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A Morgan man was slightly injured while trying to avoid a collision in Redwood County Tuesday. According to the Redwood County Sheriff’s Office, at about 5:40 p.m. on June 28, Daniel James Reel, age 20, of Morgan, was driving a 1993 Ford pickup northbound on County Road 2. Near the intersection with County Road 11, Reel passed two vehicles that were about to turn left. To avoid crashing into either vehicle, Reel went into the ditch at the northwest corner of the intersection.

On Monday, the Jackson American Legion Post 130 baseball team beat Windom, which won the Big South Conference championship this spring. On Thursday, Post 130 did even better, topping Fairmont, the team that just won the Class AA state title, 11-9. Jackson led 7-1 going to the bottom of the fifth, then Fairmont scored four runs to get back in it. Jackson answered with four runs in the seventh, then held on when Fairmont plated four of its own in the bottom half.

The Sleepy Eye Fire Department rescued a man from a grain bin Tuesday, turning a potentially tragic circumstance into one of relief. Fire crews responded at about 11:30 a.m. to an individual trapped in a grain bin about three miles west of Sleepy Eye. Fire Chief Ron Zinniel said the man was buried up to his neck in corn when rescue crews arrived. Zinniel declined to name the victim, but the New Ulm Journal identified him as Robert Nelson.

A Granada woman allegedly had multiple drugs in her system when her car slammed into the back of another vehicle on Highway 15 last summer. Jennifer Ann Rose Royston, 35, was charged Monday with two counts of gross misdemeanor criminal vehicular operation in Martin County Court. The crash happened in...

Jeffers Petroglyphs recently hosted a reptile with a robust appetite. The historical site, a rocky area with more than 5,000 sacred Native American carvings, sits about 15 miles southwest of Springfield. Last week, petroglyphs staff shared a video of a western fox snake feasting on a meal of killdeer eggs.

Mary Ann Hassing, age 76, of Sherburn, formerly of Alpha, Minnesota entered into eternal rest, with her daughter Ann and granddaughters by her side, on Friday, July 1, 2022, at Temperance Lake Ridge in Sherburn. Mary will be laid to rest at Fort Snelling National Cemetery at a later date.

Marvin J. Kleven, age 79 of rural Walnut Grove, passed away Thursday, June 23, 2022 at Westbrook Good Samaritan Society. Funeral Services were Tuesday, June 28, 2022 at St. Olaf Lutheran Church in rural Walnut Grove. Interment was in the St. Olaf Lutheran Cemetery. Online condolences may be sent at www.stephensfuneralservice.com. Stephens Funeral Service – Walnut Grove Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements.

SLEEPY EYE, Minn. (KEYC) - The Sleepy Eye Fire Department rescued a man who was trapped in a grain bin on Tuesday. According to the Sleepy Eye Fire Department, crews arrived around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday to find Robert Nelson buried up to his shoulders in a grain bin on his farm.

NEW ULM, Minn. (KEYC) - The 2022 Upper Midwest Classic got underway Thursday at Johnson Park in New Ulm with a matchup between St. James Legion and Mankato American. Mankato American comeback against St. James to win 9-3.

Zellmann has posted 1,121 victories coaching boys’ and girls’ tennis and brought 16 teams to the state tournament. Les Zellmann never set out to become a tennis coach. Baseball was his sport growing up in Belle Plaine in the early 1970s. When he took his second teaching job in St. James in 1979, he sought a position coaching baseball, but there weren’t any available. So he settled on tennis, a completely new venture for him.

Area convenience store clerks are no doubt keeping a close eye on pumps and fuel purchases, given the price of gasoline. However, that doesn’t prevent motorists from trying various schemes to steal gas. Last Thursday, a motorist walked into the Windom Speedway convenience store and complained that his credit card did not work at the pump.