Republican Eagle

ST. PAUL -- The national debate about how much police body camera video is public has arrived in Minnesota. A Senate bill would make most of the video private. “Given the sensitivity of some of the data that is going to be on the cameras ... the best premise to start with would...

Three crashes with snowplows Wednesday morning in southeastern Minnesota prompted the Minnesota Department of Transportation to issue a message calling on drivers to slow down and stay alert. The crashes occurred between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. with lightweight snow and windy conditions...

The Minnesota Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the Feb. 12 workplace death of an 81-year-old Goodhue man at O'Reilly Auto Parts in Cannon Falls. The investigation into the death of John Schafer began with a store inspection Feb. 13, MNOSHA spokesman...

Red Wing Fire Department successfully extinguished four structure fires in five days last week. Every available firefighter saw action because of the scope of the fires as well as the timing, with two of them mere hours apart. Firefighters did their dangerous jobs well and in frigid...

A Kenyon man is accused of sexually assaulting a child. The charges come after a report to Kenyon police of images found on a cellphone that showed a “very young child” engaged in sexual acts, according to a criminal complaint filed in Goodhue County District Court. Jerome Otto...