Corcoran News

The Hamel Rodeo marks its 29th year with shows this week. Last update: July 6, 2009 - 11:07 PM IF YOU GO... WHERE: Corcoran Lions Park, Hwy.

Driving while intoxicated . Someone called police to report that a woman was sleeping in the driver's seat of a vehicle in a parking lot at the Holiday Station on County Road 61.

Baling hay is a dirty business: scratchy straw stems lodge under your collar, black dust plugs your nostrils and you itch all over.

Miscellaneous . A woman from Drexel Avenue in Jordan brought an artillery shell from the World War II era to the Chaska Police Department.

Stout student was killed over the weekend in a motorcycle crash. The University says 20-year-old Austin Shimon of Corcoran, Minnesota died early Saturday after the crash Friday afternoon near Medina, Minnesota.

Drunken driving . Police responded to a report that a car had rolled over and crashed on Millpond Court.

By Charlie Warner Argus News Editor Jordan Wilms, who currently serves as the executive director of the Tri-State Museum in Belle Fourche, S.D., was named the Houston County Economic Development Coordinator during the May 5 county board meeting.

By Charlie Warner Argus News Editor The former Meyer Furniture Building, which the county purchased this past winter and is remodeling to serve as offices for several departments finally has a new nameCounty Community Services.

Rogers Fire Chief Brad Feist says even though it is spring and nearly three years later, the 2006 tornado that devastated many homes in Rogers, and claimed one life, is still fresh in people's minds.

A 32-year-old woman was sexually assaulted in her south Minneapolis home Wednesday afternoon, less than two weeks after she had been sexually assaulted and beaten in her garage, police said today.

Services for Dorothy E. Christianson, 83, of Fairmont will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 6, 2009, at the First Congregational, United Church of Christ in Fairmont.

By Charlie Warner Argus News Editor Stating he hadn't heard any news on the federal EDA stimulus loan program the county hopes to be included in to pay for the proposed County Highway Department complex, Commissioner Jack Miller made a motion to put that project on hold for the time being.

By Charlie Warner Argus News Editor Buying a little more time for the planning stages of the proposed criminal justice center and land for a parking lot near the former Meyer Furniture Store building were the two top agenda items during the April 7 Houston County Board meeting.

Without Paulsen's support of the interchange, it likely would not receive any consideration for the appropriations funding.

By Charlie Warner Argus News Editor "Can we get by for one more year with this truck?" Houston County Commissioner Tom Bjerke asked County Highway Superintendent Tom Molling during the March 24 commissioners meeting.

Drugs . Two employees of Bridge Realty, 102 North Chestnut St., baked brownies laced with marijuana and brought them to work, and they did not tell their co-workers of the ingredients, police said.

No charges will be filed against Verne Gagne, the Minnesota wrestling legend who has been implicated in the beating death of a 97-year-old man at the Bloomington care facility where the two men resided, the ...

Although the death of a 97-year-old man thrown to the floor last month by a Minnesota pro wrestling legend now is officially considered a homicide, it's by no means certain that criminal charges will follow, ...

Services for Florence L. Eversman, 85, of Maple Grove, formerly of Fairmont, will be Thursday at St.

When Kari Palashewski arrived at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis last Aug.