Local Interest

On September 27, 2024, at approximately 5:40 PM, the Stearns County Emergency Communications Center received a report of a crash with injuries just east of the intersection of County Road 65 and 325th Avenue, in Melrose Township. This location is less than a quarter of a mile from the city of Melrose. The initial report was that there had been a two-vehicle crash and there was … [Read more...] about Crash with Injuries: Melrose Township

The Morrison County Sheriff’s Office reports that on 9-29-2024 at approximately 10:20 pm, their office was involved in a motor vehicle pursuit that started on Highway 115 near the Camp Ripley Main Gate and ended in the city of Little Falls, MN. According to the Sheriff’s Office, a Morrison County deputy attempted to stop a vehicle traveling east on Highway 115 with expired … [Read more...] about Morrison County Motor Vehicle Pursuit: Sept. 29, 2024

The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for 39 counties in central, northeast, northwest, and southwest Minnesota due to extreme fire danger. Effective 7:00 a.m. through 9:00 p.m. affected counties include Becker, Beltrami, Cass, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard, Mahnomen, Norman, Otter Tail, Polk, Wadena, and Wilkin. Effective 10:00 a.m. through 9:00 … [Read more...] about Red Flag Warning Issued for Extreme Fire Risk

On September 9, 2024, at approximately 4:02 a.m., the Stearns County Sheriff's Office was dispatched to a crash with injuries on County Road 9, north of 390th Street in Holding Township. Upon arrival deputies located a 2005 Chevrolet Equinox in the east ditch that had been driven by Adam Jeffrey Young, 23, of Albany. Young had been traveling southbound on County Road 9 when … [Read more...] about Crash with Injuries: Holding Township

On August 28th, 2024, at 10:40 P.M., the Stearns County Emergency Communications Center received a call of a residential structure fire at 25 Highway 4 South in Meire Grove. The initial report was that the house was fully engulfed in flames. One of the residents, Dunia Isabel Cuadra-Lopez, 30, was sleeping inside, along with her two children. She stated she woke up to the … [Read more...] about Meire Grove House Fire