Local Interest

On Sunday, November 9, 2025, at approximately 10:44 a.m., the Stearns County Emergency Communications Center received a call of a building fire at 43868 County Road 3 in Holding Township. The property owner, Gerard Pintok, 64, of Holdingford called to report his 40x110 foot equipment shed was on fire. Shortly before the fire started, he went inside the shed to start a fire in … [Read more...] about Building Fire in Holding Township

House Fire: November 5, 2025: At approximately 11:53 p.m., Stearns County Emergency Communications Center was advised of a fire at the address at 250 Liberty Street in New Munich. Stearns County Deputies alongside New Munich Fire and Melrose Ambulance responded to the incident location. Upon arrival Stearns County Deputies located a male with a garden hose extinguishing the … [Read more...] about New Munich House Fire

Scam Alert: We are monitoring reported text messages that claim to be from the Minnesota Department of Revenue asking you to update banking information. If you get one of these messages, do not reply or click any link in it.  We will never send unsolicited texts asking for personal data.  Below is the content of the scam text messages to be aware of: Your refund request … [Read more...] about Minnesota Department of Revenue: Scam Alert

On August 13, 2025, at approximately 6:30 p.m., the Stearns-Benton County Sheriff’s Office Dive Team with assistance from Collins Brother Towing was able to recover a vehicle from the Mississippi River in the area of the 300 block of Riverside Avenue North in the City of Sartell. Riverside Avenue North was closed for several hours so the recovery operation could take … [Read more...] about Stearns County: Dive Team Search Update

On Sunday, August 10, the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office was contacted by a fisherman who observed an anomaly on his sonar finder while fishing on the Mississippi River near County Road 1 in the City of Sartell. The fisherman believed the anomaly to be a car in the river. The Stearns County Sheriff’s Office Water Patrol responded and observed the same thing as the fisherman … [Read more...] about Stearns County: Dive Team Search