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Father charged in double-fatal ATV incident involving 10-year-olds
AFTON, Minn. — An Afton man is charged with manslaughter and child endangerment in connection with an ATV rollover that killed his daughter and her friend in April 2023. A criminal complaint filed in Washington County details the allegations against 54-year-old Lance Alan Koeckeritz, who faces four felony counts in the fatal crash, which took place on the defendant's property in Afton.
Fire Damages Multiple Garages at Rochester Apartment Complex
Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News)- Rochester Firefighters fought a garage fire at an apartment complex Tuesday night. A news release issued by the Rochester Fire Department says crews responded to the fire call around 9:35 p.m. Five engines were among the resources deployed to the blaze. Responding firefighters found two garage...
Minnesota Man Admits to Bribery in Feeding Our Future Fraud Case
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — One of five people charged with attempting to bribe a Minnesota juror with a bag of $120,000 in cash in exchange for an acquittal in a fraud case pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday. Abdimajid Mohamed Nur, 23, pleaded guilty to one count of bribery of...
Minnesota Teen Girl Hospitalized After Crashing on I-90 in Olmsted County
Stewartville, MN (KROC-AM News)- A teenage girl was taken to a hospital after crashing on Interstate 90 in southeast Minnesota. She was the only person involved in the single-vehicle crash. The State Patrol responded to the wreck in Olmsted County shortly after 9:30 Tuesday night. Austin, MN Teen Girl Taken...
National Community Survey continues in Rochester
ROCHESTER, Minn. – The City of Rochester is continuing the National Community Survey (NCS) in 2024. The survey, which is facilitated by the National Research Center, is aimed at gauging resident perceptions of city services and priorities, providing valuable insights into the city’s future direction. “We invite and...
What to Know about Minnesota’s New Child Safety Seat Law
As we get ready to turn the page to another new month on the calendar, things are about to change for Minnesota parents transporting their young children. August 1, the state's new Child Passenger Safety Law goes into effect, with a few changes to the existing statutes. The new changes...
How Minnesota's Native Americans are safeguarding their musical traditions
At summertime social powwows and spiritual ceremonies throughout the Upper Midwest, Native Americans are gathering around singers seated at big, resonant drums to dance, celebrate and connect with their ancestral culture. "I grew up singing my entire life, and I was always taught that dewe'igan is the heartbeat of our people," said Jakob Wilson, 19, using the Ojibwe term for drum that's rooted in the words for heart and sound. "The absolute power and feeling that comes off of the drum and the singers around it is incredible."Wilson has led the drum group at Hinckley-Finlayson High School. In 2023, Wilson's...
A break in the rain this week?
Call it the Soggy Summer of 2024. I started counting rain days since the beginning of meteorological summer on June 1. Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport recorded at least a trace of rain on 18 of 30 days in June. July brought rain on 16 of 23 days so far this month.
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