. The Minnesota Legislature has authorized the creation of the Emblems Redesign Commission to redesign the Minnesota Flag and the Seal of Minnesota. The new commission is charged with developing a new design for both the flag and seal… Read moreMinnesota flag to be re-designed

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(St. Paul, MN) -- A group of Minnesota families, the University of Northwestern in Saint Paul and Crown College in Saint Bonifacius are suing the State of Minnesota over a provision in the E-12 education bill just signed by Governor Tim Walz. It prohibits any state dollars being used when hi… Read moreState of MN sued for denying funding for students going to religious colleges

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(Willmar MN-) No settlement was reached yesterday for a Willmar man accused of driving drunk and killing a Willmar woman July 24th. 19-year-old Daniel Lohse is accused of driving under the influence of alcohol July 24th and colliding with a car on Highway 71 near Sibley State Park, killing 5… Read moreNo settlement reached in Lohse case

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(St. Cloud, MN) -- Bail is set at four million dollars for a man accused in the February stabbing death of a woman in her Waite Park apartment. A Stearns County grand jury indicted 28-year-old Jarquez Bedford on two counts of first-degree murder in the killing of 52-year-old Andrea Cottew. T… Read moreSt. Cloud man indicted on 1st Degree Murder charges for Waite Park stabbing death