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Gary Peterson, a trained volunteer with the nonprofit Texas EquuSearch drove up from his Spring Valley, Minn., home to Thief River Falls today to meet with family members of Gina Anderson.

She fought cancer on her own terms, refusing to let it interfere with her "bucket list": which included a family trip to Disney World and a "dream" trip to Israel.

Some things should never make a comeback: the Yugo, Celebrity Boxing with Tonya Harding and Danny Bonaduce, the lime-green pantsuit Hillary Clinton wore on her first campaign swing through Iowa.

Instead of giving thanks at home, more than a hundred people gave their time to those in need on this Thanksgiving.

This holiday weekend has a lot in store for police. Law enforcement officials say there are a few dangerous trends they see every year, and there are warnings they can't stress enough.

Olmsted County authorities are seeking civil commitment for a 26-year-old man they say is a sexually dangerous person though he has not been convicted of a sexual offense.

Veterans are helping other veterans this week. On Tuesday, volunteers from local veterans organizations filled boxes of food and delivered them to veterans or their families.

The City of Austin is accepting applications for open positions on several boards and commissions.

Freeborn County United Way volunteers braved the cold weather Friday to Keep the Fires Burning and collect money to go toward this yeara s Live United Campaign goal.

Yosselim Xicara, of Austin, was on her way to Rochester with some friends last winter when a snow storm hit, causing white-out conditions.

WLTX is proud to annouce that our own Nat Roers is now a mother! Roers gave birth Sunday to a baby boy that she and her husband have named Austin Lee.

MILWAUKEE Thanksgiving is bringing turkey producers little to celebrate this year, while diners anticipating the most poultry-centric of holidays may be grateful that they won't see much difference in the cost ...

The cake, which was baked by Hy-Vee, consists of 32 sheet cakes put together and was sold in pieces in an effort to raise $10,000 for scholarships.

Jobless claims have soared to a seven-year high. New claims for unemployment soared last week to the highest level since just after the September 11-th terrorist attacks.

The issue of acquiring property for the new Mower County Justice Center made it's way into court Wednesday.

Cooperative Response Center, Inc. of Austin has announced its scholarship program for the 2009-10 school year.

Traffic fatalities decreased in Mower County last year by 3 percent, but education and monitoring of driving laws will always be a continual effort.

A 69-year-old Austin woman is accused of misusing more than $2,500 of a vulnerable adult's money, which she was being paid to oversee and manage.

When a stray bullet came through the wall of her apartment in September, she was saved by a good book she'd been reading.

The Austin School Board will hold its regular monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. Monday in the City Council Chambers.