Local Interest

On February 1, 2025, at approximately 3:20 p.m. the Stearns County Emergency Communications Center received a call of a residential fire at the address of 21453 430th Street in Krain Township. The caller reported smoke on the main floor and flames coming through the windows of the second floor. The caller and sole resident, Irene Schmitz, 81, Freeport, also reported everyone … [Read more...] about Stearns County House Fire

On January 28, 2025, between approximately 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m., the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office received two burglary complaints and a suspicious person complaint in Melrose Township and neighboring Millwood Township just outside the city of Melrose. Stearns County Sheriff’s Deputies and Investigators from the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office responded to the … [Read more...] about Melrose Area Burglary Arrest

The Morrison County Sheriff’s Office reports that on 1-19-2025 at approximately 5:38 pm, their office received a report of a two-vehicle accident near the intersection of Cable Road and 30th Avenue, approximately two miles east of Swanville, MN in Swanville Township. According to the Sheriff’s Office, 39-year-old Raymond Sutton of Burtrum, MN was traveling west on Cable Road … [Read more...] about Morrison County Sheriff’s Office

The Morrison County Sheriff’s Office reports that on 12-31-2024 at approximately 3:26 pm, their office received a report of a male that had fallen from a roof at a residence on 110th Avenue, approximately four miles southwest of Little Falls, MN in Swan River Township. According to the Sheriff’s Office, 65-year-old Dale Schlangen of Belgrade, MN, was helping family members … [Read more...] about Morrison County Sheriff’s Office

On December 30, 2024, at approximately 5:17 a.m., the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office received a crash detection from an Apple device at County Road 9 and 360th Street in Avon Township. This location is approximately 2 miles north of Avon. Dispatch received several subsequent calls of a vehicle in the ditch at the location. Upon arrival deputies located a 2022 Chrysler … [Read more...] about Stearns County: Crash with Injuries