ACTON TOWNSHIP (WJON News) -- A crash between a boom truck and an SUV sent a Paynesville woman to the hospital on Thursday afternoon. The incident happened east of Grove City in Meeker County just ... Read More

A 15-year-old boy was struck by a pickup truck near Litchfield on Saturday. He's recovering from non-life-threatening injuries after the incident on Highway 12. Read More

Highway 12 will close in both directions between Wayzata and Minnetonka this weekend. The closure begins Friday night at 10 p.m. Detours and overnight work are planned, with construction expected to ... Read More

The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) says the first closure will be the westbound I-394 entrance to northbound I-494, from Wednesday, June 10 through Sunday, June 14. As a detour, ... Read More

The infrastructure push aims to modernize a heavily used stretch of Highway 12 stretching from Shoreline Drive in Wayzata to I-494 in Minnetonka. The project will reconstruct and resurface the aging ... Read More

According to the State Patrol, the accident occurred after one of the vehicles lost a tire or rim as it was traveling on Highway 12. Read More

A portion of Wayzata Boulevard will close from May 26 to May 29 as part of the ongoing U.S. Highway 12 pavement preservation project, though local business access will remain open. Read More

TWIN CITIES, MN - Memorial Day weekend drivers should plan around several major construction zones across the Twin Cities metro, including work on I-494, I-394, I-94, I-35W, Highway 12, Highway 10 and ... Read More

A Saturday afternoon crash on Highway 12 in Delano left a woman and her passenger injured, while the pickup truck driver walked away unharmed. Read More

MEEKER COUNTY ( WJON News) -- Two people were hurt in a three-vehicle crash near Litchfield on early Friday afternoon. The Minnesota State Patrol says the crash happened about 12:15 on Highway 12. Read More

Drivers in Wayzata and Minnetonka should prepare for closures on Highway 12 beginning tonight at 10 p.m. as crews work on major repairs and resurfacing. Read More

A pair of Twin Cities highways will be inaccessible to motorists this weekend as they close for construction projects. In the south metro, I-35W will be fully closed in both directions between I-494 ... Read More

(Minnetonka MN-) Highway 12 will be closed in both directions between Central Avenue in Wayzata and Interstate 494 in Minnetonka starting Friday night as part of a two-weekend project to resurface the ... Read More

Highway 12 will be closed in both directions between Central Avenue in Wayzata and Interstate 494 in Minnetonka starting Friday night as part of a two-weekend project to resurface the road and make ... Read More

A Willmar teen was critically injured in a car-semi crash near Atwater Sunday morning. The State Patrol says it was reported 7:15 a.m. on Highway 12 east of Atwater. Authorities say a semi being ... Read More

Willmar 18-year-old receives life-threatening injuries Sunday morning in U.S. Highway 12 crash in Gennessee Township of Kandiyohi County ... Read More

A second wildfire has started north of Lytton on July 1 and closed off Highway 12 just before Izman Creek. The fire is believed to be human caused, according to the BC Wildfire Service. It is ... Read More

(Cokato MN-) Another detour will be popping up on Highway 12 between Dassel and Cokato Monday. It is necessary as part of the Highway 12 Litchfield to Cokato resurfacing and concrete repair project. Read More

(Willmar MN-) Three people were hurt, one critically, in a three vehicle crash near Montrose Monday afternoon. The state patrol says it was reported at 5:05 p.m. on Highway 12 at Aetna Avenue in ... Read More

A woman from Dassel was hurt in a Wright County crash Thursday morning. The incident happened on Highway 12 in Cokato Township just after 11:00 a.m. The Minnesota State Patrol says a pickup driven by ... Read More

(Cokato MN-) An Annandale woman was hurt in a crash between two SUVs in Cokato Tuesday morning. The state patrol says it was reported at 9:49 a.m. on Highway 12 at Jackson Avenue. A Hyundai SUV driven ... Read More

Cokato, MN (April 15, 2025) - An injury accident involving two vehicles occurred Tuesday morning at the intersection of Highway 12 and Jackson Ave SW in Cokato, prompting a response from multiple ... Read More

(KNSI) - Wright County prosecutors say a distracted driver struck and killed an 85-year-old woman in Howard Lake. The crash happened on September 4th, 2024, on Highway 12. According to court ... Read More

The Minnesota State Patrol responded to the accident at roughly 8 a.m. Tuesday. An incident report states the man was driving his 1999 Ford F-150 eastbound on Highway 12 when it veered off the road ... Read More

A Cokato woman was hurt in a chain-reaction crash near Montrose Thursday afternoon. The state patrol says it was reported at 4:10 p.m. on Highway 12 at Highway 25, just east of Montrose. An SUV and a ... Read More

The state patrol says it was reported at 9:43 a.m. on Highway 12 at 735th Avenue ... Hospital in Litchfield and Martinez was taken to CentraCare Rice Hospital in Willmar, both with ... Read More

As a result, U.S. 12 westbound at I-494 Southbound and I-394 Eastbound will be closed until about 11:30 p.m., according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation. Read More

According to the engineer Ben Sandoz, the Highway 12 Litchfield to Cokato project is right on schedule.The engineer who works for the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) said as of July 19, ... Read More

The highway that extends east off of Highway 210 will see mill and overlay work, as well as additional turn lanes and bypass lanes between 210 and the city of Deerwood. Read More

Just before 6 p.m. July 2, a two-vehicle accident occurred on northbound Central Avenue near the eastbound entrance to Highway 12 in Wayzata. One of the vehicles involved in the ... Read More

(Willmar MN-) The Highway 12 railroad overpass bridge just east of Kandiyohi County Road 55 in Willmar will be closed for repairs beginning Monday, May 6, according to the Minnesota Department of ... Read More

Litchfield, MN (February 29, 2024) - A collision occurred on February 28, 2024, around 7:43 p.m. at the intersection of MN Highway 24 and US Highway 12 in Litchfield Township, Meeker County. The ... Read More

The Minnesota State Patrol says ... Dlugopolski was going West on Highway 12, and a second car driven by 55-year-old Jeffrey Forcier of Watkins was going East when they crashed. Dlugopolski was taken ... Read More

MARYSVILLE TOWNSHIP, Minn. - A Motley, Minn., man suffered life-threatening injuries when he was hit by an SUV on Highway 12 about 5:36 p.m. Friday, Dec. 22, the Minnesota State Patrol reported. Read More

(Willmar MN-) No one was injured in a two-vehicle crash on Highway 12 west of Willmar. The state patrol says at approximately 8:15 am Tuesday they responded to a two-vehicle crash on Highway 12 and ... Read More

It happened Friday afternoon on Highway 12 between Valley Road and Railroad Avenue in Independence. The wife of a Minnesota officer struck and killed on Highway 12 is speaking out about distracted ... Read More

The Minnesota Department of Transportation plans to resurface next summer about 11 miles of heavily traveled U.S. Highway 12 - from Atwater ... out of Atwater along Kandiyohi County Road 2 ... Read More

LITCHFIELD -- The U.S. Highway 12 and state Highway 22 intersection in Litchfield was reopened today. According to the Minnesota Department of Transportation, the intersection was reopened to ... Read More