Sean Baker

3 weeks ago | startribune.com | Sean Baker

MAZEPPA, MINN. - With sleeves rolled up and boots thick with mud, Allie Kuppenbender tends to the seeds of what she hopes will be her most successful harvest yet. But unlike many of the farms dotting the Zumbro River Valley, Kuppenbender isn't nurturing corn or soybeans. She's using the fertile soil to cultivate rows upon rows of colorful flowers for her budding business, Bleed Heart Floral. To Kuppenbender, the work feels a lot like farming.

4 weeks ago | startribune.com | Sean Baker

Nicholas Sprau, 60, of the Rochester area was drunk and within feet of his driveway when he crashed his vehicle into an oncoming motorcycle in 2022. The Minnesota Star Tribune March 27, 2025 at 10:12PM A Chatfield man was sentenced to more than three years in prison on Thursday in connection with a 2022 drunk driving crash that killed a motorcyclist. Nicholas Sprau, 60, pleaded guilty in December to a felony charge of criminal vehicular homicide.

4 weeks ago | startribune.com | Sean Baker

By Sean Baker A state investigation has concluded that the correctional facility in Red Wing had violated four correctional standards in the lead up to the death of a juvenile last fall. The violations, revealed in a Corrections Department report earlier this year by the department's inspector general's office, included failing to properly conduct well-being checks the night the juvenile was found unresponsive.

1 month ago | thebrunswicknews.com | Sean Baker

NORTHFIELD, Minnesota - For nearly six decades, KYMN Radio has weathered industry shifts - from the transition to FM to the rise of the internet and the emergence of streaming services. But Minnesota's winters have proven to be a different kind of challenge. After a brutal cold spell earlier this season, the station found that one of the tension wires supporting its 300-foot broadcast tower had snapped. The discovery left the tower -and KYMN's future - hanging in the balance.

1 month ago | miamiherald.com | Sean Baker

NORTHFIELD, Minnesota - For nearly six decades, KYMN Radio has weathered industry shifts - from the transition to FM to the rise of the internet and the emergence of streaming services. But Minnesota's winters have proven to be a different kind of challenge. After a brutal cold spell earlier this season, the station found that one of the tension wires supporting its 300-foot broadcast tower had snapped. The discovery left the tower -and KYMN's future - hanging in the balance.