Local Interest

On September 4, 2026, at approximately 11:52 a.m., the Stearns County Emergency Communications Center received a 911 call reporting a motorcycle crash near the intersection of County Road 50 and Glenwood Road in Wakefield Township. The crash occurred approximately one and a half miles north of the City of Cold Spring. The Cold Spring Police Department was the first agency to … [Read more...] about Fatal Motorcycle Crash

On August 27, 2026, at approximately 3:40 P.M., Stearns County Deputies were dispatched to a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Co. Rd. 17 and Co. Rd. 13 in Melrose Township, which is approximately 4 miles north of the City of Melrose. A witness reported the collision and advised that one of the vehicles was smoking. Shortly thereafter, the vehicle became fully engulfed … [Read more...] about Two-Vehicle Crash

On August 28, 2026, at 5:48 a.m., the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office Emergency Communications Center received a call reporting a vehicle crash with injuries near the address of 19601 County Road 40 in Farming Township. The caller reported he had gone into the ditch and crashed causing the airbags of the vehicle to deploy. Deputies responded to the scene where the driver and … [Read more...] about Crash with Injuries

The Morrison County Sheriff’s Office reports that on August 21, 2026, at approximately 1:26 p.m., their office received a report of a four-year-old child who had been run over by a lawn mower at a private residence off 65th Street in Swanville Township, approximately three miles northwest of Upsala, Minnesota. According to the Sheriff’s Office, a 33-year-old Swanville man was … [Read more...] about Morrison County Sheriff’s Office

On August 16, 2026, at approximately 5:20 P.M., the Cold Spring-Richmond Police Department was called for an overdue motorcyclist. A family member reported that Kelli Jo Gauthier, 52, of Avon, had been riding her motorcycle with a group of other riders and left the group to go back to her residence north of the city of Avon. After two hours of checking the area, family members … [Read more...] about Fatal Crash