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From fender benders to a semi truck jackknifing, crews stayed busy Monday with car accidents.

P-E-M is ranked No. 3 in Class AA, while K-M is No. 5

It's been a day of disrupted school schedules. Many school districts around our area -- Chatfield, Kasson, Byron, Mason City and Osage dismissed class early ahead of the storm.

And that is our top story today...Hello everyone, I'm Lisa Cownie, Thanks for joining me today...The winter weather is wreaking havoc on area roadways.The Mankato Department of Public Safety reports responding to 47 accidents as the snow hit yesterday, including this one involving a school bus.But Mankato wasn't the only place hit hard with traffic ...

A Claremont man asked for mercy before he was sentenced Wednesday in Dodge District Court, but he still got the full 11 years, two months in prison.

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Share + Nov 19, 2009 7:15 pm US/Central Reporting John Lauritsen KASSON, Minn. 1 of 1 The Minnesota State Patrol identified Pamela S. Holmquist, 56, of Kasson, as one of the people who died when a tour bus crash near Austin, Minn.

Four juveniles are recovering at St. Mary's Hospital tonight after their SUV apparently rolled into a ditch in Dodge County.

New details have emerged today regarding a bus accident in southern Minnesota yesterday afternoon.

A tour bus rolled over on an interstate in southern Minnesota Wednesday afternoon, killing at least two people, police said.

Share + Nov 19, 2009 1:12 pm US/Central AUSTIN, Minn. 1 of 8 An ambulance crosses paths with emergency workers loading an injured person into another ambulance on the westbound side of Interstate 90 Wednesday.

The annual Thanksgiving Lunch at Sunwood Manor in Kasson was almost full to capacity on Thursday, but there were four people missing.

KASSON -- Richard C. Mitchell was born May 15, 1926, in Olmsted County to George and Ella Mitchell.

The Minnesota State Patrol has released the full list of passengers from the tour bus crash on Interstate 90 on Wednesday, confirming the deaths of two women.

The two people killed in a Minnesota tour bus crash are being identified as two women from the southeastern corner of the state.

The bus belonged to Strain Motorcoach Tours of Rochester. It was headed back to Rochester following a day trip to Diamond Jo Casino in Northwood, Iowa, according to a Strain representative.

KASSON -- John C. Harmon, age 65, passed away Friday, Nov. 13, 2009, at Saint Marys Hospital in Rochester, surrounded by his family.

Recently, the Dodge County Relay for Life and Chair Aleta Abbott were recognized for their outstanding efforts in the Relay for Life at the Midwest Division Conference.

Mayo Clinic will take appointments for the H1N1 flu vaccine for certain people. Phone lines will be open from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays or until all appointment slots are filled.

Mayo Clinic has received another shipment of the H1N1 vaccine and is again taking appointments for vaccination.