Mower County News

With a 7-year-old boy unsecured on his car roof, a rural Austin man allegedly drove circles while intoxicated near his apartment building Thursday night.

The Salvation Army food shelf and the Mower County Senior Advocacy Program received a $2,000 donation Thursday from Ameriprise Financial Advisers of Austin.

A rural Hayfield man faces felony charges for allegedly going on a joyride in September through a couple of Mower County farm properties, causing about $2,500 in damage.

It could be several weeks before we know the cause of the coach bus crash that killed two people near Austin Wednesday afternoon.

St. Mark's Lutheran Home took an early step toward a potential project to remodel the facility to add memory care rooms and renovate some existing rooms.

The leaders of a southern Minnesota county are getting ready for next year's census count.

A Wisconsin man faces two gross misdemeanor charges for allegedly driving down Interstate 90 while drunk Thursday night.

From Christmas presents to automobiles, the Austin Area Chamber of Commerce and local merchants are urging residents to keep more of their big and small scale purchases in Mower County.

An Austin man charged with felony drug possession pleaded not guilty Thursday in Mower County court.

A California man accused of trashing a truck after being fired from his job as a driver in Mower County pleaded guilty Thursday.

Minnesota health officials reported six more swine flu deaths and one more from an undetermined flulike illness on Thursday, but said overall flu activity in the state dipped again.

The Mower County Board of Commissioners took a step toward a potential salary freeze for county employees for the 2010 budget Tuesday.

An Austin woman charged with felony forgery following an October traffic stop was sentenced Monday in Mower County and could face deportation.

The United Way fundraising campaign is 57 percent complete, having raised roughly $517,000 so far.

Police Report, Nov. 3

The trial for on-leave Austin police Cpt. Curt Rude began Monday in Rochester, nearly two years after he allegedly took prescription drugs from the APD evidence room.

While traffic deaths are down statewide since the start of a prevention campaign six years ago, the same does not hold true in Mower County.

Around eight hundred and fifty people took their place in line at Oak Park Mall today in Austin to get the H1N1 vaccine and they are among some of the first in Mower County to get vaccinated.

An Austin woman who allegedly slashed her boyfriend with a knife pleaded not guilty to all charges Thursday in Mower County court.

Mower County has agreed to donate 33.1 acres of land adjacent to the Cedar River to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources in lieu of paying a $31,000 penalty for alleged stormwater violations during a ditch repair project.