Local Interest

On Saturday, February 8th at 7:19 p.m., Stearns County deputies responded to a snowmobile crash with injuries on County Road 65 near the Wobegon Trail. Robert Kohorst, 56, of Sauk Centre, was driving his Polaris snowmobile westbound on the Wobegon Trail when he lost control and rolled it near the intersection of County Road 65. Mr. Kohorst suffered non-life-threatening … [Read more...] about Feb. 8, 2020: Sauk Centre man rolls his snowmobile near the Wobegon Trail.

Stearns County Deputies responded to a suspicious item on Saturday evening at 104 1st Avenue South in Freeport. The business’ employee located a package wrapped in duct tape. Deputies examined the package and observed components in the package consistent with an explosive device. The items themselves were not of danger, but the fact the components were contained together and … [Read more...] about Feb. 1, 2020: Suspicious package located in Freeport.

On January 28, 2020 at 10:16 a.m., the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office received a call about a missing individual on a farm in St. Martin Township. The caller stated they could not find their son and believed he may have fallen into a grain bin. The St. Martin Fire Department worked diligently in the grain bin, which was 3/4 full of corn. They recovered the victim from … [Read more...] about Fatal Farm Accident: Albany man dies in farm accident January, 28, 2020

Commander Jay Salzer advised that on January 22nd, 2020, the Central Minnesota Violent Offender Task force assisted Investigators from the U.S. Marshals North Star Fugitive Task Force. Investigators learned that an individual they were looking for by the name of Ahmed Abdel Hafiz, 29 years of age was currently at an address in Little Falls Mn. Hafiz has a history of not … [Read more...] about Central Minnesota Violent Offender Task Force – January 22, 2020

On December 28, 2019 at approximately 4:21 a.m., the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a crash with injuries at the intersection of 125th Avenue and 440th Street in Brockway Township, which is 1 mile north of Opole. The caller reported a crashed vehicle in the tree line and a deceased male victim. Deputies arrived and located a deceased male partially … [Read more...] about Man killed in single vehicle crash near Opole.