AM 1240 WJON » paynesville http://wjon.com Wed, 22 May 2013 13:33:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Paynesville Bypass Getting Mixed Reviews http://wjon.com/paynesville-bypass-getting-mixed-reviews/ http://wjon.com/paynesville-bypass-getting-mixed-reviews/#comments Wed, 26 Sep 2012 10:00:43 +0000 Ashli Gerdes http://wjon.com/?p=134772 If you are driving on Highway 23, east of Paynesville you many have noticed the new bypass. The recent addition has caused some controversy among the locals. The new Highway 23 Paynesville Bypass began in mid-April 2010 and was completed ahead of schedule, on July 20.

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]]> http://wjon.com/paynesville-bypass-getting-mixed-reviews/feed/ 0 www.paynesvillemn.com UPDATE: Name of Man Killed in Mobile Home Fire Released http://wjon.com/update-name-of-man-killed-in-mobile-home-fire-released/ http://wjon.com/update-name-of-man-killed-in-mobile-home-fire-released/#comments Mon, 17 Sep 2012 21:07:40 +0000 Abby Faulkner http://wjon.com/?p=132969 Authorities say 47 year old Scott Vogelpohl was killed in an early morning mobile home fire in Paynesville Township.

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]]> http://wjon.com/update-name-of-man-killed-in-mobile-home-fire-released/feed/ 0 Editor B, flickr One Person Dead After Paynesville House Fire http://wjon.com/one-person-dead-after-paynesville-house-fire/ http://wjon.com/one-person-dead-after-paynesville-house-fire/#comments Mon, 17 Sep 2012 16:30:29 +0000 Abby Faulkner http://wjon.com/?p=132892 One person is reportedly dead after a Paynesville Township mobile home fire.

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]]> http://wjon.com/one-person-dead-after-paynesville-house-fire/feed/ 0 Editor B, flickr Highway 23 Paynesville Bypass to Open Friday http://wjon.com/highway-23-paynesville-bypass-to-open-friday/ http://wjon.com/highway-23-paynesville-bypass-to-open-friday/#comments Wed, 18 Jul 2012 15:14:56 +0000 Lee Voss http://wjon.com/?p=118668 The Highway 23 Paynesville Bypass opens Friday, more than a month ahead of schedule. The 7 1/2 mile, four-lane divided bypass runs north of New London from Kandyohi County Road 6 to west of 263rd Avenue in Paynesville.

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]]> http://wjon.com/highway-23-paynesville-bypass-to-open-friday/feed/ 0 London looks, Flickr One Hurt, Another Jailed Following Crash in Paynesville http://wjon.com/one-hurt-another-jailed-following-crash-in-paynesville/ http://wjon.com/one-hurt-another-jailed-following-crash-in-paynesville/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 15:40:02 +0000 Abby Faulkner http://wjon.com/?p=101316 The Stearns County Sheriff's Office says a man has been arrested after crashing into and injuring another man in Paynesville.

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]]> http://wjon.com/one-hurt-another-jailed-following-crash-in-paynesville/feed/ 0 Paynesville, MPCA at Odds Over Plume Under City [AUDIO] http://wjon.com/paynesville-mpca-at-odds-over-plume-under-city-audio/ http://wjon.com/paynesville-mpca-at-odds-over-plume-under-city-audio/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2012 12:50:01 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=85547 Paynesville City officials continue to be frustrated with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and their legislative delegation over lack of action over a benzene plume under the city. The PCA has been monitoring the plume under a former gas station site for 20 years, and at one point recommended excavating it.

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]]> http://wjon.com/paynesville-mpca-at-odds-over-plume-under-city-audio/feed/ 0 Donald Lee Pardue, flickr Wind Farm in Paynesville Falls Behind Schedule http://wjon.com/wind-farm-in-paynesville-falls-behind-schedule/ http://wjon.com/wind-farm-in-paynesville-falls-behind-schedule/#comments Mon, 26 Dec 2011 14:48:50 +0000 The Associated Press http://wjon.com/?p=61962 A wind farm that was to be the first such large-scale operation in central Minnesota is about a year behind schedule.

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]]> http://wjon.com/wind-farm-in-paynesville-falls-behind-schedule/feed/ 0 Flickr uder Twicepix Paynesville Wants the State to Speed Up Pollution Cleanup http://wjon.com/city-wants-the-state-to-speed-up-pollution-cleanup/ http://wjon.com/city-wants-the-state-to-speed-up-pollution-cleanup/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 20:05:37 +0000 The Associated Press http://wjon.com/?p=58728 Fourteen years after two dangerous chemicals were found in water samples from two Paynesville city wells, city officials want to know why the state has been so slow to clean the contamination.

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]]> http://wjon.com/city-wants-the-state-to-speed-up-pollution-cleanup/feed/ 0 Court Says Pesticide Drift Can Count As Trespass http://wjon.com/court-says-pesticide-drift-can-count-as-trespass/ http://wjon.com/court-says-pesticide-drift-can-count-as-trespass/#comments Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:36:07 +0000 The Associated Press http://wjon.com/?p=23531 The Minnesota Court of Appeals says it can count as trespass under the law when pesticide drifts from one farm to another. The appeals court revived a lawsuit by organic farmers Oluf and Debra Johnson against the Paynesville Farmers Union Cooperative Oil Company.

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]]> http://wjon.com/court-says-pesticide-drift-can-count-as-trespass/feed/ 0 fishhawk, Flickr Sealcoat Work To Cause Lane Closures On Highway 23 http://wjon.com/sealcoat-work-to-cause-lane-closures-on-highway-23/ http://wjon.com/sealcoat-work-to-cause-lane-closures-on-highway-23/#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2011 05:01:54 +0000 Lee Voss http://wjon.com/?p=18118 A main highway in central Minnesota will have traffic restrictions and lane closures as part of a preventive maintenance and seal coating project. The Minnesota Department of Transportation says crews will begin the work on Highway 23 between Richmond and the Highway 55 intersection in Paynesville tomorrow.

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]]> http://wjon.com/sealcoat-work-to-cause-lane-closures-on-highway-23/feed/ 0 Getty Images Train Derailment Clean-Up Nearly Finished, Watch For Extra Trains http://wjon.com/train-derailment-clean-up-nearly-finished-watch-for-extra-trains/ http://wjon.com/train-derailment-clean-up-nearly-finished-watch-for-extra-trains/#comments Wed, 08 Jun 2011 15:26:29 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=17602 Clean-up a derailed train is nearly complete in Paynesville. Canadian Pacific spokesman Mike Lovecchio says most of the cars have been removed from the site, and they're in the final stages of the track reconstruction.

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]]> http://wjon.com/train-derailment-clean-up-nearly-finished-watch-for-extra-trains/feed/ 0 Train Derailment Clean-Up Continues Today In Paynesville [AUDIO] http://wjon.com/train-derailment-clean-up-continues-today-in-paynesville-audio/ http://wjon.com/train-derailment-clean-up-continues-today-in-paynesville-audio/#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2011 14:42:38 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=17452 Clean-up of several rail cars continues today (Tuesday) in Paynesville. Eight cars of an 85-car train derailed yesterday (Monday) afternoon. Two of the cars ended-up in the North Fork Crow River.

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]]> http://wjon.com/train-derailment-clean-up-continues-today-in-paynesville-audio/feed/ 0 Freight Train Derails In Paynesville, No One Hurt http://wjon.com/freight-train-derails-in-paynesville-no-one-hurt/ http://wjon.com/freight-train-derails-in-paynesville-no-one-hurt/#comments Mon, 06 Jun 2011 22:44:36 +0000 The Associated Press http://wjon.com/?p=17396 A freight train derailment in central Minnesota has sent some rail cars into the Crow River. Eight cars of an 85-car Canadian Pacific Railway train derailed in Paynesville on Monday afternoon.

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]]> http://wjon.com/freight-train-derails-in-paynesville-no-one-hurt/feed/ 0 Steve Lahr for WJON News Paynesville Man Stranded On Snowy Hike Is Rescued In Washington http://wjon.com/paynesville-man-stranded-on-snowy-hike-is-rescued-in-washington/ http://wjon.com/paynesville-man-stranded-on-snowy-hike-is-rescued-in-washington/#comments Fri, 03 Jun 2011 10:23:50 +0000 The Associated Press http://wjon.com/?p=17122 The Chelan County sheriff's office says a helicopter has flown a Minnesota hiker to safety after a ground rescue crew helped him off the rocky ledge where he'd gotten stuck in steep, snowy terrain near Stevens Pass in Washington's North Cascades.

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]]> http://wjon.com/paynesville-man-stranded-on-snowy-hike-is-rescued-in-washington/feed/ 0 Facebook Ground Crews Reach Stranded Paynesville Hiker In Washington http://wjon.com/ground-crews-reach-stranded-paynesville-hiker-in-washington/ http://wjon.com/ground-crews-reach-stranded-paynesville-hiker-in-washington/#comments Fri, 03 Jun 2011 01:56:51 +0000 The Associated Press http://wjon.com/?p=17120 The Chelan County sheriff's office says rescue ground crews have reached a hiker stuck on a rocky bench in steep, unstable terrain near Stevens Pass in Washington's North Cascades.

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]]> http://wjon.com/ground-crews-reach-stranded-paynesville-hiker-in-washington/feed/ 0 Facebook Helicopter Searching For Missing Paynesville Man Near Stevens Pass, Washington http://wjon.com/helicopter-searching-for-snowshoer-near-stevens-pass/ http://wjon.com/helicopter-searching-for-snowshoer-near-stevens-pass/#comments Thu, 02 Jun 2011 15:32:18 +0000 Abby Faulkner http://wjon.com/?p=17040 The Chelan County sheriff's office put a
helicopter in the air and more than a dozen people on the ground
Thursday to search for a man overdue on a snowshoe hike near
Stevens Pass in Washington's North Cascades.

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]]> http://wjon.com/helicopter-searching-for-snowshoer-near-stevens-pass/feed/ 0 Getty Images MnDOT To Resume Hwy 23 Paynesville Bypass Public Meetings http://wjon.com/mndot-to-resume-hwy-23-paynesville-bypass-public-meetings/ http://wjon.com/mndot-to-resume-hwy-23-paynesville-bypass-public-meetings/#comments Wed, 04 May 2011 05:01:46 +0000 Lee Voss http://wjon.com/?p=14198 The Minnesota Department of Transportation will resume its Highway 23 Paynesville bypass public meetings tomorrow. They will be held every other Thursday at the Paynesville American Legion.

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]]> http://wjon.com/mndot-to-resume-hwy-23-paynesville-bypass-public-meetings/feed/ 0 Minnesota Department of Transportation Expect Delays On Hwy 55 In Paynesville http://wjon.com/expect-delays-on-hwy-55-in-paynesville/ http://wjon.com/expect-delays-on-hwy-55-in-paynesville/#comments Mon, 14 Mar 2011 19:45:50 +0000 Lee Voss http://wjon.com/?p=9968 Work crews are hauling equipment across Highway 55 in Paynesville today causing some minor delays. The equipment will be used on the 7-and-a-half mile Highway 23 Paynesville bypass project.

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