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Austin teen injured in Tuesday night crash
An Austin teen was injured in an Olmsted County crash late Tuesday night. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, 16-year-old Elizabeth Fae Clennon was traveling eastbound in a 2016 Chevrolet Tahoe on Interstate 90 when control was lost on the vehicle at around 9:32 a.m. Clennon was transported to St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester with […] The post Austin teen injured in Tuesday night crash appeared first on Austin Daily Herald.
1 dead in farming accident west of Wausau
A resident at a farm in the town of Marathon is dead after being struck by a cow and pushed into a feed fence, according to the Marathon County Sheriff’s Department. Nieves Sanchez-Tezohua died the morning of July 16 at a farm on Ahrens Road. Police say Sanchez-Tezohua joined her boyfriend, who is a farm employee, while he was working in a barn and was struck by the cow. A veterinarian at the farm attempted lifesaving measures until deputies and paramedics arrived.
Body of missing Minnesota hiker recovered in Beartooth Mountains of Montana
The body of missing Twin Cities hiker Dylan Honnoll was recovered by a helicopter crew Wednesday in the Beartooth Mountains of south-central Montana, a day after ground search crews found it fully submerged in East Rosebud Creek. Search and rescue teams had been searching for Honnoll since he fell into...
Alert Issued Statewide For Missing Minnesota 14-Year-Old
Inver Grove Heights, MN (KROC-AM News) - Another Minnesota teenager is the subject of a statewide missing person alert. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension says the latest alert involves a 14-year-old girl from Inver Grove Heights. Police in the Twin Cities suburb consider her an endangered missing juvenile. The...
Beautiful Wednesday in Twin Cities to start dry stretch
MINNEAPOLIS — A really nice Wednesday in the works with high pressure and a gentle wind coming in out of the east. Expect plenty of sunshine and temperatures fighting to break into the 80s.A wind shift will allow for more of a southerly wind helping us warm up on Thursday and Friday and eventually taking our temperatures to the upper 80s or maybe even 90 by the weekend. We should remain dry for the rest of the week, with an increase in humidity as the temperatures build. It looks like we're good for the Aquatennial stretch, but there's a chance for storms to return near the end of the weekend and the start of next week.More Canadian wildfire smoke to pour into MinnesotaIf you're in the western half of Minnesota on Wednesday, you could see some wildfire smoke, and it could end up spreading to the metro.By Thursday, the entire state, except the northeast, could experience some level of smoke.
Funeral traditions merge with growth of ‘green burials’ in Wisconsin
When Tanya Mudrick searched in 2012 for a place to bury her stillborn son, Oren, she chose Circle Cemetery in Barneveld — one of the nation’s pioneer green cemeteries. Wrapped in a quilt and placed in a hand-weaved wicker basket, Oren is buried among 60 others inside a nature preserve lush with the wetlands, springs and sandstone rock of Wisconsin’s Driftless Area.
Some youths at state’s juvenile prison complain of isolation. The Department Of Corrections sees progress.
Those involved in improving conditions at Lincoln Hills School for Boys and Copper Lake School for Girls acknowledge progress in treatment of youths there. But some youths are alleging that they are being isolated for prolonged periods. Prolonged isolation in prison is widely recognized by researchers as having serious effects...
Commission on Judicial Selection Opens Application Process for Vacancies
[ST. PAUL, MN] – Today, the Commission on Judicial Selection announced two vacancies in Minnesota’s First Judicial District. The vacancies will occur upon the retirement of the Honorable Janet L. Barke Cain and the Honorable Timothy J. McManus. These seats will be chambered in Hastings in Dakota County.
Cheer on Minnesota's Olympic athletes with KARE 11 Sunrise
MINNEAPOLIS — Beret? Check. Crepes? Check. Pep Rally for Paris plans? CHECK. For the next few weeks, KARE 11 Sunrise invites viewers to experience the people and places who helped shape Minnesota's elite Olympic athletes — through somewhat of each competitor's lens. Join the KARE 11 Sunrise team...
Baraboo PD: Shelter in place immediately due to “active situation”, open manhunt for suspect
BARABOO, Wis. (WMTV) - Baraboo Police say to shelter in place in the area of Water Street and Manchester Road due to an “active situation”. In an alert, police say it is an ongoing police incident, to avoid the area, and stay in your home. Police believe the suspect, identified as Jeffrey Edward Miller, 32, is armed. If you have any information you are asked to contact the Sauk County Sheriff’s Office at 608-355-4495. Miller is described as having a light complexion, short or shaved brown hair and medium length beard. Police say he was last seen wearing a black shirt.
Philosopher to Southeast arts-sciences deanship
WINONA, Minn. – An ethicist, Adam Potthast, has been named dean of liberal arts and sciences at Minnesota State College Southeast. Potthast holds a doctorate from University of Connecticut at Storrs and has taught philosophy at Park University in Missouri. Most recently he has been at Saint Mary’s University in Winona and Western Technical College in LaCrosse. He co-authored “Ethics for Dummies” in publisher John Wiley’s best-selling series For Dummies. He started at Southeast early in June, but his appointment was announced belatedly. His Southeast dutied include overseeing career pathways for students. He sees his ethics background as a good fit. “It prepared me to solve problems that require creative thinking, like designing and managing in-person courses that are as flexible as online courses and online courses that feel as personal as face-to-face courses.”
2024 Maria W. Faust Sonnet Contest Celebration
Winona County History Center | 160 Johnson St. | Online via Facebook. The official end to the annual Maria W. Faust Sonnet Contest is the announcement of the winners, a fun celebration hosted in person and online. The public is invited to attend on Saturday, July 27th at 11:00 am at the Winona County History Center. (It can also be viewed online on the Maria W. Faust Sonnet Contest’s Facebook page.) The program will be led by emcee Rob Thomas, with winning sonnets being read either over Zoom by the winning poets or in person by the Great River Shakespeare Festival’s Doug Scholz-Carlson and the contest’s judges. Refreshments from the Blue Heron Coffeehouse will be provided at this free event. The winning sonnets will then be published on the website: sonnetcontest.org.
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