Local Interest

The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for 54 counties across northern, central, and parts of southwest Minnesota today, May 15, due to extreme fire risk conditions. Affected counties include Aitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Benton, Big Stone, Carlton, Cass, Chippewa, Chisago, Clay, Clearwater, Cook, Crow Wing, Douglas, Grant, Hubbard, Isanti, Itasca, Kanabec, … [Read more...] about Red Flag issued for 54 counties due to extreme fire risk

Stearns County will be starting the road reconstruction project in the area of CSAH 12 located between the north limits of the City of St. Martin and County Road 14 starting Monday May 11, 2026. Erosion control devices and pavement removal are planned to be the first things to happen. CSAH 12 will be closed from St Martin to County Road 14. A detour has been put in place and … [Read more...] about Road Construction near St. Martin

The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for 24 counties in parts of central and northwest Minnesota effective today, May 8, from 1 p.m. until 6 p.m. due to extreme fire risk conditions. Affected counties include Becker, Benton, Cass, Chippewa, Clay, Crow Wing, Douglas, Grant, Kanabec, Kandiyohi, Lac Qui Parle, Mahnomen, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Norman, Otter … [Read more...] about Red Flag Warning issued

Morrison County Sheriff’s Office reports that on 5-6-2026 at approximately 6:56 pm, their office received a report of a man trapped in a trench at a residence off 70th Avenue, approximately three miles east of Upsala, MN in Elmdale Township. According to the Sheriff’s Office, 64-year-old Andrew Langner of Holdingford, MN entered a trench to cut a waterline when a side wall … [Read more...] about Morrison County Sheriff’s Report

Stearns County’s Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) truck will be heading to Greenwald, Sauk Centre, Melrose, and St. Anthony doing mobile collections in May. The HHW truck travels to cities in the area over the summer months collecting for free hazardous products homeowners no longer want or need that don’t belong in the garbage. The truck will be at … [Read more...] about Household Hazardous Waste Truck Rolling into West Central Stearns County