Meeker County News

LITCHFIELD a ' The Meeker County Sheriffa TMs Office and Medical Examinera TMs Office are investigating the death of a Waste Management employee who was found lying next to a rolloff container at a job site on Wednesday.

Authorities have just released the name on the man found unresponsive just South of Dassel.

Minnesota is the place this summer for biofuel promotions! The state that boats the most E85 fueling locations will offer E85 at a discounted rate at a handful of sites within the next couple of months.

Submitted by Kristin Holtz on June 17, 2009 - 3:20pm. Two years ago, the state of Minnesota did something long overdue.

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 Fargo man previously convicted of child endangerment faces a new abuse charge after his 11-week-old daughter suffered multiple traumatic injuries and stopped breathing.

A second teen was sentenced Monday to 90 days in the county jail, $1,000 in fines and five years of probation on felony charges stemming from his role in burglarizing two Atwater businesses in October.

Almost $53 million in state road projects are under way or soon will be in the St.

After serving as the Meeker County's Sheriff for 23 years, Mike Hirman will retire at the end of the month.

Local Minnesota governments may not be happy with the way things are going this year at the Capitol a ' with big state aid cuts coming a ' but counties are thrilled with Gov.

The former police chief of Watkins has been charged with two counts of violating a harassment and restraining order but will not be charged with witness tampering.

The former police chief of Watkins was in the Stearns County Jail on Saturday, accused of tampering with a witness and violating a restraining order, according to jail records.

A local wind energy group has received a resolution of support from the Kandiyohi County Board of Commissioners, a move that will allow it to go forward as a community-based energy development project.

"It's bad news for us, but good news for him," City Administrator Kelly Hinnenkamp said as she announced the resignation of Police Chief Dan Lang during Tuesday's council meeting.

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GROVE CITY a ' Two people were arrested on drug charges Friday after law enforcement officers served a search warrant on a Grove City home.

More than a year after a federal investigation was conducted in Meeker County, a metro area county attorney's office will not seek state charges related to the matter.

LITCHFIELD a ' The Anoka County Attorneya TMs office will not prosecute for state charges regarding a November 2007 FBI investigation in Meeker County.

GROVE CITY a ' The Meeker County Sheriffa TMs office is investigating a Tuesday evening home burglary near Grove City and is asking anyone with information to contact law enforcement.

J eff Schroepfer was an hour into the "dog watch," the overnight shift for Minnesota State Patrol troopers, and not a lot had happened yet on the driving-under-the-influence front.