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A semi driver charged in connection to a fatal crash on Interstate 94 in Rogers in October 2018 that killed a Pillager man has been sentenced over four years prison.

A Staples man was seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash in Cass County on Wednesday, July 15.

The Todd County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a missing swimmer near the Lake Charlotte beach in Long Prairie on Thursday, July 16.

Wadena-Deer Creek will host a “Parade of Graduates” for the Class of 2020.

The Verndale Pirates graduation commencement will be broadcast on Saturday, May 23rd at 2:00pm on KWAD.

Wadena-Deer Creek’s graduation ceremony is scheduled for this Friday evening at 7:00pm and it will air on KWAD.

A class ring belonging to a member of the Royalton High School Class of 2005 has turned up about 70 miles to the northwest.

The Class of 2020 has had another, and maybe the biggest, part of their senior year pulled out from under them.

Another sports season has ended before it began, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic.

According to a press release, Lakewood Health System is confirming that two patients and one Lakewood provider have been tested positive for COVID-19.

A social media campaign that started in Texas has now taken complete hold across Minnesota in response to that virus of which we do not speak.

The first confirmed cases of coronavirus in Otter Tail and Douglas counties were reported Sunday.

UDPATE: Earlier today the Minnesota Department of Health reported that Wadena County was one of the counties with a new COVID-19 case, it is now being reported that case is actually in Clay County.

We were joined in studio by Tri County Health Care’s CEO Joel Beiswenger and Dr. Ben Hess to discuss the coronavirus.

It has been announced by Gov. Tim Walz that all Minnesota public schools K-12 will close beginning on Wednesday, March 18th.