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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.

There could be a change coming in the way city government works in Austin. The Austin Charter Commission is meeting this afternoon to discuss changing the role of the mayor.

Lori Line will bring her Christmas show tour for the first time to Austin this coming Tuesday.

Injured passengers watch from the side of the road as rescuers continue to take out more passengers from a tour bus on Wednesday Nov.

An Austin woman convicted of felony assault after breaking into an apartment in July was sentenced Thursday.

Investigators will need weeks to figure out why a tour bus crashed Wednesday afternoon on Interstate 90, killing two women, a State Patrol spokesman said today.

The city of Austin will soon be in need of a new leader for its fire department, though when and how that will be done is still unclear.

The crash sent ambulance crews and hospital workers into "disaster mode" as people were taken away from the scene.

Rescuers work at the scene of a bus accident Wednesday afternoon Nov. 18, 2009 in Freeborn County on Interstate 90 west of Austin, Minn.

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The city of Austin may be making some changes to how government does business. Tuesday night the Austin Charter Commission met to finalize some changes to the Austin charter.

It was a packed house at the Austin city council meeting as people came to see if the council would pass a social host ordinance, making it a misdemeanor to host a gathering where alcohol is consumed by minors.

An Austin man convicted on a murder charge six years ago for his part in a deadly methamphetamine flash fire pleaded guilty to a separate drug charge Monday.

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

The Austin Police Department is back at full strength. The department's newest officer was sworn in this morning.

In 1957 three Pacelli High School students launched a 4-foot, 10-inch rocket into the air - with a rodent, named Ulysses, as its sole passenger, according to a 1957 Associated Press report.

Winners in the Junior Fire Safety Program 2009 Fire Poster contest from area schools include, back row, from left: Nena Fox , Shane DeSilva , Lilly Nystel , Caitlin Kaercher .

A man who tried to steal 68 items a ' worth nearly $1,400 a ' from the Austin Shopko last summer was sentenced Friday.

An Austin man who, along with his wife, is accused of using bad checks to buy jewelry and later pawn it pleaded not guilty to a felony Thursday.

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