Local Interest

Commander Jay Salzer advised that on March 5th, 2020, the Central Minnesota Violent Offender Task force concluded an investigation regarding the distribution of methamphetamine in Central Minnesota. Within the past few month Investigators from the Central Minnesota Violent Offender Task force learned that Thuong Huu Tran Nguyen, 43 years old of St. Cloud was suspected of … [Read more...] about Central Minnesota Violent Offender Task Force

The Morrison County Sheriff’s Office reports that on 2-27-2020 at approximately 7:42 am, their office received a report of a business burglary at Kaiser Iron & Auto, located on Cable Road in the city of Sobieski, MN. According to the Sheriff’s Office, sometime between 5:00 pm on 2-26-2020 and 7:15 am on 2-27-2020, the suspect(s) made entry inside the building through the back … [Read more...] about Sobieski Burglary – Feb. 27, 2020

Stearns County Deputies responded to a house fire south of Freeport Friday, February 14, 2020 around 9:00 a.m. Callers reported smoke coming from the house and they believed the homeowner was still inside. When deputies and fire departments arrived, the house was on fire and became fully engulfed shortly thereafter. According to Sheriff Soyka, after the fire was … [Read more...] about Freeport man dies in house fire.

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.