Local Interest

Highway 287 (State Street West) will close and detour for up to six weeks between Todd County Road 98, west of Grey Eagle, and the intersection of Highway 28 (State Street) and Maple Street in Grey Eagle on Monday, April 26. The closure is necessary to allow the City of Grey Eagle to replace the sanitary sewer beneath Highway 287 (State Street East). Motorists to follow a … [Read more...] about Detour begins on Highway 287 in Grey Eagle on Monday, April 26

Fishing seasons open for walleye, bass, trout in lakes, and northern pike on Saturday, May 15, with this year’s date taking the prize for the latest possible opener under Minnesota statute. “We know there is some confusion about this year’s opener date,” said Jon Hansen, fisheries program consultant for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Minnesota statute sets the … [Read more...] about Minnesota’s Fishing Opener is May 15 – Take a Mom Fishing Weekend is May 8-9

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