The county public safety center and comm center site, in Center City, was put onto generator-provided power during the high demand for heating capacity last week. The facility is constructed under a plan that the site can go -off-line as part of a special rates program. County Administrator Bruce Messelt …
January 26 Lakes Area Police, sheriff’s patrol and state patrol were involved in a road incident what ended with a DUI arrest, and began as a hit and run reported about 3 p.m.
High school incident investigatedAuthoities looked into an alleged threat overheard in a Chisago Lakes bathroom and reported about 9:30 p.m. January 17. The caller said other students who he did not know, said they were going to “shoot up the school.” Details were not overheard.
The sheriff’s patrol was sent to the scene of a one car rollover at Falcon Avenue and Stark Road January 8 a little after midnight. A woman driver was extricated by Harris firefighters and Lakes Region EMS provided medical care. She admitted in the preliminary report to being on the …
New Year’s Eve, Dec. 31, Lakes Area Police and Wyoming officers established a perimeter around an address on 268th at Viking Blvd. about 7:20 p.m. where a suspect was believed to be who had walked away from a nearby medical facility. The man was brought in without incident.
The sheriff’s reports included over 20 reports of vehicles off-the-road and to assist at minor crashes, many happened December 27, but were scattered all week long.
December 11, the sheriff’s patrol was called to a one car crash in Rush City, about 8:40 a.m. at Fairfiled and 4th. The female driver was transported. She said she fell asleep and her vehicle struck a driveway, went airborne, and landed on Fairfield, as she drove eastbound on West …
December 9 a complaint about outdoor burning at an address on 288th Street in rural Lindstrom was looked into, and a Lakes Area Police officer found animal carcasses in and around the fire pit. Incident reported about 1:30 a.m. The DNR is being brought into the case.
December 1 there was a crash at #30 and County Road 19, that sent a few people to be checked out for injuries. One driver cited for careless driving for weather conditions, which were whiteout and icy that day. There were many reports-- in the southern third of the county …
Sheriff patrol deputies handled numerous miscellaneous theft reports over the week, incidents were at a gas/convenience station, Dollar Store in Rush City, and a grocer.
A single vehicle crash in Taylors Falls Nov. 18 sent the lone driver to the hospital. The deputy following up, got a search warrant for a blood draw at Regions Medical Center after the suspect was transported, and charges will be considered for DUI dependent on the sample. The car …
There were over 40 tickets issued for city on-street overnight parking violations last week by area police patrols. Luckily these were written warnings, but real citations with a fine, will be next.
The weekly sheriff’s reports included multiple deer kill/transport tags being issued for collecting deer killed on the roadways. If you hit a deer or come across one that can still be safely processed , please stay with the animal and a deputy will come to the location-- do not transport …
October 28 There was an altercation reported at Pizza Pub in Center City about 7 p.m. The witnesses were interviewed and a ticket was issued for disorderly conduct to one suspect.
Due to windy, dry fall conditions in Chisago County, burn permits are needed if you plan on having a fire pit bigger than three feet in diameter or if you will create flames taller than three feet. Those of you burning fall clean-up debris should be following local burn guidelines …