...It is believed the fire started in the basement of the home. The fire remains under investigation by the Mower County Sheriff's Department and the state fire marshal's office. Cotter was an Austin attorney since the late 1950s, and had celebrated...

...scene just west of Brownsdale, or about five miles northeast of Austin, around 9 a.m. Monday. The Mower County sheriff's department said Danny Davis was driving south on County Road 16 when his car collided with a westbound sport-utility...

...Apprehension, the Minnesota Gang Strike Force, police in St. Paul, Eagan, Bloomington and Oakdale and the Mower County sheriff's department aided Austin police.