TEEN STRUCK BY VEHICLE IN SACRED HEART

The Renville County Sheriff’s Office was called to an incident in Sacred Heart Wednesday morning at 7:37.  Authorities say a pedestrian had been struck by a vehicle in Sacred Heart.  Deputies, fire and EMS were dispatched and found a 15-year-old female who had been struck by a vehicle and injured.  The vehicle that was allegedly […]

FOUR FIRE DEPARTMENTS RESPOND TO FIRE SOUTH OF SLEEPY EYE

Four fire departments responded to a fire Wednesday afternoon that spread quickly and consumed an abandoned residence as well as several old cars and a grove of trees just south of County Road 24, a couple of miles west of Highway 4.  Sleepy Eye Fire Department was called at 3:37 pm with mutual aid from […]

Ag Headlines 4/25

Brown County Sheriff

ELDERLY WOMAN DIES IN ST. PETER HOUSE FIRE

An early Tuesday morning house fire has claimed the life of an elderly St. Peter woman.  Police Chief Matt Grochow says the fire took place inside a townhome in the Pratt Circle neighborhood around 3 am and appears to be accidental.  The woman’s body was taken to the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office for identification […]

BENSON COUPLE KILLED IN KANDIYOHI COUNTY CRASH

A Benson couple was killed in a collision on Highway 12 in Pennock in Kandiyohi County Monday evening.  The state patrol was called to the collision at 7:03 pm.  A Ford Explorer driven by 69-year-old Joyce Nokleby of Benson collided with a Jeep Wrangler driven by Douglas Robinson of Waseca collided.  Nokleby and her passenger […]

Morning News 4/24

POLICE INVESTIGATING VEHICLE FIRE IN LINDERHOF PARKING LOT

New Ulm Police and the New Ulm Fire Department are investigating after a vehicle fire in the Linderhof Park Apartments parking lot.  Police say an officer was on routine patrol Sunday morning around 4:20 am and noticed a vehicle on fire.  The fire was put out but there is no video footage or witness statements […]

Ag Headlines 4/24

SUSPICIOUS BROWN COUNTY FIRES

The Brown County Sheriff’s Office and county fire departments have responded to an unusual number of wildfires on or near CRP, wildlife management areas and other naturally vegetated land.  Authorities say several of these fires appear suspicious.  The sheriff’s office says between March 1 and Monday, they responded to 16 calls.  Last year, they responded […]