Alert: Missing baby
The Anoka County Sheriff’s Office is looking for assistance in locating Ja-Kari Brown, 10 months, of Coon Rapids, Ja-Kari may be in the company of his biological mother Sharona Nena Jefferson,...
View ArticleClosings for January 22nd
Closings January 22nd, 2018: 2:30pm…. Several Allina Health Clinics in the south and east metro are closing early today due to the winter storm. The following clinic locations are closed now or...
View ArticleNo unnecessary travel
Rice County Sheriff Troy Dunn is recommending no unnecessary travel. He spoke with KYMN at 9 o’clock this morning and reported multiple crashes, areas of zero visibility and slick road conditions....
View ArticleLaw Enforcement encouraging NO travel; Waterville man dies at job site;...
Rice County Sheriff Troy Dunn and Northfield Police Chief Monte Nelson are recommending no unnecessary travel. Dunn reported multiple crashes, areas of zero visibility and slick road conditions. The...
View ArticleChief Nelson updates listeners – it’s dangerous for the community and for...
Chief Nelson called at 3:15pm to update listeners. We haven’t had this kind of snow event in quite a while and he’s strongly urging folks NOT to travel. He has much more information in the interview...
View ArticleI-35 closed through Owatonna – no travel advised Hwy 19
ROCHESTER, Minn. (3 p.m.) – Interstate 35 through Owatonna is closed at this hour because of a series of vehicle crashes that have stopped traffic, according to the Minnesota Department of...
View ArticleNo School for Northfield Tuesday
KYMN has received word from Northfield Schools Superintendent Matt Hillman that school has been cancelled for Tuesday, marking Day 2 of snow days due to the current storm. As of 6pm this evening,...
View ArticleLocal school closings and delays for January 23
CLOSED: Northfield and Head Start, Cannon Falls, Faribault and Head Start, Farmington, Kenyon-Wanamingo, Medford, Owatonna, Randolph, Rosemount/Apple Valley/Eagan DELAYED 2 HOURS:...
View Article“It was an uphill battle” through the snowfall; A 2nd snowday and the first...
Multiple crashes and cars in the ditches yesterday made for a very long and trying day and night for residents and Emergency responders. Rice County Sheriff Troy Dunn reported this morning that they...
View ArticleConstruction? A meeting to talk about work on I-35
The public is invited to an open house Thursday, Feb. 1 in Faribault to learn more about this summer’s southbound Interstate 35 concrete overlay project, according to the Minnesota Department of...
View ArticleDistrict’s self-funded program allows for decrease in health ins.; Tons of...
For the first time in recorded history, the Northfield School Board cancelled their meeting Monday due to weather! It will be held next Monday, the 29th. Superintendent Dr. Matt Hillmann said, at the...
View ArticleCheck forger gets 2 years; What happens after 911 call; Arts Guild awarded...
A check forger with a very lengthy criminal history and an affinity for Kwik Trip pleaded guilty in Rice County Court last week. 46 year old James Joseph Schmidt Jr., of Bloomington, forged 17 checks...
View ArticlePedestrian struck on Hwy 3 at 3rd st.; Former Northfield treatment center...
A pedestrian was struck last night just before 6 o’clock as she was crossing Hwy 3 and 3rd St. at the pedestrian intersection. 49 year old Aaron Marshall of Farmington was traveling southbound when he...
View ArticleMnDot Tolling feasibility study complete
The Minnesota Department of Transportation released a study that examines the feasibility of broader tolling in the state. In 2017, the Minnesota Legislature required MnDOT to look at modern tolling...
View ArticleToddler airlifted after sledding accident; Having a “frank conversation” and...
A three year old boy was injured Saturday morning in a sledding accident. The Rice County Sheriff’s department along with Lonsdale fire and police were called to rural Lonsdale. Dylan Pint of Veseli,...
View ArticlePedestrians and drivers – respecting each other; Northfield EMS gears up for...
The DOT had a lot to do with the design of the pedestrian crossing at Hwy 3 and 3rd street. While it’s been an improvement, Police Chief Monte Nelson said but what they’ve been finding is that some...
View ArticleMissing person
The Grand Rapids Police Department is looking for assistance in locating Tawhna Jolee Pringle, 30, of Grand Rapids. Tawhna was last seen on January 6, 2018 in Floodwood. She has had no contact with...
View ArticleKYMN will be airing Raider Boys Basketball tonight
Due to logistical issues, the hockey game will not be aired. Instead the Raider Boys Basketball at home against Owatonna will be aired with Brad Prestemon on the call. The game starts at 7:30pm....
View ArticleNfld man racks up multiple domestic violence charges; Two juveniles get their...
A Northfield man faces felony assault after kicking his pregnant girlfriend in the stomach. 33 year old Marc Lewis Anthony reportedly attacked the woman in May but she was fearful to press charges and...
View ArticleSeatbelt saved her life; Woman pleads guilty to stealing from dog rescue...
A woman was airlifted to St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester after rolling her car. Rice County Deputies were called to the crash yesterday morning in the 26000 block of Independence Ave. in Morristown....
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