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Bike Rodeo Returns to St. Michael this Saturday, May 4

Bring the bikes, and the kids, as the season for pedaling and pushing kicks off this weekend.

May 2, 2024 By Mike Schoemer

Family Youth Community Connections – FYCC is having the 9th annual Bike Rodeo Saturday, May 4, from 10:30 am to 1:00 pm in St Michael on Town Center Drive. Great […]

Tagged With: Bike Rodeo, FYCC

Three-vehicle Crash Near Monticello, Including School Bus, Sends One to Hospital Via Air Care

The bus was empty at the time, but a minivan driver pinned in between that vehicle and dump truck was seriously injured.

April 23, 2024 By Mike Schoemer

A minivan driver was lucky to escape with non-life threatening injuries after he was pinned between a school bus and a dump truck on Minnesota Highway 25 at the Wright […]

Tagged With: bus, crash, Monticello

Wright County Pursuit Sends Suspect to Hospital

A crash that happened after an attempted traffic stop has sent a man suspected of driving under the influence to a local hospital.

April 23, 2024 By Mike Schoemer

The Wright County Sheriff’s Office and other local authorities are investigating a crash that happened after a police pursuit Sunday night, April 21, near the border of St. Michael and […]

Tagged With: crash, Otsego, pursuit, rollover

St. Michael-Albertville’s Own “Tourney Tessa” Leads South Carolina to National Championship

Tessa Johnson, who led St. Michael-Albertville to its first Class 4A State Championship last year, put another ring on it with a performance for the ages in leading her Gamecocks over the Iowa Hawkeyes.

April 8, 2024 By Mike Schoemer

Tourney team

For those here in St. Michael-Albertville who know, the fact Tessa Johnson did what she did in Cleveland, Ohio, was no surprise. Since recovering from a femur injury in 2021, […]

Tagged With: South Carolina, STMA Girls Basketball, Tessa Johnson

Shop STMA Honors Petrich, Family with Inaugural Award

Rick Petrich, owner of Hardware Hank in St. Michael, was recognized by the business organization he helped launch.

March 28, 2024 By Mike Schoemer

Members of the Petrich family - sons Chris and Justin, along with Rick's wife, Pat - accept the Shop STMA Community Impact Award on Rick's behalf. Rick died of cancer earlier in 2024.

About 15 years ago, store owner Rick Petrich and friends, such as Wayne Beaudry and Amy and Tony Dehmer, helped launch a business organization for St. Michael. The association, which […]

Tagged With: Hardware Hank, Petrich, Shop STMA

One-Two Punch: Snow, Wind for the Weekend in Wright County

March will show it's "lion," as a pair of winter weather systems arrive Thursday night and, again, Sunday afternoon.

March 21, 2024 By Mike Schoemer

The term “better late than never” might not really apply in this situation. Winter, which has been missing in action for most of 2023-2024, makes an appearance about three days […]

Tagged With: March 2024, snow, spring

Huge St. Michael Road Project Set to Close County 35 Next Week

After a "slight" delay due to Winter's sudden appearance - the road will close today

March 19, 2024 By Mike Schoemer

Road construction season is going to kick off soon, and this season is going to be a doozy. Construction on Wright County Highway 35 between St. Michael and Buffalo will […]

Tagged With: Construction, County 35, road closed, Wright County

Minnesota BCA Issues Statewide Alert for Missing Teen

Alissa Plieseis has been missing since March 9. She is from Big Fork.

March 11, 2024 By Mike Schoemer

The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is seeking the public’s help in finding a northern Minnesota teeen who has been missing from her Big Fork, Minnesota home since Saturday evening. […]

BCA Identifies Albertville Man Shot by Wright County Deputy

A report released by the agency also identified Austin Feenstra, deputy, as the Wright County officer who initiated stop, fired at suspect.

March 8, 2024 By Mike Schoemer

The man shot and killed on a St. Michael road Saturday was identified today by a report from the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. Jeffrey Lynn Chapman, 67, of Albertville […]

Tagged With: fatal, shooting, St. Michael

Wright County Deputy Shoots Armed Driver During Traffic Stop in St. Michael

The man, who was the lone occupant of the vehicle, confronted deputies after being pulled over shortly before 5 a.m. Saturday, March 2.

March 2, 2024 By Mike Schoemer

An officer-involved shooting in St. Michael shortly before 5 a.m. on Saturday, March 2 has left one man dead after he confronted a Wright County Deputy while armed during a […]

Tagged With: officer, shooting, St. Michael, Wright County Sheriff

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