Local Interest

On November 2, 2024, at approximately 2:09 p.m., the Stearns County Emergency Communications Center received a call reporting a skid steer on fire at 35992 County Road 13 in Melrose Township. The caller advised there was skid steer on fire, and it was fully engulfed. The skid steer was located next to some corn stalk bails. Stearns County Deputies and the Melrose Fire … [Read more...] about Melrose Township Fire

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has confirmed the presence of zebra mussels in Long Lake, near Little Sauk Township in Todd County. An angler contacted the DNR after finding a zebra mussel on aquatic plants in Long Lake. A DNR invasive species specialist found zebra mussels on a dock at the Long Lake public water access. Several new zebra mussel populations … [Read more...] about Zebra mussels confirmed in Long Lake in Todd County

On October 30, 2024, at approximately 9:14 a.m. the Stearns County Emergency Communications Center received a 911 call reporting that a 45-year-old male had been injured by a bull at the address of 16046 County Road 52 in Holding Twp. The caller reported that the male was still in the pen with the bull When deputies arrived on scene they found Keith Woitalla, 45, of Avon, … [Read more...] about Holding Township Medical

The Morrison County Sheriff’s Office reports that on 10-26-2024 at approximately 4:39 pm, their office received a report of a two-vehicle accident on 250th Avenue near Nature Road, approximately seven miles east of Royalton, MN in Buckman Township. According to the Sheriff’s Office, a 17-year-old juvenile male of Bowlus, MN was traveling north on 250th Avenue. 65-year-old … [Read more...] about Morrison County: October 26, 2024: Accident

The Morrison County Sheriff’s Office reports that on 10-22-2024 at approximately 11:19 am, their office received a report of a semi vs. bicycle accident on 120th Avenue just south of Bowlus, MN in Two Rivers Township. According to the Sheriff’s Office, 79-year-old Cyrilla Michael of Freeport, MN was riding her bicycle west on the Soo-Line Trail approaching 120th Avenue and … [Read more...] about October 22, 2024: Accident near Bowlus