Wright County News

The nine Republican endorsed Minnesota House and Senate candidates whose districts lie partially or fully in Wright County have now all filed to run for office.

Roughly one in 10 Central Minnesota children is living in poverty, affecting their health, well-being and chances of success, according to a new report.

A second Big Lake man has been charged in connection with a stabbing earlier this month in Otsego that sent a 42-year-old man to the hospital and his son to jail.

A Level 3 sex offender with a history of having sexual contact with a juvenile girl has moved to rural Monticello.

The National Weather Service in Chanhassen has issued a River Flood Warning for the Crow River as it passes through Wright County communities like Delano and Rockford, south and west of St.

The sharp eye of a conservation officer with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources netted Chien Van Tran, 39, of Otsego, with 413 sunfish and 30 crappies over the legal limit.

Verso Paper Mill Plant Manager Matt Archambeau addresses the media at a news briefing this morning at Sartell City Hall.

Firefighters from the St. Michael and Albertville fire departments responded to a small structural fire early this morning at around 8:40 a.m. Wright County deputies and Allina Ambluance were on standby as first-responders arrived to black smoke emerging from a detached garage on the property of a single family home near the intersection of 50th ... (more)

Had Mosley been taken into custody after being charged with rape, DeLois Brown and her parents might still be alive.

Look out, St. Michael. Those rural roads in Wright County-notorious for flooding-may look more like small ponds later this week.

Jason Styrbicky drove the truck that crashed into two cars and a semi carrying bees in 2010.

Ken and Tess Koltes know the power line is coming, and they can't stop it. They know it's not going to matter much whether they agree to the amount of money offered by the utility companies for the right to run the CapX 2020 line across their century dairy farm in St.

July 12 The Opening Celebration at Pioneer Park will kick off events for Monticello Riverfest 5:30-8 p.m. July 12 at the Lion's Pioneer Park.

After televising the sanitary sewer line which runs under the parking lot at Howard Lake's Memorial Park, it was determined that the repairs needed would amount to more than just a patch in the line, Public Works Director Tom Goepfert told Howard Lake City Council at Tuesday's meeting.

Wright County Sheriff's Department investigators are researching a pair of burglaries in Albertville, the most recent of which happened this week.A Back on April 11, a resident in the 11600 block of 52nd Street Northeast reported a break-in at a home around 10:45 a.m., just two hours after the homeowner left the residence.

A criminal complaint filed against 34-year-old Eddie Matthew Mosely lists three separate counts of second degree murder in connection with the deaths of DeLois Brown and her parents James and Clover Bolden in early April.

At about 3:30 p.m., firefighters from a multitude of departments responded to a call reporting the roof of the Cowboyz Bar and Grill at 6030 Main Street in the western metro exurb was on fire, according to the Wright County Sheriff's Office.

It's been said that there is strength in numbers. Citizens can help impose change by letting their feelings be known to elected officials.

The St. Michael City Council will hear a new plan being discussed by both the City of St.

An Albertville mother is seeking the public's help in finding her 15-year-old daughter after she went missing Friday night after 9:30 p.m. Tina Windom of Albertville said she hasn't seen her daughter, Cossette Carr, a freshman at St.