CALEDONIA, Minn. – A motorcyclist was injured when she slid into a guardrail on a Highway 76 curve between Caledonia and Houston. Kathleen Marie Ripka, 47, of Owatonna, was taken to a LaCrosse hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, the State Patrol said. She was southbound on a 2007 Suzuki Cruiser. The accident, at Highway 76 at Houge Road, was about 12:30 p.m.
