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According to a press release from the Mankato Department Of Public Safety:   On Sunday, April 26, at approximately 1:36 p.m., 911 dispatch received a call from a person who believed someone was shooting in a neighboring residence on Castle Pines Drive. Officers responded to the scene and approached an open door at 700 Castle Pines Drive. While approaching, officers heard what they believed to be a gunshot coming from inside. Officers immediately entered and apprehended the suspect, Joseph David Bulfer, age 44, of Fairmont. Officers then entered a bedroom and located a deceased adult male who had sustained multiple gunshot [...]

The Fairmont High School Speech Team competed at the Minnesota State High School League Section 2A Speech Tournament on Friday, April 10, in Janesville. Twenty-four individuals were Section finalists and 14 individuals advanced to the state tournament. State-advancing Section Finalists: Discussion: Calixta Tessendorf placed third. Dramatic Interpretation: Cooper Gudahl was the Champion. Extemporaneous Speaking: Emma Schmidt placed third. Levi Loughmiller placed second. Belinda Lutterman was the Champion. Humorous Interpretation: Megan Wheeler placed third. Thomas Hamlet placed second. Leon Yang was the Champion. Informative Speaking: Allie Streit was the Champion. Original Oratory: Addie Lintelman placed third. Bella Coan placed second. Poetry: Anthony [...]

A 31-year old Fairmont man is in custody and charged with felony Domestic Assault after an incident last Monday. Police were called to a residence for a report of an assault. According to the police statement, the victim identified the perpetrator as Blake John Lawrence Strait, 31, of Fairmont. Police observed bruising on the victims left arm and back. The victim alleged that during an argument earlier in the day, Strait pushed them down and smashed their face into the ground. While the victim was on the ground, Strait allegedly placed his knee on the back of their neck, inhibiting their [...]

A 47-year old Sioux Falls man is in jail in Martin County awaiting felony charges after a stop on I-90 last Friday afternoon. According to the criminal complaint, a motorist on I-90 reported a vehicle stopped on the shoulder near mile marker 83, and seeing a man fall into the ditch. Upon arrival, law enforcement personnel identified the driver as Joseph Emmanuel Makwat, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. A preliminary breath test indicated a blood alcohol concentration of 0.365. Makwat reportedly asked for transportation to a hospital, but refused to submit to a blood or urine test after a search warrant [...]

Five people were killed in a two-vehicle collision Friday afternoon on US Highway 71 north of Windom in Cottonwood County.   A northbound 2016 GMC Terrain driven by Martin Hanson, 67, of Springfield, collided head-on with a southbound 2019 Ford Transit Van driven by Matthew Arthur Schultz, 42, of Lakefield. The van contained 11 passengers, four of whom were killed in the collision. Schultz, the driver of the van, was transported to Windom Area Health Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Hanson, the lone occupant of the other vehicle,  died at the scene.   The deceased in the van have been identified [...]