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A Mankato man who went missing while snowmobiling in northern Minnesota Friday has been found with severe injuries. St. Louis County authorities say 41-year-old John Bastian of Mankato was riding with a group of snowmobilers …
12 Mar 12
A gunman who killed a worker and shot six other people at a psychiatric hospital at the University of Pittsburgh before campus police fatally shot him had ties to the Northfield community. Online records suggest …
12 Mar 12
SHAKOPEE, Minn. (AP) – The warden of Minnesota’s only women’s prison is trying to convince state lawmakers the facility needs a perimeter fence. Currently only a hedge separates the prison grounds, which house convicted murderers …
08 Mar 12
A woman who lost a custody battle in Carver County and sparked a free speech debate by using an Internet website to vent about her displeasure with the judicial system was back in court last …
08 Mar 12
The Scott County Board is planning to suggest that there is not a need for an Environmental Impact Statement for a proposed silica sand mine between Jordan and Shakopee. In a statement sent to the …
08 Mar 12
It’s been four months since rumors about a speedway in Elko New Market started, but no application has been filed with Scott County and officials on both sides are beginning to doubt the project will …
07 Mar 12
Five Faribault residents have been charged and four children placed in protective custody after a police raid last week at a south Faribault home uncovered methamphetamine and controlled pills. Two children, about 2 and …
07 Mar 12
A former Human Resources Director for Burnsville Public Schools was asked to withdraw complaints she had made against the school district superintendent as part of the $250,000 buyout she was given to leave her post. …
07 Mar 12
Listen for details coming soon on KCHK’s Summer Prize Extravaganza! We’re going to give our listeners a chance to win a series of prizes over the Summer, June thru September. We can’t announce all the …
