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A Burnsville man accused of punching and strangling a woman while in a drunken rage is facing multiple felonies. Patrick Joseph Spears, 26, is charged with third-degree assault, substantial bodily harm and domestic assault by …
03 Apr 12
A University of Minnesota program that allows rural citizens to help create 3-D models of their communities for Google Earth is coming to Faribault. “Digital Towns” is a collaboration between the U of M Extension …
03 Apr 12
[Photo credit: Minnesota Public Radio News] Authorities say five members of a Minnesota family killed in a motor home crash in northeast Kansas weren’t wearing seatbelts. The Kansas Highway Patrol has identified the fatally injured …
02 Apr 12
The owner of a Shakopee insurance firm has pleaded guilty to falsely claiming his wife’s $6,000 wedding ring as missing through two different insurance companies. Andrew Reiffenberger, owner of River Valley Insurance Group, was sentenced …
02 Apr 12
A former youth minister is charged with felony theft after stealing thousands of dollars from a Burnsville church. John Glenn Mertes, 40, appeared in Dakota County District Court last week on the charge of theft …
02 Apr 12
A Savage police officer injured in a January car crash has been released from the hospital after an almost three-month stay. Officer Frank Mackall was responding to an early morning police call in the beginning …
02 Apr 12
An elderly Lakeville man’s death from severe burn injuries is the city’s first fire-related fatality in over 20 years. On March 4, Lakeville police responded to a request for a welfare check on Arthur Raymond …
02 Apr 12
Food was flying off the shelves Friday afternoon at Radermachers Fresh Market in LeCenter and KCHK/KRDS Radio was on hand for all of the action. Radermachers and LeSueur County Farm Bureau teamed up to host …
31 Mar 12
Be sure to get your name in for KCHK’s June Summer Prize: A Cub Cadet Self Propelled Lawnmower and Echo Trimmer from UFC in Le Sueur–a nearly $800.00 value! Register at one of the following …
