Suspects, police exchange gunfire in Willmar; 2 arrested
Two central Minnesota men were arrested Monday night following an exchange of gunfire with police in which no one was injured, according to the Willmar Police Department.
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Two central Minnesota men were arrested Monday night following an exchange of gunfire with police in which no one was injured, according to the Willmar Police Department.
Two people face several criminal charges one month after the overdose death of a 19-year-old woman in central Minnesota.
Sixty-three-year-old Ryan Erickson was killed when a grain bin on his family's farm collapsed on his car. The state is considering the loss a line-of-duty death.
The National Weather Service says a grain bin fell on a car just before 7 p.m. Thursday in Blomkest in Kandiyohi County, killing a passenger inside.
Volunteers are needed everywhere right now. And in rural Minnesota, volunteer drivers are in especially high demand.
A central Minnesota man was arrested over the weekend after he allegedly assaulted two women with whom he lives.
A 17-year-old girl died last week following a crash in central Minnesota.
According to the task force, the pills were linked to overdoses of people who thought they were buying Oxycodone.
A 44-year-old Willmar man has been accused of holding a teenager, who he was transporting to Minnesota from Texas, for ransom.
A South Dakota man has been charged in connection to a 1974 cold-case homicide in Willmar.
Police on Thursday arrested a South Dakota man in a 1974 cold-case homicide in Minnesota after using DNA to link him to the killing 46 years ago.
A woman in the home suffered a knife injury during the incident. She was treated at a hospital and released.
Police say the officer is now in stable condition and is expected to survive.
The 43-year-old Hawick man was removed from the wreckage by emergency personnel and flown to the St. Cloud Hospital. His current condition is unknown.
Jennie-O Turkey Store announced it will be temporarily pausing operations at both of its facilities in Willmar, Minnesota due to COVID-19 concerns.
Jennie-O/Hormel announced Tuesday evening that some employees at their Willmar turkey processing plant have tested positive for COVID-19.
He was tested a week before the Minnesota Department of Health created stricter guidelines on who could be tested in the state due to limited supply of testing materials.
The driver of a truck hauling live turkeys died early Friday morning after he lost control on an icy highway in central Minnesota.
Officials say a teenage girl who ran away from a juvenile facility six months ago has been found safe.
Police officers found a 25-year-old male lying on the road in the 1300 block of Dana Drive Southeast around 10 a.m. on Tuesday.
Some small businesses in west central Minnesota are learning how to stand out, thanks to a unique program at the University of Minnesota.
A woman is recovering after she was shot in the leg through the wall of her motel room.
The construction of a new youth psychiatric hospital in Willmar is officially underway, the Department of Human Services says. The Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health Hospital will have specialized treatment for severe mental illness and behavioral disorders for children and teens across Minnesota.
Investigators say the bus was taking a left turn and struck Marcia Schmidt while she was in the crosswalk.
Authorities in central Minnesota are asking the public's help in finding a missing 16-year-old girl.
