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28-Oct-2024

Fatal Motorcycle Crash

- A motorcycle rider was killed in a crash on Highway 10 near Royalton. The Minnesota State Patrol says a pickup was pulling a fish house eastbound on Highway 10, while a motorcycle was also heading east and rear-ended the fish house.  The rider was thrown from the bike and struck a median pillar. After the initial crash, a third vehicle also going east struck the motorcycle. The 27-year-old man from Sauk Rapids on the motorcycle died in the crash. The driver of the pickup was a 46-year-old man from Rice.  The driver of the third vehicle was a 34-year-old woman from Royalton.   Their names and conditions have not been released. The incident happened just after 10:30 p.m. Sunday.

 

 

 

 

 

28-Oct-2024

Gas Prices

Gas and diesel prices have fallen in the past week. Gas Buddy says average gasoline prices in Minnesota have fallen 4.3 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.05. The national average price of gasoline has fallen 5.3 cents per gallon, averaging $3.07 per gallon. The national average price of diesel has declined 2.6 cents in the last week and stands at $3.54 per gallon. Gas Buddy says while many Americans incorrectly credit the upcoming election for the declines, politicians have little influence over the strong seasonal forces that drive prices lower in autumn. They say the drop in demand is pushing gas prices down, not politicians on either side.

 

 

 

 

 

28-Oct-2024

Wadena Woman Killed In Crash

A 31-year-old woman from Wadena was killed in a crash on a central Minnesota highway on Friday.  According to the State Patrol, Amber M. Cloutier was driving a Chevy Monte Carlo on Hwy. 210 when she was involved in a two-vehicle crash at approximately 10:58 a.m. The crash happened near mile post 114 in Sylvan Township, which is just west of Brainerd.  The official crash report says Cloutier was exiting Scearcyville Road SW onto eastbound Hwy. 210 when her vehicle was struck by a westbound driver of a Hyundai Elantra.  It's unclear if either vehicle crossed over the center line, but both vehicles wound up in the south ditch.  Cloutier was pronounced dead at the scene. The State Patrol reports that she was not wearing he seatbelt.  The driver of the Elantra, a 56-year-old Motley woman, was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.