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Arrest made following early morning stabbing in Mankato
MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) - A 19-year-old has been arrested following an early morning stabbing in Mankato. The Mankato Department of Public Safety is investigating the stabbing that just before 1 AM Friday at the Sibley Parkway Apartments. Police say a 16-year old had been stabbed in the abdomen following a...
Mankato motorcyclist hurt in Friday evening crash
MANKATO, Minn. – A motorcyclist crashed in southern Minnesota on Friday evening. The Minnesota State Patrol says Shawn Lee Ward, 39 of Mankato, was riding a 2009 Harley Davidson FXDF Cruiser north on Highway 169. The State Patrol says Ward tried to take the onramp to eastbound Highway 14 around 8:07 pm and lost control of his bike.
Teen Boy Airlifted to Rochester Following Stabbing at Minnesota Apartment
Mankato, MN (KROC-AM News)- A teenage boy was airlifted to Rochester following a stabbing at a southern Minnesota apartment complex. A news release issued by the Mankato Department of Public Safety says officers were dispatched to the report of the boy being stabbed in the abdomen shortly before 1:00 Friday morning.
In their own words: Jason Murphy’s family addresses his killer in court
NORTH MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) - The man who killed two men, including a North Mankato native in the fall of 2022, is sentenced to 39 years in prison. Joseph Sandoval II killed the two inside a sober house in St. Paul: Jon Wentz, a man looking to turn his life around, and Jason Murphy, who had stayed there before.
TWO HURT IN SIDE-BY-SIDE CRASH
The Brown County Sheriff’s Office was called to an incident at the intersection of 190th Street east of 350th Avenue Wednesday at 6:33 pm. Deputies say a side-by-side driven by 22-year-old Blane Wilson of Springfield was westbound on 190th Street was following other ATV riders and tried to negotiate a curve but was blinded by the gravel dust and overturned causing it to roll numerous times. Wilson was taken to the Sleepy Eye Medical Center by Springfield Ambulance with non-life threatening injuries. His passenger Dathan Sergent also sustained non-life threatening injuries. The sheriff’ s office says that, currently there are no charges pending.
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