Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Digital Broadcast Headlines with Kelsey Marier (SE Minnesota + NE Iowa) — August 31, 2026. Today’s top headlines include a fatal ATV rollover crash under investigation in Marion Township, which tragically claimed the life of a 40-year-old man off Chester Road SE. In traffic safety updates, state troopers have identified Nicholas Simien, 27, of Minneapolis, who died in a Sunday motorcycle crash on Highway 60 in Wabasha County after striking a guardrail. Finally, in local infrastructure news, Albert Lea is conducting sanitary sewer smoke testing this week in the W. Richway Drive area to detect stormwater defects and prevent basement backups.

Read more (story links):
Deadly ATV rollover in Olmsted County: kttc.com/2026/08/31/deadly-olmsted-county-atv-rollover-under-investigation
Minneapolis man identified in fatal Wabasha County motorcycle crash: kttc.com/2026/08/31/man-identified-deadly-wabasha-county-motorcycle-crash-sunday
Albert Lea sewer system smoke testing schedule and details: kttc.com/2026/08/28/albert-lea-set-conduct-smoke-testing-sewers