AUSTIN MN
Fatal Minnesota car chase connected to homicide 
Authorities say a police chase through three Minnesota counties that ended with a fatal crash is likely related to a homicide in Austin.
By Associated Press , February 01, 2013
Mower County officials get raises of $1 thousand to $5 thousand
Several elected officials in Mower County have been given raises ranging from about $1,000 to $5,000 per year.
December 29, 2012
Minnesota owner finds missing dog for sale on Facebook
Austin police say a blind pug that went missing this week has been found after its owner discovered someone trying to sell it on Facebook.
By Associated Press , November 23, 2012
Hormel thanks employees with profit-sharing checks
Hormel Foods Corp. is continuing its popular Thanksgiving tradition — giving its employees a share of the corporate profits.
By Associated Press , November 21, 2012
Minnesota shooting that hurt 5 likely gang-related
Authorities say a weekend shooting that injured five people outside a southern Minnesota events center likely was gang-related.
By Associated Press , November 13, 2012
No arrests in shooting outside events center
Sheriff's investigators say their work to find those responsible for a shooting outside an events center near Austin, Minn., that left five wounded, including two critically, has been hampered by uncooperative witnesses.
By Associated Press , November 12, 2012
Hormel Foods employee diagnosed with TB
Hormel Foods has confirmed a worker at its plant in Austin has been diagnosed with tuberculosis. The meat producer was notified of the contagious disease by the Mower County Public Health Department.
By Associated Press , September 18, 2012
Austin, Minn., woman accused of assaulting man with guitar
An Austin woman is accused of assaulting a man with a guitar, leaving him with a gash over his left eye. The 56-year-old woman faces tentative charges of second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon and domestic assault.
By Associated Press , August 28, 2012
Couple weds near parents' Minnesota graves
The parents of a Minnesota bride and groom couldn't attend their wedding in person, so the couple did the next best thing — they got married in the cemetery where their new in-laws are buried.
By Associated Press , May 21, 2012
Minnesota con artists use sheriff, senator in scam
The sheriff of Mower County is the latest public figure used by con artists who stole money from an elderly Austin woman. Con artists also used state Senator Carla Nelson's name when they went door-to-door to solicit money recently.
By Associated Press , April 26, 2012
Minnesota couple who chained son lose parental rights
A judge has terminated parental rights for a southern Minnesota couple who spent six months in jail for chaining their 5-year-old son to his crib. Mower County District Judge Fred Wellmann ruled Thursday that the couple's two sons will never live with their parents again.
By Associated Press , March 15, 2012
Minnesota mom accused of driving drunk to pick son up from school
Police arrested the woman Wednesday after getting a tip that she was on her way to pick up her son from school while intoxicated. An officer spoke with the woman, and she denied being intoxicated. The woman failed field sobriety tests, and her preliminary breath test indicated her blood alcohol content was more than the legal limit.
By Associated Press , January 12, 2012
2 Minnesota men unhurt when ATV falls into lake
Authorities say 26-year-old Andrew Swank and 24-year-old Dallas Williamson, both of Austin, were driving the all-terrain vehicle back to shore on Dead Lake, pulling a portable fish house behind them, when the ATV fell into the water shortly before midnight Tuesday.
By Associated Press , December 28, 2011
Warrant out for Austin mother of pregnant girl, 13
A warrant has been issued for an Austin woman who allegedly let her pregnant 13-year-old daughter move in with the 18-year-old father of the baby.
By Associated Press , December 12, 2011
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