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Local news for St. Michael, Albertville, Otsego and Hanover

REPORT: Officials Raid Wooton Home in Otsego

Multiple witnesses said authorities from Wright County and other agencies hit the Wooten complex this morning.

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Hennepin and Wright County Sheriff’s Office deputies and investigators, accompanied by Maple Grove Police Department, conducted a search on the home and property of Richard Wooton Wednesday, Sept. 19. Witnesses said the “raid” happened early Wednesday morning. The legal action comes just weeks after Crossroads Remodeling, operated by Richard Wooten, has been targeted by dozens […]

Otsego Woman Airlifted after Thursday Crash on Interstate 94

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Minnesota State Patrol investigators, along with the Wright County Sheriff’s Office, are reconstructing a crash after an Otsego woman struck a bridge support and then rolled off of Interstate 94 shortly before 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 6. Tracy Lee Carlson, 40, of Otsego was listed in critical condition with life-threatening injuries at Hennepin County Medical […]

Wright County Highway 38 Shut Down for Reconstruction

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Wright County continues its slew of major highway reconstruction projects this month with the closure of County Highway 38, a major artery in northern Albertville and western Otsego. Portions of the roadway will be closed from today, Sept. 5 through next fall, with operations this year including the construction of a roundabout intersection at O’Dean […]

Otsego Home Leveled by Monday Fire

A fundraiser is available to help the family displaced by the blaze.

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An early morning fire has leveled a home in the Martin Farms neighborhood, leaving a family of seven temporarily homeless. Albertville Fire Chief Eric Bullen said the Albertville Fire Department was dispatched to the structure fire in the 7200 block of Martin Farms Avenue Northeast around 4:30 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 20.  Upon arrival, the initial structure – the Moorman […]

Otsego’s Prairie View Elementary-Middle School Already on the Grow

The ISD 728 - Elk River Area School District's newest school will add classrooms and gym space over the next year.

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Not even completed with its first ever school year, Prairie View Elementary and Middle School in Otsego is already moving earth and placing concrete footings to expand. Last spring the ISD 728 School Board approved a package of bids that will move the idea of an additional classroom wing and third, full-sized gymnasium at Prairie […]

Structural Fire Injures One in Otsego

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Firefighters knocked down a trailer home fire in today’s record heat, but not before the resident of the Otsego structure was sent to the hospital for smoke inhalation. The incident happened around 8 a.m. this morning, with Elk River Fire Department and Wright County Sheriff’s Office deputies first on the scene. The fire, which occurred […]

Otsego: Love’s Truck Stop A No-Go

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The City of Otsego announced this week that Love’s Travel Stops and Country Stores, a proprietor of dozens of truck stops nationally, has pulled its purchase agreement for land along County Road 137 and Interstate 94, near the Albertville and Otsego border. “City staff has been informed by the property owner that Love’s Travel Stops […]

Not Many Feeling ‘Love’ for Possible Otsego Truck Stop

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The foray into a possible truck stop near the intersection of County Road 137 (formerly 37) and MacIver Avenue Northeast isn’t going away, and people on the Otsego and Albertville border are beginning to rally against the idea. Nearly 900 interested area residents have signed up for a “Maciver Ave Neighbors Against Otsego Truck Stop,” […]

ISD 728 School Board Approves Prairie View Elementary and Middle School as Name of District’s Newest School

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The ISD 728 School Board accepted a committee’s recommendation at a special meeting held Monday, March 27, paving the way for Prairie View Elementary and Middle School in Otsego. Referred to as the “Otsego E-8 building” since voters approved construction of the district’s newest building in 2014, Prairie View Elementary and Middle School was recommended […]

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