Local Interest

The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for 39 counties in central, northeast, northwest, and southwest Minnesota due to extreme fire danger. Effective 7:00 a.m. through 9:00 p.m. affected counties include Becker, Beltrami, Cass, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard, Mahnomen, Norman, Otter Tail, Polk, Wadena, and Wilkin. Effective 10:00 a.m. through 9:00 … [Read more...] about Red Flag Warning Issued for Extreme Fire Risk

On September 9, 2024, at approximately 4:02 a.m., the Stearns County Sheriff's Office was dispatched to a crash with injuries on County Road 9, north of 390th Street in Holding Township. Upon arrival deputies located a 2005 Chevrolet Equinox in the east ditch that had been driven by Adam Jeffrey Young, 23, of Albany. Young had been traveling southbound on County Road 9 when … [Read more...] about Crash with Injuries: Holding Township

On August 28th, 2024, at 10:40 P.M., the Stearns County Emergency Communications Center received a call of a residential structure fire at 25 Highway 4 South in Meire Grove. The initial report was that the house was fully engulfed in flames. One of the residents, Dunia Isabel Cuadra-Lopez, 30, was sleeping inside, along with her two children. She stated she woke up to the … [Read more...] about Meire Grove House Fire

Motorists can expect single-lane closures and delays as crews begin to resurface Highway 25 from 28th Street SE in Brainerd to the Morrison County line, Crow Wing County, on Monday, Sept. 9, reports the Minnesota Department of Transportation. Work will occur Monday to Friday during daylight hours on good weather days until early October. Motorists will encounter alternate … [Read more...] about Lane closures on Highway 25 Brainerd to Morrison County line begin Sept. 9

The Minnesota Department of Transportation will close both directions of Highway 10 at Highway 23 between 15th Avenue/Seventh Street SE in St. Cloud and Benton Drive in Sauk Rapids from 7 a.m. Monday, Aug. 26 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 28. The 52-hour closure in necessary to remove the old eastbound Highway 23 bridge that spans Highway 10. Detour routes are as … [Read more...] about Highway 10 closes to all traffic in St. Cloud Aug. 26–28