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A one-vehicle incident Monday evening caused injury to an Elmore man. According to a report from the Minnesota State Patrol, 45 year-old Shawn Philip Richards of Elmore was driving a 2005 Pontiac Grand Prix southbound on Highway 169 just north of Elmore when he lost control of the vehicle, crashed [...]

AMES, IA – The 6th Annual Iowa Rural Summit last week included a special recognition of “rural heroes” – and Kossuth/Palo Alto Economic Development Director Maureen Elbert was one of the seven individuals honored at a special reception at Iowa State University. The Rural Summit brings together leaders from small [...]

According to a report from the Minnesota State Patrol, a 59 year-old man from Cottonwood, Minnesota was injured in an early morning one-vehicle accident on Monday.  A 2015 Kenworth driven by Thomas L. Bahn of Cottonwood was southbound on State Highway 15 in Westford Township near Truman when it left [...]

ARMSTRONG, Iowa (AP) — A former Armstrong police officer has been charged with dozens of crimes, making him the latest in a string of former town officials to face criminal charges in the last 14 months in a wide-reaching corruption case. Former Armstrong officer Benjamin Scheevel was charged earlier this [...]

(Ramsey, MN)  —  Someone who purchased a Mega Millions ticket in Ramsey is a 106-million-dollar jackpot winner.  The fortunate ticket holder matched all six numbers in yesterday’s drawing.  The numbers are two, eight, 14, 20, 31, and the Gold Mega Ball 17.  The winning ticket was bought at a Holiday [...]

  (Jackson, MN) -- The Federated Rural Electric Trust, Jackson, recognized local organizations receiving $20,007 through Operation Round Up. These donations occur due to monthly contributions by participating Federated members. 26 groups received money in this 55th round of funding:   Organization  - Amount  - Purpose Jackson County Central Post [...]