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Weather Announcements for Tuesday, June 18th, 2024
ST. CLOUD (WJON News) -- We have some weather-related announcements for Tuesday, June 18th, 2024. -- Morrison, Benton, & Stearns Soil & Water Conservation Districts 2024 Cultivating Conservation Field Day has been postponed. KEEP READING: What to do after a tornado strikes. LOOK: The most extreme temperatures in the history...
Benton commissioners reach consensus on new county attorney
Kathleen Reuter, a Sauk Rapids resident, will be appointed Benton County’s lead prosecutor next week. Reuter has 24 years of experience in the Benton County Attorney’s Office. This item is available in full to subscribers. Attention subscribers. To continue reading, you will need to either log in to...
Man pleads guilty to hitting and killing pedestrian in Sauk Rapids
(Sauk Rapids, MN) -- A man from Benton County will be sentenced in September for fatally hitting a pedestrian with his pickup last July in Sauk Rapids. Prosecutors say 26-year-old Tyler Nies pleaded guilty to criminal vehicular homicide in the death of 47-year-old Kevin Oehmen of Sauk Rapids. Sheriff's deputies said they smelled alcohol on Nies and a breathalyzer test showed his preliminary blood-alcohol level was .129. A D-W-I charge will be dropped at his sentencing hearing on September 11th.
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