REDWOOD FALLS, MINN. – Minnesota’s state auditor and a state senator are hospitalized following a collision with a semi in Redwood County.
A legislative aide for Sen. Melisa Franzen says Franzen and state Auditor Julie Blaha were injured Wednesday while driving back from the Farmfest agricultural show in Redwood County.
The Minnesota Highway Patrol says a Jeep Cherokee driven by Blaha collided with a semi at an intersection about 5 p.m. Both women were taken to Redwood Hospital with injuries that are not life-threatening.

