Last year, Minnesota recorded the fewest number of traffic deaths since 1944, the Minnesota Department of Public Safety reported. With 368 deaths, 2011 is the fourth consecutive year the motorist fatality rate has dropped.
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State sees fewer traffic deaths in 2011
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Jablonske gets stayed two-year prison sentence
A Red Wing man was sentenced to two years in prison June 22 for his involvement in an armed robbery last February.
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Released sex-offender to be living near Arkansaw
Western Wisconsin News
-- A western Wisconsin man who admitted to nine actual-or-attempted sexual assaults in the 1980's is about to be released from a state treatment center. But authorities say Kerry Abbott will remain under heavy supervision once he moves to a rural home near Arkansaw this month.![]()
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-- A western Wisconsin man who admitted to nine actual-or-attempted sexual assaults in the 1980's is about to be released from a state treatment center. But authorities say Kerry Abbott will remain under heavy supervision once he moves to a rural home near Arkansaw this month.
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Woman shot with BB gun
A woman was shot in the arm with a BB gun while she was standing in the front yard of a Red Wing house.
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Schaffhausen appears in young girls' murder case
A man accused in the deaths of his three young daughters in a gruesome incident at a River Falls residence last Tuesday made his initial appearance in St. Croix County Circuit Court Thursday afternoon.
District Attorney Eric Johnson said the throats were slit on all three girls. ↧
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State Supreme Court asked to consider rental code lawsuit
Tenants and landlords, along with the Institute for Justice, who are questioning Red Wing's rental inspection code asked the Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday to take up their case.
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Chase on foot ends in arrest
The Red Wing Police Department arrested a 23-year-old man early Friday morning when he fled on foot after leaving Bergen Dental, 315 East Ave., when the business alarm went off.
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Red Wing man gets nearly six years for robbery
A Red Wing man was sentenced Friday to 71 months in prison for second-degree aggravated robbery, a felony. Curtis Eugene Venzant, 30, pleaded guilty to the charge in March.
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Man sentenced to 57 days jail for robbery
A Red Wing man was sentenced July 6 to 57 days in jail and five years of supervised probation for robbing a man last February. Travis John Corrigan, 20, 352 Frenn Ave., pleaded guilty to one count of simple robbery in April.
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Pine Island man charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct
A Pine Island man faces criminal sexual conduct charges for allegedly raping a 17-year-old girl. Joseph Daniel Carlson, 18, was charged in Goodhue County District Court Monday with one count of first-degree criminal sexual conduct and one count of third-degree criminal sexual conduct.
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Former library administrator sues Lake City
A former Lake City library administrator has filed a lawsuit against the city of Lake City and Mayor Jerry Dunbar alleging breach of contract and sexual harassment.
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Schaffhausen bound over in homicide case
A man accused in the murder of his three young daughters was bound over for trial in St. Croix County Circuit Court Tuesday morning.
Judge Scott Needham found probable cause that Aaron Schaffhausen committed a felony and set an arraignment hearing for Aug. 28 at 4 p.m. when he will enter a plea.
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Citations issued after underage drinking party
Deputies broke up an underage drinking party attended by between 100 and 200 people Saturday night, the Goodhue County Sheriff's Office reported.
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Lawsuit filed against police chief, trooper
A lawsuit was filed in United States District Court last month against Kenyon Police Chief Lee Sjolander and Minnesota State Highway Patrol Officer Troy Siems alleging civil rights violations.
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Police get grant for alcohol enforcement
The Red Wing Police Department has been awarded a grant to conduct alcohol compliance checks on all licensed retailers in town.
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Police warn about telephone scam
A local resident has reported a telephone scam to the Red Wing police.
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Lake City officer's shooter would have faced first-degree murder charges
Alan Sylte would face first-degree murder charges had he not killed himself after shooting a Lake City police officer who later died, the Wabasha County Attorney's Office announced today.
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Donno gets 21 months in prison for police chase
The Welch man who led police on a high speed chase through Red Wing last spring was sentenced July 27 to 21 months in prison.
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Ellsworth gas station robbed at gunpoint
An Ellsworth gas station was robbed at gunpoint Aug. 1, the Ellsworth Police Department reported. At approximately 3:15 a.m., the Pierce County Sheriff's Department's dispatch center received a report of a robbery at SuperAmerica, 176 W. Main St.
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New perspectives
For most of the juvenile residents at Minnesota Correctional Facility-Red Wing, their last encounters with a police officer probably weren't all that great.
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