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BAY CITY -- The body of a Watersmeet, Mich., man was found Saturday evening in the wreckage of a small airplane in a town of Isabelle farm field near the Mississippi River. Volunteers from the Civil Air Patrol apparently spotted the plane -- first reported missing on Friday -- late...

Buffalo/Pepin Circuit Court Judge James Duvall said Wednesday he didn't get a lot of sleep the night before in trying to decide a proper sentence for George Budd. The 54-year-old Beldenville native pleaded guilty Oct. 23 to homicide by negligent operation of a vehicle in the March...

At about 7:40 a.m. Sunday, the Pierce County Sheriff's Department responded to a one-car crash on U.S. Highway 10 near the intersection with County Highway J. Andrew Francis Lacoursiere, 49, of rural Ellsworth, was driving west when his vehicle left the road and struck two trees...

A Lake City woman was injured in a rollover Wednesday night near Frontenac, the State Patrol reported. Marguerite Cole, 46, was southbound on Highway 61 when she swerved to avoid an object in the road and her vehicle rolled into a ditch around 10:45 p.m., according to the report....

A 78-year-old woman was injured Monday morning when she was struck by a vehicle, the Red Wing Police Department reported. Arlene Cooper, 613 Hi-Park Ave., was crossing Bush Street at Main Street at about 11:30 a.m. A vehicle had stopped at the stop sign, but then started pulling...

A two-car crash at the intersection of Highway 10 and County Highway E in Oak Grove Township at about 11:40 a.m. Saturday left two people with unknown injuries, the Pierce County Sheriff's Department reported. Karina Clausen, 18, of Apple Valley, Minn., was driving northbound on...

A 53-year-old man died today as a result of injuries incurred after being struck by a garbage truck in Cannon Falls Township, the Goodhue County Sheriff's Office reported. According to a statement from the sheriff, the driver of a Waste Management garbage truck stopped to make a...

A Plum City man was ejected from his vehicle at about 8 a.m. Wednesday morning after crashing into a large tree, the Pierce County Sheriff's Department reported. According to the report, Luis Garcia, 20, was driving west on 250th Avenue when his vehicle left the roadway. Garcia...

A Wanamingo woman was killed when her vehicle rolled in Wanamingo Township Sunday night, the Goodhue County Sheriff's Office reported. Tara Rindahl, 36, was eastbound on a private drive at 45196 County 1 Blvd., at about 9:45 p.m. when her SUV entered the north ditch, struck a field...

A 9-year-old Pierce County boy was accidentally shot by his 11-year-old brother on Saturday afternoon, the Pierce County Sheriff's Department reported. The 11-year-old had been unloading a handgun inside the home on 110th Street, Town of Spring Lake, when the gun went off and a...

Two teenagers were injured Monday afternoon when the pick-up they were went out of lost control going around a curve, the Goodhue County Sheriff's Office reported. Troy Nibbe, 16, rural Lake City, was driving southbound on Territorial Road in Florence Township at about 1:30 p.m....

Two people were injured Friday evening when a motorcycle struck a pedestrian, the Red Wing Police Department reported. Matthew Larson, 21, 261 Finrud Ave., was southbound on Highway 61 and approaching Tyler Road when pedestrian Debra Schultz, 54, 223 Sargent Drive, walked out from...

A Cannon Falls man died in a car crash on Highway 50 near New Trier, Minn., at about 2:40 p.m. Thursday. The Minnesota State Patrol said that 27-year-old Dennis Underwood died after being ejected from a vehicle. Keri Gesme, 26, Hampton, Minn., is in critical condition. Gesme was airlifted...

A Hastings man accidentally shot himself in the foot while hunting Saturday, the Goodhue County Sheriff's Office reported. David Zimmerman, 25, was hunting in Welch Township. He said he had the gun safety on, but must have bumped it and accidentally shot himself while removing...

A 53-year-old man was injured Tuesday when he was caught in a grain auger, the Goodhue County Sheriff's Office reported. Jonathan Cobb, Ellendale, Minn., was working in a corn bin in at 9256 460th St. in Cherry Grove Township just after noon when he was caught and pinned by the machinery....