CRIME & SAFETY
2 killed in head-on crash near Willmar, state patrol says
PENNOCK, Minn. — Two people are dead after a head-on crash Tuesday evening in southern Minnesota.The Minnesota State Patrol says it happened just after 7 p.m. on Highway 12 in Pennock, a few miles northwest of Willmar.An eastbound Jeep Wrangler, driven by a 45-year-old Waseca man, collided with a westbound Ford Explorer, driven by a 69-year-old Benson woman.MORE NEWS: Minnesota State Sen. Nicole Mitchell, charged with burglary, says she was checking on loved one with Alzheimer'sThe driver of the Explorer was killed, along with her passenger, an 83-year-old man who was also from Benson.The driver of the Wrangler survived, suffering injuries not considered life-threatening.The state patrol is still investigating and says all parties involved were wearing seat belts. Alcohol also wasn't a factor in the crash.
DNA on beer bottle leads police to burglary suspect
DNA on beer bottles left at two burglaries in St. Peter last summer led police to their suspect. St. Peter police were called to a home on the morning of June 16, 2023 for a report of a burglary. The husband told police he and his wife woke up that morning to find the kitchen window screen had been damaged. The man then discovered that someone had gone through cabinets, drawers, and dressers and taken a wide variety of items, according to a criminal complaint.
Waseca man injured in Martin County rollover
A Waseca man was injured Tuesday morning in a rollover crash in Martin County. The crash occurred just before noon at Highway 15 and I-90 at Fairmont. A state patrol crash report says Derek Donald Vonbank, 35, of Waseca, was driving a transit van northbound on Highway 15 and a car driven by 88-year-old Everett Wayne Hanning of Granada, was exiting westbound I-90 when the vehicles collided at Fairmont. The van rolled following the collision, according to the report.
Woman found dead in home after early Tuesday fire in St. Peter
An elderly woman was found dead in her home, apparently killed in an early Tuesday fire, according to St. Peter law enforcement. St. Peter Police Chief Matt Grochow told the St. Peter Herald that, "As a result of the fire, a person had been found deceased inside the residence, and that investigation continues. It was an adult elderly female." Grochow noted that the fire, which took place inside a townhome...
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