Local Interest

On May 14th, 2024, at approximately 6:25 A.M., the Stearns County Emergency Communications Center received a call of a residential fire at 110 Hwy 4, Apt #1, in Meire Grove. Multiple callers reported a couch on fire in front of the residence. Deputies on scene learned that a couch inside the apartment had caught on fire and the resident of the unit, Ronald Jackson III, 25, of … [Read more...] about Meire Grove Fire: May 14, 2024

On May 13, 2024, at approximately 1:41 p.m., the Stearns County Emergency Communications Center received the report of a male who fell into a basement approximately 8-10 ft and was unresponsive. The male victim, identified as Kenneth Frieler, 66, of Grey Eagle, was part of a construction crew framing a new house at 40880 Long Lake Road in Millwood Twp. Frieler fell through the … [Read more...] about Millwood Township Medical: May 13, 2024

The Morrison County Sheriff’s Office reports that on 5-12-2024 at approximately 1:21 pm, their office received a report of a two-vehicle accident involving a truck versus ATV. The incident occurred at the intersection of 30th Street and 60th Avenue, approximately one mile east of Upsala, MN in Elmdale Township. According to the Sheriff’s Office, 30-year-old Samantha Robideaux … [Read more...] about Morrison County Sheriff’s Office: Accident Near Upsala

Motorists traveling on Interstate 94 between Alexandria and Osakis will encounter reduced speeds and one-lane traffic in each direction. On Friday, May 3, the westbound lanes closed and traffic was directed onto the eastbound lanes while crews began work on concrete resurfacing and bridge replacements on westbound I-94. Through November, there will be one-lane head-to-head … [Read more...] about Head-to-head traffic on I-94 between Alexandria and Osakis until November

On April 30, 2024, at approximately 10:30 p.m., the Stearns County Emergency Communications Center received a call of a turkey barn on fire at the address of 39356 McCormic Lake Road in Sauk Centre Township. The turkey barn was reported to be 64’ by 200’ and fully engulfed at the time of the call. Upon arrival on scene deputies observed the barn was fully engulfed. Further … [Read more...] about Turkey Barn Fire: Sauk Centre Township