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West-central Minnesota was pounded by rain during intense thunderstorms Wednesday and Thursday, leading to flooded streets, basements, fields and parks.

Renville County has lost one of its star crime fighters with the recent retirement of Duke, the County Sheriff's first K-9. The office recently learned of a grant award that will allow it to recruit a successor for Duke.

The Renville County Board of Commissioners accepted the resignation of David Torgelson as county attorney and appointed assistant county attorney Kelsie Kingstrom to serve as county attorney for the remainder of the year. Torgelson will serve as an assistant county attorney in the office.

According to a report Renville County Sheriff Scott Hable made to the Board of Commissioners, there's an estimated 1,200 to 1,500 law officer vacancies across the state. Hable would like to take advantage of a small window of opportunity to add officers when new graduates enter the job market this spring and summer.

Toward Zero Deaths funding provides overtime pay for officers to conduct traffic enforcement along with educational campaigns. Sheriff Scott Hable defends importance of effort in saving lives as well as building rapport as most traffic stops do not result in tickets.