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Cops, Courts & Fires

Suspect pleads not guilty to Internet stalking

AUSTIN — An Austin woman, whom investigators suspect used a fictitious Facebook account to repeatedly send threatening and sadistic messages to a woman in New ... Read more

by Matt Peterson, Friday, January 25, 2013 9:28 am

Cops, Courts & Fires

Family copes with fire

AUSTIN — Jacqui Spriggs and her family scrambled outside to frigid weather just before 4 a.m. Monday as her house went up in flames. Spriggs ... Read more

by Matt Peterson, Thursday, January 24, 2013 1:30 pm

Cops, Courts & Fires

Former Walmart employee allegedly threatens to shoot up store

AUSTIN — The Burnsville Police Department is handling a report of a 64-year-old woman and former employee who allegedly threatened to shoot and kill people ... Read more

by Matt Peterson, Wednesday, January 23, 2013 9:41 am

Cops, Courts & Fires

Mechanical fire destroys northeast Austin home

AUSTIN — A blaze that destroyed a northeast Austin home Monday morning was started by a mechanical failure, according to the Austin Fire Department. The ... Read more

by Matt Peterson, Monday, January 21, 2013 12:33 pm

Cops, Courts & Fires

Guilty plea tied to Dec. shootout

While two of three suspects in a December shootout in Austin recently pleaded not guilty, the third suspect admitted his guilt Friday in Mower County ... Read more

by Matt Peterson, Sunday, January 20, 2013 7:48 am

Cops, Courts & Fires

Guilty plea given in child punishment case

AUSTIN — One of two Austin women accused of making a 9-year-old hold jugs of milk in the air for hours and beating the child ... Read more

by Matt Peterson, Saturday, January 19, 2013 8:45 am

Cops, Courts & Fires

Austin woman charged with felony stalking

AUSTIN — Investigators believe an Austin woman used a fictitious Facebook account to repeatedly send threatening and sadistic messages to a woman in New York. ... Read more

by Matt Peterson, Saturday, January 12, 2013 1:57 pm

Cops, Courts & Fires

Austin men face voting charges

AUSTIN — One of three Austin men charged for illegal voting in the Nov. 6 election has pleaded not guilty. Read more

by Matt Peterson, Friday, January 4, 2013 11:15 am

Cops, Courts & Fires

No New Year’s DWIs in Austin

AUSTIN — It appears Mower County drivers made better decisions on New Year’s Eve than they did last year. Read more

by Matt Peterson, Thursday, January 3, 2013 12:40 pm

Cops, Courts & Fires

Alleged victim says she was sexually abused for years

AUSTIN — An alleged victim claims a local man sexually assaulted her in Mower County from the time she was 7 to 12 years old. Read more

by Matt Peterson, Tuesday, January 1, 2013 9:45 am

News

In light of shootings, local residents are stocking up

Guns. In the past week, they have been all anyone’s talking about across the nation, and locally it’s no different. Residents in both Freeborn and ... Read more

by Matt Peterson, Sunday, December 30, 2012 11:09 am

Cops, Courts & Fires

Alleged Salvation Army burglar in Austin pleads not guilty on Friday

AUSTIN — A former Salvation Army employee who allegedly tried to burglarize the organization’s drop-off center has pleaded not guilty. Duane Johnson, 39, of Austin, ... Read more

by Matt Peterson, Tuesday, December 25, 2012 5:59 am

Cops, Courts & Fires

Fire claims barn near Lyle, several calves

LYLE — At least eight calves died Monday afternoon when a small barn burned down northeast of Lyle. Read more

by Matt Peterson, Tuesday, December 18, 2012 7:42 am

Cops, Courts & Fires

Meth habit results in 20 years’ probation

AUSTIN — An Austin woman who was arrested on April 24 with a large amount of meth was sentenced Thursday to 20 years of supervised ... Read more

by Matt Peterson, Sunday, December 16, 2012 6:42 am

Cops, Courts & Fires

Armed robbery suspect pleads not guilty

AUSTIN — An 18-year-old charged in an alleged armed robbery in Austin on Nov. 17 pleaded not guilty Thursday in Mower County District Court. Read more

by Matt Peterson, Friday, December 14, 2012 11:05 am

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