Kiester News

A Wells man is listed in critical condition after the Minnesota Department of Transportation snowplow he was driving collided with a Union Pacific train.

The driver of a snowplow that was struck Friday by a Union Pacific train in Kiester is a 21-year Minnesota Department of Transportation employee, according to a department report.

From left are Henry Kalis, Naeve Health Care Foundation; Kiester for a Cure members Karen Zabel, Linda Willaby, Jodi Willaby, Rachel Lohberger, and Sheila Chose; Sue Claybourne, Mayo Clinic Health System radiology director; and Marcia Smith, Mayo Clinic Health System Home Health and Hospice director.

KIESTER, Minn. - A man was critically injured when the Minnesota Department of Transportation snowplow he was driving was struck by a train.

A 55-year-old Wells man was critically injured Friday afternoon in Faribault County when the Minnesota Department of Transportation snowplow he was driving was struck by a train and pushed about three-quarters of a mile down the railroad tracks.

The crash is listed as personal injury, however the identity of the plow driver, and his/her condition is not being released at this time.

A 33-year-old Fairmont man and owner of the Kiester bowling alley will be spending some time behind bars for pleading guilty to having sexual contact with a juvenile female.