Wright County News

Just as he did every day before school, 7-year-old Hayden Solien stood in front of his grandma's house Friday morning and waited for the bus.

A driver ran a red light, then went on a sidewalk and struck a 7-year-old boy waiting for a schoolbus in Montrose, Minn., on Friday, leaving the child and the driver dead, the Minnesota State Patrol said.

In the past two years, three people in Wright County have lost their lives in grain bin accidents, accoridng to Jeff Wheeler, the safety and compliance director at Centra Sota.

MONTROSE - The Minnesota State Patrol says two people are dead after a vehicle veered off a highway in Wright County and struck a child waiting for a school bus.

Federal charges against a serial bank robber were unsealed Thursday afternoon against a Minneapolis man suspected of being the "Man in Black," who hit more than a dozen Twin Cities banks.A Federal prosecutors charged Mark Edward Wetsch, 49, with 13 counts of armed bank robbery in connection with incidents dating back to March 9. The charges include ... (more)

ALEXANDRIA/WRIGHT COUNTY, Minn. - An Alexandria woman was charged in court Thursday after authorities said she threatened a middle school social worker in St.

As expected, it was a big night in northeastern Wright County for former Pennsylvania Sen.

The students and staff at St. Michael-Albertville Middle School East were on high alert Monday morning after a threat was discovered against a teacher in the school building.

The caucuses are coming. Television ads are getting airtime locally, and Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney was just down in Eagan Feb.

Maple Lake Fire Chief Todd Borell was named the Maple Lake 2011 Firefighter of the Year by his peers at the Maple Lake Fire Department.

Wright County fans of Ron Paul won't have to go too far to hear him speak this weekend.

Maple Lake Fire Chief Todd Borell was named the Maple Lake 2011 Firefighter of the Year by his peers at the Maple Lake Fire Department.

Longtime Wright County legislator Rep. Bruce Anderson, a Republican from Buffalo Township, announced Tuesday he will be running for Minnesota State Senate in the fall 2012.

Michael David Meisenholder, 43, was sentenced Jan. 24 in Wright County District court on charges of felony terroristic threats for an Aug.

January 19 The St. Michael Fire Department responded to the report of a vehicle on fire in the 200 th block of Main Street S.A It was a false alarm.

At its regular meeting Tuesday, January 17, the Maple Lake City Council agreed to reimburse resident Bob Randall for costs incurred in a compliance order that ultimately was determined to be unnecessary.

The family of Timothy Richard Larson has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the two rural Paynesville men accused of shooting and killing the 43-year-old Albertville man in October in northern Kandiyohi County.

By Lorrie Ham Eleven Westonka musicians were chosen to take part in the inaugral Wright County Conference Honor Band on Jan.

Wright County legislators Sen. Amy Koch and Rep. Joe McDonald sent legisative previews to St.

A St. Louis Park man has been charged with walking around naked at a Plymouth park-and-ride ramp on the afternoon of Jan.