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15-Oct-2026

New Rest Area

The Minnesota Department of Transportation will receive $27.7 million in federal funding to design and build a new rest area along I-94 near Fergus Falls, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation. The funding will pay for a new Class I Safety Rest Area with approximately 63 commercial motor vehicle parking spaces and approximately 60 passenger vehicle parking spaces, serving both directions of I-94. The investment is part of a $200 million nationwide package U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy announced to expand truck parking in 12 states through the Nationally Significant Multimodal Freight & Highway Projects (INFRA) program. The funding covers 14 truck parking projects across the country, with Minnesota’s Fergus Falls project among the largest individual awards in the group. According to the Department of Transportation, the investments are intended to expand public parking for truckers along major freight corridors, with officials citing reduced fatigue-related accidents and improved supply chain efficiency as goals of the program.

15-Oct-2026

Two Vehicle Crash

One person was hurt in a two-vehicle crash in Sherburne County. The Minnesota State Patrol says the incident happened just before 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday on Highway 10 in Becker. A Dodge Caravan driven by 71-year-old Marilyn Vukelich-Hamblin of Rice was going west at Willow Street when it collided with a Honda Pilot driven by 57-year-old Lynn Jensen of Big Lake. Vukelich-Hamblin was taken to St. Cloud Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.   Jensen was not hurt. The Minnesota State Patrol was assisted by the Becker Fire Department, CentraCare EMS, the Becker Police Department, the Sherburne County Sheriff's Office, and Peterson's Towing.

14-Oct-2026

Drug Sentencing

A 30-year-old Lakeville, Minnesota man has been sentenced to five years in prison for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl to Bemidji and the Red Lake Nation. The U.S. Attorney’s Office says Marquise Javon Walker was sentenced in U.S. District Court today. He pleaded guilty on April 3. According to court documents, starting no later than Mar. 31, 2024 and continuing through at least Sep. 10 of that year, Walker entered into an agreement or understanding with others to distribute fentanyl and other controlled substances. On Mar. 31, 2024, the defendant drove from the Twin Cities metro area to Bemidji to assist a co-conspirator’s drug distribution activities. On Apr. 13, 2024, the defendant’s co-conspirator sold approximately 48 grams of fentanyl to a buyer. In the following months, law enforcement seized an additional amount of fentanyl, approximately 267 grams, as well as 29.5 grams of methamphetamine from the defendant’s co-conspirator through a series of controlled purchases. Walker’s co-defendants, 40-year-old La’Veal O. Allen of Minneapolis and 38-year-old Michaela K. McKinney of New Hope, Minnesota are currently awaiting sentencing.

14-Oct-2026

Man Dies At Boat Landing

Meeker County authorities are investigating the death of a man at the Lake Washington boat landing on Monday. Sheriff's deputies and emergency medical personnel were dispatched at 1:20 p.m. to the public landing in the 68000 block of 215th Street in Ellsworth Township. The sheriff's office says 56-year-old Edward Chabot of Watertown and his wife were working to bring their pontoon to shore when the incident happened. Chabot was standing in the water and was working on the pontoon when he went under the water. Chabot was brought to shore where life-saving efforts were performed. Chabot was then taken to Hutchinson Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The Meeker County Sheriff's Office was assisted by the Meeker County Community Paramedic, a DNR conservation officer, Dassel Rescue, and Allina Ambulance.