Improvements coming to Highway 60
Improvements coming to Highway 60 By Jared Dean | February 26, 2021 at 4:25 PM CST - Updated February 26 at 9:04 PM
MADISON LAKE, Minn. (KEYC) Some changes will be coming soon to Minnesota Highway 60 between Madison Lake and Waterville.
One improvement being made along the 17-mile stretch of road is the removal of trees, which the Minnesota Department of Transportation says will have little effect on travel.
Some things that will affect travel for motorists and residents include pavement improvements, turn-lane modifications and improving the lighting on some county roads.
The project is scheduled to begin Thursday, March 4.
The first detour is scheduled to be implemented in April and last through July. The second phase of the project will see another detour implemented between July and October.
Driver injured in Watonwan County semi crash
Driver injured in Watonwan County semi crash By KEYC Staff | February 25, 2021 at 7:46 PM CST - Updated February 26 at 6:30 AM
FIELDON TOWNSHIP, Minn. (KEYC) Crews responded to a one-vehicle semi crash in Watonwan County Thursday afternoon.
The crash happened just before 1:30 p.m. on Highway 60 near mile marker 75 in Fieldon Township.
The Minnesota State Patrol says a Freightliner semi-truck was traveling eastbound on Highway 60 when it left the roadway and crashed into the ditch.
The driver is 35-year-old Thomas Van-horsen from Sheldon, Iowa; he suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was transported to Madelia Hospital.
State Patrol says Van-horsen was wearing a seat belt and no alcohol was involved.
bill: no excuses this time? we know. the alert is in effect already. bill: we will find out together. thank you, area. martha: last time you have a horrible storm that paralyze them for days. only a few inches of snow, but there was a lot of ice and this is the story of all the people abandoning their car. more than 2000 cars left on the side of the highway. uncharacteristic weather system cost them really offguard. this time around the state of georgia planted to treat the roads early. that is a good idea, little sand on the roads and that may help. we feel that giving them a hard time because they are not used to it, but they knew it was coming last time. bill: the time of the data not help. good luck down there.
brothers who were hit by that on coming car. sat e sad, tragic story. will carr live in los angeles with more. what happened, will? fill in the details here. reporter: martha, 11 people dead off two wrong-way crashes on opposite sides of country. here in california authorities say one of drivers in this wrongaway crash is in the hospital and suspected of drunk driving. authorities say at 4:40 sunday morning this woman was driving a chevy camaro the wrong way on highway 60 in l.a. county. she ended up crashing head on into a ford explorer with a family inside and hit a second car. the explorer was cut in half. the camaro completely destroyed. the driver survived somehow in critical condition and taken to the hospital. she has been charged with felony driving under the influence and
karnage on sunday morning as well. authorities say a suspected drunk driver crashed head on into a the woman s chevy camaro cut the family s ford explorer in half on highway 60 in l.a. county. six people died in that crash. the driver somehow survived. she is in critical condition. she has been charged with felony driving under the influence and manslaughter. authorities say there is evidence of alcohol consumption found at the scene of the accident, unfortunately it seeps this happens too often. the ntsb put out a report about a year ago. in that report it says that on average 360 people die annually. it says that the majority of the wrong-way drivers are impaired by alcohol and that most of these crashes happen on nights and weekends. jenna? jenna: a lot of families having a truly difficult week and certainly need our prayers. will, thank you. jon: millions of pounds of meat now being recalled in several states. we ll tell you what you should look out for. and a new report raising