Local Interest

The Minnesota Department of Transportation is excited to announce Highway 4 between Interstate 94 near Sauk Centre and Highway 55 west of Paynesville will be open by noon on Thursday, Oct. 10. The detour has been in place since July. Crews will begin to remove the detour at 6 p.m. tonight, Oct. 9. Be on alert for changes, watch for heavy moving equipment and removal of … [Read more...] about All lanes open on Highway 4 between Sauk Centre and Paynesville

Commander Jay Salzer advised that on October 8th, 2019, the Central Minnesota Violent Offender Task Force conducted a search warrant at a residence in the 8000 Block off highway 25 South, Pierz Mn, Buckman Township, in Morrison County. Prior to the search warrant, the Central Minnesota Violent Offender Task Force started an investigation where Becky Lee Knese, 45, of Buckman, … [Read more...] about Central Minnesota Violent Offender Task Force

Woman swerves to miss dead deer in roadway, crashes vehicle. Kelly Lanners, 32, of Albany, was driving a white 2017 Toyota Corolla northbound on County Road 2 when she came upon a dead deer in the roadway. She swerved to miss it and drove into the east ditch striking a sign. Lanners’ two young sons were passengers in the rear seat and were not injured. They were using … [Read more...] about Stearns County – Crash With Injuries

The Mass of Christian Burial, celebrating the life of Joyce Ebnet, age 58 of Holdingford, will be 10:30 AM, Thursday, October 10 at the Church of All Saints, St. Mary in Holdingford. Burial will be in the St. Hedwig's parish cemetery. Joyce died Sunday after a long battle with cancer. There will be a visitation from 4-8:00 PM, Wednesday at the Miller-Carlin Funeral Home in … [Read more...] about Joyce Ebnet

Sheriff’s Office seeks public’s help in locating juvenile runaway. Tyler James Curtis, age 17, was supposed to board a bus to a Kimball High School football game on September 27th but failed to do so. The Sheriff’s Office later received reports of Curtis being seen at a high school football game in the City of Sauk Rapids on the evening of September 27th. Investigators … [Read more...] about Juvenile Runaway – Stearns County