LANSING, Minn. — A St. Charles driver escaped injury in a collision roughly five miles north of Austin. An Austin woman in the other car was injured but not seriously and taken to the Austin hospital. The St. Charles driver, Mitchell Roger Leistikow, 30, was heading toward Blooming Prairie on State Highway.218. Mower County deputies said Kaydance Marie Verhey, 18, of Austin, was going the same direction. Pavement was wet. The accident was about 11:35 a.m. Leistikow was on 2015 Ford Fusion, Verhey in a 2008 Chevrolet Impala.
