MNDOT announced the northbound lanes of I-35 in the Stacy area were closed Monday (Sept. 9) for emergency responders to work on a gas leak. The exit at #19 and ramps at Athens Trail (#17) were shut down beginning about 11:30 a.m. and reopened a few hours later.
The storm activity Monday night into Tuesday morning this week impacted hundreds of customers of Xcel Energy and East Central Energy. The press offices for both reported a high of ECE accounts in the entire service area—at the peak of the storm Monday night— in the range of 9,850 experiencing …
August 18 A report of a driver of a parade vehicle in Ki Chi Saga Days experienced a seizure. The nearby Lakes Area Police responded and found the subject unresponsive and semi-conscious. They were transported to Fairview Lakes.
North Branch Police have finally seen resolution on a serious assault case from four years ago— as felony suspect Derrick Hoff was recently sentenced to 108 months in St. Cloud State Correctional Facility.
A Rush City school bus driver who drove her bus off the roadway and struck a basketball hoop support pole last February, has entered a guilty plea to a gross misdemeanor count of DUI. None of the students on the bus were injured and a second bus was dispatched to …
A couple of injury incidents were reported during the triathlon event last weekend. Bike riders crashed on Lofton Avenue and on Wild Mountain Road— resulting in at least two athletes being transported, with Lakes Area Police and sheriff patrol involved at scenes.
July 20 there was an alarm at a rural residence on Lofton Avenue responded to by Lakes Area Police and the county. One suspect arrested. Incident happened at 2:59 p.m.
July 6 report of a male in roadway in Wyoming City about 10:45 p.m. Authorities found injured man with head trauma. A suspect was sought and K9 unit set up a track, but no arrest was made.