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    December 12, 2018
    Air quality alert issued through Dec. 13, 2018
    Washington, Dakota and Goodhue counties were included in an air-quality alert issued for Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018 through 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec....
    lifestyle/healthDecember 12, 2018 - 12:35pm
    Kelly Leibold started going to City Council meetings when she was a junior at Pine Island High School. At 19, she was hired as the chamber director. At 22, Leibold will be sworn in to serve on the council this January. Photo courtesy of OPG Media
    The millennial council member: 22-year-old prepares for Pine Island City Council
    PINE ISLAND — It was around the end of Kelly Leibold's cancer treatments where she considered running for public office. Leibold has attended...
    news/government-and-politicsDecember 12, 2018 - 5:00am
    December 11, 2018
    Letter: Reauthorize funding for conservation initiatives
    In Minnesota, we are blessed to have beautiful natural resources like lakes, parks, forests and wilderness as well as access to a network of...
    opinion/lettersDecember 11, 2018 - 2:00pm
    December 10, 2018
    12 Hours of Giving in Oakdale; Therapy dog volunteers needed for hospice: Health briefs
    The American Red Cross will hold the sixth-annual 12 Hours of Giving Blood Drive 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 20 at Inwood Oaks, 484 Inwood...
    lifestyle/healthDecember 10, 2018 - 6:00pm
    December 3, 2018
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    Traffic delays coming this week for Red Wing Bridge work
    Motorists can expect traffic delays Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. 5-6, on Highway 63 on the Wisconsin side of the Highway 63/Eisenhower Bridge...
    news/traffic-and-constructionDecember 3, 2018 - 2:39pm
    Photos courtesy Minnesota State Fair
    First musical acts announced for 2019 Minnesota State Fair
    The first two musical acts were announced Monday, Dec. 3 for the 2019 Minnesota State Fair Grandstand lineup: 90s rockers and the parody song...
    entertainment/musicDecember 3, 2018 - 10:53am
    November 30, 2018
    Hastings head wrestling coach and assistant principal Josh McLay is accused of misappropriating between $11,000-$12,000 of raised/donated funds after an investigation by the district over the past two months. Alec Hamilton / RiverTown Multimedia
    Hastings wrestling coach investigated for misappropriation of funds
    The Hastings School Board held a special session Nov. 26 to discuss an investigation into alleged misappropriation of funds by assistant principal...
    sports/wrestlingNovember 30, 2018 - 3:47pm
    November 29, 2018
    Kate Bauman, hard at work in her home studio in Lake City, tries to itch her creative scratch between substitute teaching and raising her two kids with ceramics. Bauman makes an assortment of different types of mugs and bowls, as well as sculpting when she has the time. Matthew Lambert / RiverTown Multimedia
    Throwing pots, creating art: Lake City artist finds functionality in ceramics
    While it may not have been how she envisioned her art career, Kate Bauman loves to sink her hands into some clay. Bauman, who grew up in Lake...
    community/peopleNovember 29, 2018 - 5:00pm
    November 22, 2018
    Taylor Offtermatt, 12, is a seventh-grade student at Cannon Falls and is taking the barrel racing world by storm. Pictured here with her trusty horse Twister, the pair will be competing in Las Vegas the KK Run for Vegas event next month. Matthew Lambert / RiverTown Multimedia
    Chasing can: Welch girl competing with best barrel racers in the world
    WELCH — There probably isn't a time in Taylor Offtermatt's young life where a horse wasn't around. Taylor, 12, said she got up on her...
    community/peopleNovember 22, 2018 - 10:00am
    November 20, 2018
    Infographic: Holiday DWI enforcement in Minnesota
    To help curb drunken driving this holiday season, more than 300 law enforcement agencies across Minnesota will take part in an extra DWI enforcement...
    news/crime-and-courtsNovember 20, 2018 - 2:08pm
    November 19, 2018
    Robert Lee Dullum
    Prescott man accused of assaulting Red Wing woman
    A Prescott man was arrested on Nov. 6 after violating a harassment restraining order and sexually assaulting a Goodhue County woman, authorities...
    news/crime-and-courtsNovember 19, 2018 - 4:30pm
    Joseph Camplin, 42, of Northfield (Photos courtesy Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension's Crime Alert Network)
    Missing person: Northfield man last seen on Friday
    The Northfield Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in locating Joseph Camplin, 42, of Northfield. According to an alert...
    newsNovember 19, 2018 - 3:45pm
    Washington County Attorney Pete Orput poses with a bat that circulates among prosecutors in his office who win jury trials. Orput calls it the “Heavy Hitters Club.” Mike Longaecker / RiverTown Multimedia
    Plea deals vs. trials: Driving hard bargains in Minn., Wis. courtrooms
    HUDSON — Attorneys on both sides of a high-profile St. Croix County threats case shook hands in late September after delivering impassioned...
    news/crime-and-courtsNovember 19, 2018 - 1:29pm
    Matthew Swanson's 45¼- inch northern pike from the Rainy River is Minnesota's new catch-and-release pike record. (Photo courtesy of Minnesota DNR)
    Woodbury angler's pike catch in May sets new Minnesota record
    A northern pike caught by Woodbury fisherman Matthew Swanson this past May on the Rainy River is now the largest on record in the state's new...
    sports/outdoorsNovember 19, 2018 - 1:23pm
    November 15, 2018
    Schwan’s Co. to sell majority stake to South Korean firm
    Minnesota-based food business Schwan's Company will sell a majority stake to a South Korean firm, according to a news release Nov. 15. CJ CheilJedang of Seoul, South Korea will purchase 80 percent of Schwan's and its subsidiaries in the retail and grocery food sector and food services....
    business/announcementsNovember 15, 2018 - 3:15pm
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