Willmar News

Four-month-old Wyatt Sander of Redwood Falls, Minn., was a cousin to the woman now charged with three counts of criminal vehicular homicide in his death.

A Willmar, Minn., woman accused of backing over a tent and killing a 4-month-old boy was charged Tuesday with two counts of criminal vehicular homicide.

Prosecutors say the driver of a van that backed over a tent at a campground in Renville County, killing a toddler, had a preliminary blood alcohol level of 0.17 percent -- more than twice the legal limit.

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- State budget cuts are coming to programs that help those with disabilities and medical conditions live independently.

Four people were injured Saturday morning in a three-vehicle collision on Minnesota Highway 23 six miles west of Paynesville, according to a report from the Minnesota State Patrol.

The Kandiyohi County Sheriffa s Office has sold the 1939 Ford Deluxe Coupe hot rod that was confiscated from a Dassel man charged with multiple driving while impaired offenses.

Albert Lea saw less than a 1 percent decline in population from 2007 to 2008, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates released Tuesday.

The case against a Richfield couple accused of misappropriating an elderly relative's farm income was settled Monday.

The University of Minnesota-Morris volleyball camp will be hosted by New London-Spicer Community Education July 7-8 at the NLS High School in New London.

The Twin Cities Metro area has missed Severe Thunderstorm activity the last 2 evenings but the risk for Severe Thunderstorms near and in the Metro area will exist on Sunday June 21, Fathers Day.

If that cute face doesna t do it, maybe the sale price will. The Humane Society of Kandiyohi County, up to its whiskers in homeless cats and kittens, is offering discounted adoption fees this month in hopes ita ll spur more cat adoptions, especially among the adult cats.

Yep, looks like a weekend out there. Welcome to the official first day of summer .

Nonprofits that serve the poor in western Minnesota are caught in a classic dilemma in these tough economic times: More need, fewer resources.

Courtney Voorhees will go to prison knowing she's been forgiven. Voorhees, 29, of Cottonwood, was sentenced in Lyon County District Court in Marshall on Tuesday to 41 months in prison on charges of criminal vehicular homicide and criminal vehicular injury.

The former Sibley East School District employee accused of initiating a sexual relationship with a student has been sentenced to eight years in prison.

An aging population, increasing gas prices and a growing immigrant population that can't afford multiple vehicles to drive to work are all factors in the increasing need for transit services in rural Minnesota.

Willmar city officials say a forthcoming estimate of the city's population falls short by at least 700 people.

SAUK RAPIDS - Mike Frericks struck out 10 in leading the Waite Park Silver Stars to an 8-1 American Legion baseball win over Sauk Rapids Thursday night.

The Jackson County, Minnesota, Sheriff's office has arrested six 19-year old men on drug charges.

Five current or former residents of Jackson County are in jail on drug charges following a string of arrests in Jackson and Lakefield this week.