Belle Plaine, MN

Jordan, MN (KROC-AM News)- A 92-year-old man is dead and a 60-year-old woman was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries following a two vehicle crash Thursday afternoon. The State Patrol says Vernon Rutzen of Robbinsdale was traveling north on County Rd. 79 east of Jordan when he failed to stop for a vehicle traveling west on Hwy. 282 . The two vehicles collided in the intersection.

LAKE MINNETONKA, Minn. (FOX 9) - The Freese family from St. Michael are avid fishers who often go out on a lake twice a week during the summer. Mike Freese has taught his 11-year-old daughter Maddie Freese what he knows about the craft, and she catches more than her fair share, but on Tuesday, she snagged a big carp in a way that neither she nor her family had ever seen before.

WINSTED, CT (WFSB) – At least 150 cats were removed from a Winsted home in what police are calling a “cat hoarding” situation. Winchester Police Chief William Fitzgerald said cats continue to be removed from the residence. Multiple agencies are assisting in the investigation. Fitzgerald said the...

WINSTED — A home on Moore Avenue was investigated for an animal hoarding situation Thursday, and a large number of cats are being removed from the property, according to Town Manager Josh Kelly. Kelly wrote a message on his Town Manager Facebook page Thursday. “By now, many (Winsted) residents...

Minneapolis-based Twin Cities Orthopedics and Ridgeview, a four-hospital system, are developing an orthopedic institute on the health system's Chaska, Minn., campus. The facility, slated to open in October 2023, will be Minnesota's first dedicated orthopedic center that is a partnership between an independent practice and a health system, according to a June 23 news release.

A 92-year-old Robbinsdale man was killed in a two-car collision on Highway 282 near Prior Lake on Thursday, June 24, the Minnesota State Patrol reported. According to the state patrol, Vernon F. Rutzen was killed in the crash, which happened around 12:38 p.m. at the intersection of Highway 282 and County Road 79 in Sand Creek Township. Rutzen was flown to Hennepin County Healthcare in Minneapolis, where he died.

Minnesota is about to get an internationally known bakery sometime late this year, or early next year! The bakery, Tous les Jours which translates to Every Day, is a French-Asain-inspired bakery, that has locations across the globe. According to the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal, the bakery will be taking over...

Miss Minnesota 2022 received her crown on June 17 at Grace Church in Eden Prairie. Rachel Evangelisto, formerly Miss Winona, is the first Indigenous woman to receive the state title. She will go on to compete in the Miss America pageant in December. The statewide pageant took place at its Eden Prairie location for the [...]

Winnebago proved the capability of the e-RV electric motorhome concept by taking the vehicle on a 1,380-mile (2,221-kilometer) trip from Washington D.C. to Eden Prairie, Minnesota – where the company has its headquarters. Winnebago believes this is the first trip over 1,000 miles (1,609 kilometers) for an electric RV.

Lonsdale is home to about 4,100 people and about a quarter of those people are children. But not even a quarter of those kids are able to go to a licensed daycare facility in the community. Still, Lonsdale’s leaders are uncertain just how large of a facility is needed in the city. During a recent City Council meeting, Mayor Tid Rud quickly mentioned that there was a daycare owner in...

Believing that Eden Prairie will continue to be a thriving community if it has a wide range of housing – including homes affordable for our children or grandchildren, our starting-wage police officers and school teachers, our seniors and low-income families – the Eden Prairie Community Foundation has launched the Housing Alliance. Its kick-off meeting was [...]

Kristine Gail (Keith) Westerholm, age 61, of Chaska, died peacefully on Friday, June 17, 2022 at Auburn Manor Care Center, Chaska. Celebration of Kristine's life will be held on Sunday, July 10, 2 to 6 p.m. at the Turtles 1890 Social Centre, 112 Lewis Street South, Shakopee. Kristine was born...