Red Wing News

Minn. family, hit twice by tragedy, hopes son's body found RED WING, Minn. A Blue Earth man still hopes his son's body is found more than three months after authorities say he fell into the Mississippi River and drowned.

Results from next year's official census won't be out until 2011, but already the US Census Bureau has released population estimates.

Duluth-based Monson Trucking is shutting down operations Aug. 31, putting 200 people out of work.

An autopsy conducted on the body of an 18-month-old Dakota County boy who died last week found his brain and body battered, authorities said Monday.

An inmate who never returned to jail after being allowed to go out for a job search was taken into custody on Wednesday, the Green County Sheriff's Department said.

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A new form of two-way calling recently dialed up Rochester. Mobile phone giant Verizon Wireless is continuing its acquisition of Minnesota-based Alltel Corp.

Lauren Pelon, who collects and plays instruments from around the world, will perform a concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Lauren Pelon Musique Museum & Theatre, 627 East Ave., Red Wing.

Teen pop star and actress Miley Cyrus recently joked on Twitter that she should avoid late-night snacks of sugary food because of her "jiggling thighs." Some people responded to the post by calling Cyrus fat, and she then defended herself by saying she was a normal girl with flaws and that her critics should stop with the hateful comments.

Dakota and Goodhue counties are moving forward with a lawsuit against the operator of a hydroelectric plant on Lake Byllesby, near Cannon Falls.

Olmsted County's sheriff has a warning to drivers -- starting Tuesday, failing to buckle up could cost you.

And that's seeing anyone in the car not wearing a seat belt. Minnesota has a primary seat belt law.

"Why don't you wear jeans?" my wife suggested, as I stood puzzling in front of the open closet.

If funding for a highway interchange at the $1 billion Elk Run biobusiness park gets approved next month, contracts for construction could be awarded by September, a state transportation official said Thursday.

A man was injured Saturday after falling down Barn Bluff. Red Wing firefighters responded at 4:35 p.m. to rescue the victim, described by fire Chief Tom Schneider as a male non-Red Wing resident.

Work is scheduled to begin June 9 on the reconstruction of 1.4 miles of County Road 1/Bench Street from 285th Street to Featherstone Road in Red Wing.

Four people were arrested Friday when police executed search warrants at three Red Wing residences.

A Minneapolis communications company and the city of Red Wing are looking to arbitration to settle a dispute over a $20,000 bill.

Concerns about high dropout rates and low test scores for students of color have leaders in Red Wing's black community looking for solutions.

Thirteen people riding in a fast-moving boat wound up in the Mississippi River near Red Wing, Minn., Sunday when it hit a wake and flipped, authorities said.