Local Interest

On March 28, 2026, at approximately 11:09 AM, the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a possible prairie and farm field fire located at 30487 County Road 177 near Paynesville. Upon arrival, deputies observed smoke and active fire in multiple areas on both the farm field and the riverbank on the west side of the property. The fire was determined to have … [Read more...] about Fire near Paynesville

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is restricting the open burning of vegetative debris effective tomorrow, Monday, March 30, due to increased wildfire risk resulting from warm temperatures and dry conditions in parts of central, northwest, and northeast Minnesota. The restrictions apply in the following counties: Aitkin, Anoka, Beltrami South, Benton, Cass, … [Read more...] about Spring burning restrictions begin in Minnesota

The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for most of Minnesota effective Saturday, March 28 due to extreme fire danger.  Affected counties include Aitkin, Anoka, Becker, Benton, Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Carlton, Carver, Cass, Chippewa, Chisago, Cottonwood, Crow Wing, Dakota, Dodge, Douglas, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Grant, Hennepin, … [Read more...] about Red Flag Warning issued for extreme fire risk

The Morrison County Sheriff’s Office reports that on 3-14-2026 at approximately 12:06 am., a Morrison County deputy conducted a traffic stop near the intersection of Highway 10 and 83rd Street north of Royalton, MN. The deputy observed a moving violation, made the traffic stop and identified the driver of the vehicle as 31-year-old Augustine Wodrich of Minneapolis, MN and … [Read more...] about Morrison County Sheriff’s Office: Traffic Stop Drug Arrest

On March 3, 2026, at approximately 10:50 AM, the Stearns County Emergency Communications Center received a report of a crash just north of the intersection of County Road 13 and County Road 17, in Melrose Township. This is approximately 5 miles north of the City of Melrose. The caller was the driver of the vehicle and was reporting the truck had tipped over in the ditch and had … [Read more...] about Stearns County: Single-Vehicle Crash