Kandiyohi County News

The Kandiyohi County Sheriff's Office has sold the 1939 Ford Deluxe Coupe hot rod that was confiscated from a Dassel man charged with multiple driving while impaired offenses.

The case against a Richfield couple accused of misappropriating an elderly relative's farm income was settled Monday.

An Anoka man will be sentenced next month after pleading guilty to stealing money from a benefit he helped organize for the family of a dying friend.

If that cute face doesna t do it, maybe the sale price will. The Humane Society of Kandiyohi County, up to its whiskers in homeless cats and kittens, is offering discounted adoption fees this month in hopes ita ll spur more cat adoptions, especially among the adult cats.

The Safe and Sober campaign continues as Kandiyohi County Sheriffs offices are teaming up with Willmar and Benson Police departments in order to promote motorcycle safety.

Financial assistance might become one of the bargaining chips as the Kandiyohi County and City of Willmar Economic Development Commission continues its push to obtain a veterans' nursing home and mental health facility for Willmar.

Kandiyohi County Jail A Willmar woman who was charged after her infant son fell out of her car while she was driving has entered a guilty plea.

Starting Tuesday, Minnesota motorists can be stopped and given a ticket for not wearing a seat belt.

One man will spend time in jail, after a drunken horse riding incident. 23-year-old Cory Schmitz was arrested this week and charged with giving deputies a false name.

A number of Central Minnesota farms are among the 114 being recognized as 2009 Century Farms.

Starting in July, the state will be boarding fewer prisoners in the Kandiyohi County Jail.

A Kandiyohi County Social Worker continues to be on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of an investigation on allegations that he accepted a prescription pain pill from a client.

WILLMAR a ' High winds whipped up clouds of topsoil, snapped tree limbs and kept firefighters on alert and farmers on edge through much of Wednesday.

A highway project begins June 1 near Kerkhoven that will detour traffic for about a month.

A 21-year-old Willmar man made his first appearance Monday on a felony charge of motor vehicle theft, plus misdemeanor charges of assault, disorderly conduct and property damage, for allegedly beating up a woman and stealing her car, which was found later submerged in Willmar Lake.

Minnetonka considers holding adults accountable for parties. Last update: May 17, 2009 - 1:05 PM Sadly, it's an all-too-familiar scenario: Mom and Dad are out of town for the weekend, so a teen has a few friends over to party.

Jacob Scott Forbord, 24, of Willmar, was sentenced Monday to 67 days in the county jail, a $1,000 fine and five years of probation on a felony charge of fifth-degree controlled substance for possessing methamphetamine while working at a home for vulnerable adults.

Elaine Martha Velasquez, 22, of Willmar, made her first appearance Friday on six gross misdemeanor charges, including criminal vehicular operation, child endangerment and driving while impaired, for allegedly driving the car from which a 4-week-old infant was ejected Wednesday evening.

May 8, 2009 2:48 pm US/Central WILLMAR, Minn. Witnesses reported seeing the vehicle driving fast and making a hard left turn, causing the rear passenger door to come open and the baby to fall out.

An update on a proposal to build a veterans home in Willmar will be given to Kandiyohi County veterans at 5 p.m. Tuesday at the Willmar American Legion.