Authorities are calling the murder of a 25-year-old Isle man a possible revenge killing related to a fentanyl overdose in January

Updated 5:45 p.m.: The governor has visited the scene of the derailment, and residents are back home. Donations for short- and long-term needs are being coordinated.

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“I was horrified,” said the mother of one of the victims. “I couldn’t believe someone would do that to my daughter and lure her in that way.”

The driver was issued a $300 citation for the misdemeanor, plus $1,500 restitution.

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Highway workers found a plastic storage container sealed with bungee cords and tape near Mille Lacs Lake.

A 2019 Freightliner Cascadia was traveling north on Highway 71 and a 2012 Nissan Pathfinder was traveling east on Leaf River Road. They collided at the intersection.

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A 56-year-old parolee was arrested and is in the Meeker County Jail after CEE-VI Drug and Gang Task Force agents assisted the Minnesota Department of Corrections with a home visit in Litchfield Friday.

Brian Michael Johnson, 21, of Spicer, was sentenced in Kandiyohi County District Court to 10 years of probation and 90 days in jail, which he is currently serving. Prosecutors agreed to a stay of adjudication in an agreement that he plead guilty to third-degree criminal sexual conduct.

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Debra Kaye Hamborg, 60, of Sunburg, is charged in Kandiyohi County District Court for allegedly embezzling funds from Sunburg Free Lutheran Church and Norway Lake Township, totaling nearly $100,000 over five years. Her sister Annette Marie Dingmann, 59, of Benson, is charged with theft for accepting more than $18,000 in allegedly stolen funds.

A machine shed fire reported Thursday, March 23, in Burbank Township resulted in an estimated $220,000 loss, according to a news release from New London Fire Chief Anthony Rupp.

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The man had stopped a road grader he was driving to make repairs when he was hit by a vehicle.

After taking the stand in her own nearly two-week trial, Janelle Johnson was found guilty of second-degree murder

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“We have a person of interest in custody at the Mille Lacs County Jail related to this investigation,” sheriff says

A doctor who evaluated one of the children told an investigator it was “the worst case of abuse he has seen in over 20 years,” the complaints said

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Anton Lazzaro’s indictment on sex trafficking charges led to upheaval in the Minnesota Republican Party.

After residents from 17 homes were evacuated Tuesday night, and with assistance from 23 different agencies, firefighters were able to control a blaze at Midwest Machinery in Madison, Minnesota. A citywide water restriction was enacted. Evacuees have since been allowed back in their homes.

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A man and woman were transported to two different hospitals after their vehicles collided Friday Morning on U.S. Highway 12 in Wright County.

Daniel John Lewis, of Dawson, will be one of a dozen cadets graduating March 17. Cadets will have additional training at the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension before beginning their field training and solo patrols.

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