Boys Hockey:
Cathedral 2, Alexandria 1
(Austin Poganski and Tommy Hall each scored a goal. Poganski added an assist and Connor Amundson had 23 saves for the Crusaders. Cathedral is 8-6-1 this season)
A 50-year-old man is dead after getting caught in a piece of machinery at a waste facility in Alexandria. According to a news release from the local police department, it happened at about 9 p.m. Thursday at Pope/Douglas Solid Waste, which handles waste for Pope and Douglas counties.
The Cathedral boys hockey game scheduled Saturday against Alexandria has been postponed due to wintry conditions. The Crusaders were scheduled to play Alexandria at the MAC at 1:15 Saturday.
Police believe a 51-year-old man killed his former girlfriend before committing suicide in western Minnesota last week. The Douglas County sheriff's office says David Everett of rural Osakis and 38-year-old Sharon Love were breaking up.
What was supposed to be a routine patrol turned into a moment of heroism for a Minnesota state trooper. Sgt. Jesse Grabow was on patrol on Interstate 94 near Alexandria Thursday afternoon when the car in front of him left the freeway and plunged into Lake Latoka.
A Minnesota woman who lost her prosthetic leg while swimming in a lake three years ago has been reunited with the lost limb thanks to a Wisconsin angler.
An Alexandria man convicted of killing his infant daughter seven years ago has been released from jail after winning a new trial. Michael Hansen has been incarcerated for six years for the death of three-month-old Avryonna Hansen.
A Douglas County District Court judge has lowered bail for a man who won a new trial after he was convicted of killing his infant daughter. Judge Ann Carrott reduced bail for Michael Hansen from $250,000 to $150,000 Thursday.