FUNERAL SET FOR TEEN WHO DROWNED IN COTTONWOOD COUNTY LAKE

Funeral services have been set for the teen who drowned in a Cottonwood County lake earlier this month.  15-year-old Skyler Goulette died trying to retrieve a canoe paddle.  He had been canoeing with his sister when he jumped into the lake to get the paddle.  As he tried to swim back to the canoe, wind […]

BURNING BAN IN BROWN COUNTY

The Brown County Sheriff’s Office and county fire chiefs  have issued burning restrictions for the county today (Thursday).  That means no open burning of CRP land and/or ditches or brush piles is permitted.  The DNR Fire map shows Brown County in a “very high” designation.  Any fire has the potential to spread quickly.     […]

St Peter City Administrator

Morning News 4/25

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 […]