Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiative launches in Mason City

(ABC 6 News) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced on Monday that nearly $336,000 in grants will help to improve two senior living facilities and expand critical care in rural Minnesota for elderly residents. The investments will help rural hospitals and health care providers implement telehealth and nutrition...

(ABC 6 News) - Minnesota passed a law last month allowing the sale and consumption of edible cannabinoid products that include THC as long as they are under 5 milligrams per serving. The Austin city council is discussing these regulations in the city because when Minnesota legalized THC products, they...

(ABC 6 News) - The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has announced that the Cedar River Watershed District will receive a $78,000 grant to prepare for extreme weather caused by climate change. According to the MPCA, impacts of climate change such as more frequent damaging storms and warm winter temperatures propose...

(ABC 6 News) - The Olmsted County Board of Commissioners held a packed meeting Tuesday afternoon, where they approved a resolution allowing people arrested in Dodge County to be held in the Olmsted County Adult Detention Center. Dodge County doesn't have its own full-scale detention center. Detainees usually get sent...

(ABC 6 News) - The second suspect in a 2021 Austin murder case has been scheduled for an October sentencing. Keith Lavandas Forrest, 21, pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting murder in the second degree in the death of Austin resident David Harris, in exchange for a 120-month executed sentence. A second charge of aggravated robbery was dismissed.