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6 days ago | 
kcentv.com | Brandon Cote
HILLSBORO, Texas — The 36-year-old outlet mall in Hillsboro is being sent off with a nostalgia-laden celebration before its planned demolition. City officials announced "Mallmageddon," a four-day '90s-themed festival weekend to commemorate the shopping center located along Interstate 35 between Dallas-Fort Worth and Austin.
The once-bustling mall has experienced declining foot traffic for approximately two decades and now stands nearly empty.
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2 weeks ago | 
kcentv.com | Brandon Cote
WACO, Texas — Waco is relocating its welcome center to a new location next to Magnolia Market at the Silos, a move city officials say will help drive tourism and strengthen downtown businesses. The new welcome center will soon be situated on South Sixth Street as it will be moving away from the Brazos River location. This spot aims to position visitor services in the heart of Waco's popular tourist district.
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1 month ago | 
kcentv.com | Brandon Cote
TEMPLE, Texas — Brandon Cote joined the 6 News team in March of 2025 as a Multi-Skilled Journalist and will be reporting for Texas Today in the morning. Brandon Cote was born in raised in Spokane, Washington. He graduated from Gonzaga University with a B.A. in Public Relations while also studying Business and Broadcasting.
Brandon was a Parent & Family Orientation gladiator in college.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
kimt.com | Brandon Cote
PLAINVIEW, Minn. - The Office of Ombuds for Family Child Care Providers shared its perspective of how the lack off accountability from social workers impacts families and children in rural communities. On May 13, 2022, Wabasha County social workers and Plainview police officers temporarily shut down Pamela Lang's daycare because of two allegations. The owner of the daycare, Pamela Lang, argues both agencies did not have the evidence to issue a Temporary Issue Suspension.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
kimt.com | Brandon Cote
PLAINVIEW, Minn. - A parent who sent her kids to Pamela Jo's daycare is sharing her side of the story of how county social workers lied and irresponsibly shut down the childcare option. Wabasha County social workers and Plainview police officers temporarily shut down the business on May 13, 2022 responding to two different allegations they received.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
kimt.com | Brandon Cote
PLAINVIEW, Minn. - Former in-home daycare owner, Pamela Lang, said Wabasha County Social Services failed to investigate two allegations responsible for the temporary closure of her daycare on May 13, 2022. Five social workers and police officers arrived to Pamela Jo's Daycare to follow-up on claims of force feeding and children having access to bird feces. Employee Bobbi Sievers and Lang said the group entered the business without any documentation from the state proving these allegations existed.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
kimt.com | Brandon Cote
PLAINVIEW, Minn. - Childcare employee, Bobbi Sievers, tells her story of how the county's social services and Plainview police temporarily shut down Pamela Jo's daycare without any approval or documentation from the state. Body camera footage, provided by owner Pamela Lang, shows Wabasha County social workers and Plainview Police officers arriving at Lang's in-home daycare on May 13, 2022 to investigate two allegations.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
kimt.com | Brandon Cote
WINONA, Minn. - Jess Rivers said she and her family are taking it one day at a time after the fire killed two horses and destroyed the front of her business. Flames began to engulf the center Thursday afternoon taking about eight hours to extinguish the fire with around 100 first responders. The owner said the employees saved every horse possible inside the stables. However, two horses died in the fire.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
kimt.com | Brandon Cote
ROCHESTER, Minn. – Police are still searching for a suspect after a killing Thursday evening in southeast Rochester. A report came in around 6:50 pm of a shooting near 10th Street SE and 1st Avenue SE. The Rochester Police Department says first responders provided life-saving measures to an adult man but he was pronounced dead. An adult male was arrested at the scene but officers said that was for an unrelated warrant. No additional information is being released.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
kimt.com | Brandon Cote
MAZEPPA, Minn. - The skill hill is hoping for better luck this season after warmer and rainy weather closed down the recreation spot for several weekends last winter. Steeplechase is opening back up on November 29th with tubing for a Toys for Tots fundraiser. Then, skiing will open next on December 6th. Like many other skiing areas, Steeplechase struggled to adapt to unusual high temperatures last winter to create enough of its own snow for skiers, snowboarders and tubers to glide across.
