Local Interest

The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) is excited to announce that Highway 27 in the Osakis area, Douglas and Todd counties, is now open to all travelers in time for the holidays. Highway 27 has been closed and detoured since May between Douglas County Road 82/Todd County Road 51 in Osakis and Highway 71 south of Long Prairie. The closure was necessary to … [Read more...] about Highway 27 Osakis reopens, detour lifts

The USA Patriots earn their ticket to the Section 4A Championship game. The Patriots opened up playoffs on Tuesday October 25th at home against the Benson Braves. USA came out on top in that quarter final game winning 50-28. For the semi final game Patriots were on the road to face BBE Saturday. The Patriots set the tone of that game out of the gate and never looked back … [Read more...] about USA Patriots Earn Trip to the Fargo Dome

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is restricting open burning due to increased wildfire risk from dry conditions across much of Minnesota. The burning restrictions apply in the following counties: Aitkin, Anoka, Becker, Beltrami, Benton, Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Carlton, Carver, Cass, Chippewa, Chisago, Clay, Clearwater, Cottonwood, Crow Wing, Dakota, … [Read more...] about Burning restrictions issued

A man was injured in a drive-by shooting near Staples this past weekend. According to the Todd County Sheriff’s Office, on October 30th, 2022 at approximately 7:04 p.m., an unnamed driver was traveling south along County Road 21, near the intersection to County Road 24, when a passing vehicle fired one gunshot at the victim’s car. The shot struck the car and the driver’s … [Read more...] about Driver Injured in Drive-By Shooting Near Staples

PERHAM, Minn. (KVRR-KDLM) – A ransomware attack on Tuesday left thousands of Minnesota customers without internet, phone and TV services. Arvig says about 60,000 customers across the state were affected. The company says service was disrupted service for more than three hours. “This attack failed due to the extra layers of protection implemented by Arvig’s cybersecurity … [Read more...] about Cyber attack affects 60,000 Arvig customers in Minnesota