Local Interest

As warm and dry weather continues to spread throughout the state, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has added the following counties today to the burn restriction list: Becker, Clay, Douglas, Grant, Hubbard, Norman, Otter Tail, Pope, Stevens, Traverse, Wadena and Wilkin. Beginning Wednesday, March 31, the DNR will also restrict open burning in the following … [Read more...] about Counties added to spring burn restrictions

With extreme fire risk conditions expected across much of Minnesota, the National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for Monday, March 29, 2021 in the following counties: Becker, Beltrami, Big Stone, Cass, Chippewa, Clay, Clearwater, Cottonwood, Crow Wing, Douglas, Grant, Hubbard, Itasca, Jackson, Kandiyohi, Kittson, Koochiching, Lac Qui Parle, Lake Of The Woods, … [Read more...] about Red Flag Warning issued for Monday, March 29, 2021

On March 24, 2021 at 11:32 p.m., the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office Communications Center received the call of a one vehicle rollover crash on County Road 11 near Woodview Road in Millwood Township. This location is approximately 3 miles north of Freeport. The caller reported that his daughter had been driving home when she noticed lights in a field and notified him. The … [Read more...] about Stearns County Sheriff’s Report: Fatal Crash in Millwood Township

The Morrison County Sheriff’s Office reports that on 3-22-2021 at approximately 10:20 pm, their office received a report of a male pinned under a vehicle at Rick’s Towing & Auto Sales, located in Royalton, MN. The subject, 39-year-old Nicholas Norstad of Little Falls, MN, was found deceased under the vehicle. This case remains under investigation. The Morrison County Sheriff’s … [Read more...] about Morrison County Sheriff’s Office Report: Royalton Man Pinned Under Vehicle

On March 21, 2021 at approximately 2:21 a.m., the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch Center received a call of a grass fire on County Road 151, approximately one mile north of 395th Street in Holding Township. The caller, Nicholas Hellmann, 21, Holdingford, had noticed the fire from his residence. The fire burned approximately one acre of grass and brush before it was … [Read more...] about Grass Fire: Holding Township