A metro area man is recovering in the hospital, after he fell while hiking in Intertstae Park on the Wisconsin side of the St. Croix Falls-Taylor Falls gorge. The Chisago County Sheriff’s Dept. was alerted to the site Saturday, Sept. 2 about 4 p.m. and Chisago County and Taylors Falls …
Lakes Area Police were called to help handle two attempted suicides over the week, both subjects were transported for medical care, both incidents were in Chisago City locations. North Branch Police had one suicide call.
North Branch business hold-up, suspect soughtNorth Branch Budget Host Inn & Suites was robbed at gunpoint a few minutes before midnight, April 13. North Branch officers and deputies responded but the suspect fled on foot and was not located.
Riverway calls continue, with Osceola area drowning victimChisago County deputies assisted Wisconsin authorities and National Park Service at the scene of a near drowning, Saturday July 22. The woman victim died a day later.
Lakes Area Police took a report of theft of a boat from a Chisago Lake dock over the week, and the boat landed on shore a short time later but when authorities went to retrieve the unit it was minus the outboard motor. A second boat theft reported from Lofton …
Too many fireworks complaints into local agencies to count. Bottom line is keep your fireworks on private property, don’t go into the street to shoot them off and halt fireworks activity at a decent hour at night, and you could avoid a lot of unnecessary aggravation for yourself and expense …
June 28, A deputy running LIDAR on the freeway clocked a vehicle northbound about midnight doing 86 mph. He activated the light and the suspect car fled doing 115 mph for approximately 10 miles, until driving over stop sticks and crashing. Sheriff’s K9 unit located the driver fleeing the crash …
Lakes Area Police had several calls for domestic incidents over last week and numerous medical calls were reported. The annual compliance checks for tobacco sales were done last week and two clerks (working at Wally Carlson and Chisago City Warehouse Liquor) sold tobacco to a trained minor-aged undercover buyer. The …
Lakes Area found a black Lab dog wearing a shock collar and blue-colored collar and turned the dog into North Woods Humane Society June 5. Dog was a stray near Stacy Trail and Lofton Ave.
Sunday, June 4 Lakes Area Police received a complaint of a natural gas smell but upon inspection it was emanating from the sewer lift station near East Viking and Hwy. 8. Call came in about 7 p.m.
May 21 the Apostolic Church of Harris reported a shed was entered and a riding lawnmower is missing. Entry to the shed was possible from a set of keys, the pastor had reported as stolen in March from his office. The mower is a Toro zero-turn model.