Willmar, Minn., teen pleads not guilty to stealing vehicle and causing fiery crash
WILLMAR — Ex-Savor Rene Cruz, 18, of Willmar, pleaded not guilty Monday to three charges, including a felony for motor vehicle theft, for his role in stealing a van, crashing it into a tree and then fleeing from the fiery scene in a residential Willmar neighborhood.West Central Tribune, 11/21/2012
Lake Lillian, Minn., man and St. Paul teen facing charges for possessing drugs, stolen gun
WILLMAR — Justin Paul Nelson, 25, of Lake Lillian, made his first court appearance Monday on felony charges of fifth-degree drug possession, receiving stolen property, possession of a weapon by a person convicted of a violent crime and for storing methamphetamine paraphernalia in the presence of a child or vulnerable adult.West Central Tribune, 11/20/2012
Willmar man gets 41 months in prison for Holiday station robbery
WILLMAR — Mohamed Ahmed Jama, 20, of Willmar, was sentenced Thursday to 41 months in prison on a felony charge of first-degree aggravated robbery for robbing the Holiday Station along Litchfield Avenue Southwest during the early morning hours of July 18.West Central Tribune, 11/16/2012
Man pleads to drug sale and possession, plus theft charge
WILLMAR — Tony Gerrero Jr., 19, of Willmar, pleaded guilty Thursday to a third-degree drug sale for selling methamphetamine to CEE-VI Drug Task Force agents on multiple occasions last fall and to a fifth-degree drug possession charge for possessing narcotic pain pills while he was attempting to swindle agents in a bogus drug deal in March.West Central Tribune, 11/16/2012
Willmar man pleads to gun charge stemming from shooting incident
WILLMAR — Raul Veliz Jr., 29, of Willmar, pleaded guilty Tuesday to a charge of possession of a pistol or assault weapon by a convicted felon for possessing a stolen gun in September 2011 at Regency Estates East.West Central Tribune, 11/15/2012
No quorum, NLS, Minn., special meeting scheduled Friday
NEW LONDON — The New London-Spicer School Board will have a special meeting at 3:30 p.m. Friday to canvass the school board member election results and other items not completed at the regular Monday meeting.West Central Tribune, 11/14/2012
Life term for Willmar, Minn., man is upheld by Minn. Court of Appeals
WILLMAR — The state Court of Appeals has affirmed a 53-year-old Willmar man’s conviction of second-degree criminal sexual conduct and his life prison sentence for sexually assaulting a woman in July 2010 in an alley near the Willmar Eagles Club.West Central Tribune, 11/14/2012
Willmar, Minn., woman faces assault charges over alleged gang incident
WILLMAR — Tamara Dawn Mendoza, 21, of Willmar, made her first court appearance Friday on felony second- and third-degree assault charges for allegedly stabbing a teen in August after the two women had an escalating argument over a gang-related incident.West Central Tribune, 11/10/2012
Montevideo, Minn., man gets 13 years in sex case
MONTEVIDEO — Steven Jon Lynn Horton, 22, of Montevideo, was sentenced Thursday to 156 months, or 13 years, in prison on a first-degree criminal sexual conduct charge for sexual contact with a young girl in January in Clara City.West Central Tribune, 11/10/2012
Urdahl leading for sixth term in District 18A House
GROVE CITY — Rep. Dean Urdahl, R-Grove City, was leading early Wednesday in his re-election bid to the state House of Representatives in District 18A.West Central Tribune, 11/07/2012
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