Local Interest

Stearns County’s Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) truck will be heading to Greenwald, Sauk Centre, Melrose, and St. Anthony doing mobile collections in May. The HHW truck travels to cities in the area over the summer months collecting for free hazardous products homeowners no longer want or need that don’t belong in the garbage. The truck will be at … [Read more...] about Household Hazardous Waste Truck Rolling into West Central Stearns County

The Morrison County Sheriff’s Office reports that on 4-22-2026 at approximately 3:23 pm, their office responded to a crash involving a motorcycle and a tractor at the intersection of Cable Road and 110th Avenue, approximately two miles southwest of Little Falls, MN in Swan River Township. According to the Sheriff’s Office, 48-year-old James Pendroy of Sauk Rapids, was … [Read more...] about Morrison County Sheriff’s Office

On April 21, 2026, at approximately 3:22 PM, the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office and the St. Stephen Fire Department were dispatched to a structure fire at the address of 39070 County Road 1 in Le Sauk Township, which is approximately a mile north of the City of Sartell. When deputies arrived on scene the house was fully engulfed. The home is believed to be a total loss. … [Read more...] about Stearns County: House Fire

The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for an additional 27 counties in Minnesota effective today, April 22, until 8 p.m., due to extreme fire risk conditions. Additional counties include Aitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Benton, Carver, Cass, Crow Wing, Douglas, Freeborn, Grant, Hubbard, Itasca, Le Sueur, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Otter Tail, Rice, Scott, … [Read more...] about Red Flag Warning extends to 27 additional counties