Donnelly News

In a year of layoffs, salary cuts and other austerity measures, the halls will be a little less decked and the holiday celebrations a bit more subdued at some of the state's biggest law firms.

According to Grant County Sheriff's, their office received a 911 call around 2:00 in the afternoon on July 15th reporting that 13-year-old Mitchell Kleindl was trapped under the corn in a grain bin that was being unloaded on a farmsite.

While unhappy about the price tag, Martin County commissioners are pursuing an upgrade of public safety communications to the statewide 800 MHZ standard.

Officials from Welcome and Martin County were on hand Friday for a presentation on a proposed bioenergy park near Welcome.

According to Grant County Sheriff's, their office received a 911 call around 2:00 in the afternoon yesterday reporting that a 13-year-old boy was trapped under the corn in a grain bin that was being unloaded on a farmsite.

Martin County's 2009 budget had less of a shortfall than expected, but commissioners are concerned what next year might hold.

A confidential informant feeding information to Minneapolis police in 2007 testified Wednesday that Jamaal Freeman confessed to killing bicyclist Mark Loesch, although the witness also said he sometimes lied to police.

Reading is the cornerstone of education, without knowing how to read, students may struggle in other areas as well.

Minnesota Department of Transportation crews will spend four days working on a section of State Highway 9, requiring motorists to detour.

A Donnelly man who was facing charges for cocaine distribution in Stevens County District Court is among 26 people under federal indictment after authorities cracked a cocaine pipeline between Texas and Minnesota.