Spicer News

Wing residents will soon get their wish for a caution light at the site of one of the county's deadliest traffic accidents.

Steven Cross's attorney called a special hearing with a judge Wednesday to ask that the 11-year-old son he is accused of abandoning this summer be removed from his maternal great-aunt's home.

A Lakeville dad accused of abandoning his 11-year-old son has met the court-ordered requirements to reunite with the boy, but Dakota County Social Services has yet to approve the meeting, officials said today.

A judge convicted a Dakota County corrections officer on Monday of illegally releasing private medical information about an inmate during a child-custody hearing.

Jake Andrew Doty, 19, of New London was sentenced to 62 days in jail, five years of probation, 150 hours of community service and a $50 fine on a felony charge of motor vehicle theft for stealing and damaging a snowmobile last March.