Local Interest

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.

On December 28, 2019 at 4:36 p.m. deputies responded to a crash with injuries on County Road 17 near County Road 153 in Krain Township. Judy Peifer, 68, of Sauk Centre was driving her 2001 Ford Windstar westbound on County Road 17 when she lost control due to heavy slush on the road. The vehicle spun out across the roadway and rolled onto its side in the eastbound ditch. Ms. … [Read more...] about Sauk Centre woman extricated from vehicle after crash

On December 26, 2019 at 10:51 p.m., the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office received a call of a shed on fire at Tom’s Refuse located at 38164 Thunder Road in Millwood Township. Keith Frank, 58, of Pequot Lakes, was staying in a camper near the shed. When he lost power, he went to check on the electrical breaker system and noticed the shed was on fire. The shed and its contents … [Read more...] about Fire at Tom’s Refuse causes an estimated $800,000 in damage.