Local Interest

On November 8, 2018, at approximately 4:25 a.m., the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office Communications Center was notified of a building on fire behind the Cenex gas station in the City of St. Martin. Deputies arrived on scene to find a storage shed on the north side of the co-op property fully engulfed in flames. St. Martin Fire and Rescue, Lake Henry Fire Department and … [Read more...] about Stearns County Sheriff’s News – Building Fire

On November 7th, 2018, at approximately 6:30 p.m., Stearns County Deputies and Sauk Centre Police were notified of a possible exposure of noxious fumes at Fiedler Finishing, 34496 415th Avenue in Getty Township. This is approximately five miles south of Sauk Centre. According to Sheriff Don Gudmundson, Robert Alverson, 27, of Osakis and Bradley Kettering, 31, of Glenwood, … [Read more...] about Stearns County Sheriff’s News – Exposure of Noxious Fumes

November 2, 2018, at approximately 5:27 p.m., the Stearns County Sheriff's Communications Center received medical call. The caller stated a male’s leg was stuck in a power take off (PTO) shaft of a tractor. According to Sheriff Gudmundson, Dale Zimmer, 60, of Albany, was operating a grinder/mixer when his pant leg got caught on the PTO shaft of the tractor. This caused … [Read more...] about Stearns County Farm Accident

Minnesota’s firearms deer season begins a half-hour before sunrise on Saturday, Nov. 3, and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources expects half a million hunters to participate. Some points to remember: Hunters will have additional deer hunting opportunities because deer numbers continue to rebound across the state. Many areas now have populations at or above goal … [Read more...] about Deer season opens this weekend