Meeker County Sheriff’s Office will hold a memorial service in honor of National Law Enforcement Memorial Day Thursday.

Sheriff Chaplain Jeff Garland will lead the 9:30 a.m. service in the Law Enforcement Center parking lot with past chaplain Terry Olthoff assisting.

A 36-year-old man from Sartell, Minn., is dead after a head-on accident with a dump truck near Kimball Monday.

According to the Minnesota State Patrol, Barry Gronli of Sartell was traveling south on Minnesota Highway 15, four miles south of Kimball and one mile north of Minnesota 24, when his 2004 Oldsmobile Alero crossed into the northbound lane and struck a dump truck.

A Dassel man was injured Saturday afternoon when the vehicle he was driving rolled near Dassel.

Allen Ervin Vogelpohl of Dassel was driving a 1999 Ford Expedition on CSAH 18 at 4:37 p.m. when he lost control and rolled the vehicle. Vogelpohl was ejected from the vehicle. He was transported to Hutchinson Hospital and then to Hennepin County Memorial Center.

Minnesotans can celebrate a birthday 150 years in the making next week, as the state commemorates its sesquicentennial anniversary during Statehood Week May 11-18.

On May 11, 1858, Minnesota was officially admitted to the Union as the 32nd state of the United States of America.

The Sesquicentennial Convoy will leave the Capitol to travel to cities across the state for the Capitals for a Day tour from May 12-16. The cities to be visited are: Bemidji, Monday; Thief River Falls, Tuesday; Detroit Lakes, Wednesday; New Ulm, May 15; and Winona, May 16.

Seeding for the Section 5A-West girls softball tournament is set, with Eden Valley-Watkins the No. 10 seed and Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City the No. 5 seed.

EV-W will play at No. 7 Kimball at 4:30 p.m. May 15.

The winner of that game will play at No. 2 Osakis at 5 p.m. May 16.

ACGC will play at at No. 4 Browerville at 5 p.m. May 16.

The winner of that game would likely play No. 1 seed Maple Lake at 4 p.m. May 20 at Minnewaska Area High School.