Local Interest

The Morrison County Sheriff's Office Emergency Management wants to remind everyone that Severe Weather Awareness Week is April 12-16th. On Thursday, April 15th, we will be participating in the Statewide Tornado Drills with sirens being activated at 1:45 PM and 6:45 PM. Outdoor warning sirens will sound in a simulated tornado warning. The tornado drills allow everyone in the … [Read more...] about Statewide Tornado Drills on Thursday, April 15

On April 6, 2021 at 3:47 p.m., the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office Communications Center received multiple calls of a fire in the west ditch of US Highway 71, just south of the intersection with Stearns County Road 29. Stearns County Sheriff’s Office Deputies, along with, the Sauk Centre Fire Department were dispatched to the scene. Approximately ¼ acre of ditch was burned … [Read more...] about Sauk Centre Township Grass Fire

On April 3, 2021 at approximately 8:41 p.m, the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office Communications Center received a call of an ATV crash with injuries at 42523 248th Avenue in Krain Township. This address is located approximately 5 miles east of St. Rosa. The caller reported two occupants were trapped in the ATV with injuries. Deputies arrived and learned the 2013 Polaris … [Read more...] about ATV Crash with Injuries: Krain Township

On April 3, 2021 at 12:41 p.m., the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office Communications Center was notified of a grass fire in the 20100 block of County Road 156 in Albany Township. The caller stated that the pasture behind the address was on fire and that it was moving quickly towards neighboring houses. Albany Fire Department and Avon Fire Department were dispatched to the scene … [Read more...] about Grass Fire: Albany Township

On April 2, 2021 at approximately 9:07 pm, the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office Communications Center received a report of a single vehicle crash at 33928 County Road 10 in Albany Township. The caller reported a vehicle in the ditch against a tree occupied by one male. Deputies arrived on scene and spoke with the lone occupant and driver of the truck, Brian Scott, 42, of … [Read more...] about Single Vehicle Crash: Albany Township