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Car/Tractor Crash
A Cokato woman was hurt in a crash involving a farm tractor. The incident happened on Monday evening at around 5:30 p.m. The Minnesota State Patrol responded to the scene at Highway 15 near Galaxy Road in St. Augusta. A car driven by 18-year-old Clara Brandel of Cokato was northbound on Highway 15 when a tractor driven by 31-year-old Ryan Dammann of Clearwater was turning onto the highway. The two vehicles collided, sending Brandel to St. Cloud Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Dammann was not hurt.
House Fire
A large fire on Friday morning has destroyed a Paynesville area home. The Stearns County Sheriff's Office and Paynesville Fire Department responded to the scene at around 6:10 a.m. Authorities arrived at the home of Ronald Lahr to find heavy smoke and flames. Lahr was not home at the time of the blaze Crews put out the flames and called in the Stearns County Criminal Investigations Division and State Fire Marshal's Office. The preliminary investigation determined the fire started in the kitchen due to an electrical malfunction of an appliance. No one was hurt, but the house is considered a total loss.
Icy Roads Cause Accident
A Sauk Centre man was taken to the hospital after rolling his car Wednesday morning The crash happened on Highway 71 in Round Prairie Township just south of Long Prairie. The Minnesota State Patrol responded to the area of Highway 71 and Todd County Road 48 at around 6:45 a.m. Troopers arrived to find a car had left Highway 71 and rolled into the ditch. The driver, 24-year-old Jeldrin Centeno, was taken to Long Prairie Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Man Murders Partner
A 41-year-old man is accused of killing his girlfriend in a Red Wing apartment on Sunday. According to charging documents filed in Goodhue County, officials were called to the 1000 block of Putnam Avenue on a report that an armed, suicidal man was in the apartment with a woman. Officers walked up the stairs and spoke to the man through the door. The man was carrying what looked to be a 9mm handgun, and he repeatedly said "just shoot me," documents say. During the standoff, the man's mother told officers that he had called her to say that he had killed his girlfriend. The couple had been over at her house earlier in the night and looked to be in good spirits, the mother told police. They visited for roughly 10-15 minutes to pick up a sweet potato pie, and then left. The mother explained to police that her son had several mental health issues, charges say. During the negotiations, the man told police that he had shot his girlfriend. At one point he fired one shot up into the air, and a member of the emergency response team fired a "less lethal" round at him. The man fell back into the home and locked the door. After about three hours, the man put the gun down and he was taken into custody. Officials then obtained a search warrant and found the woman in the home, dead. She had been shot ten times, charges say. Red Wing police later identified her as 40-year-old Andrea Broyld of Red Wing. The man was charged with one count of second-degree murder.
One Vehicle Crash
A man was hurt when the pickup he was driving went into the ditch. The Minnesota State Patrol says the incident happened Wednesday just after 7:30 a.m. on Interstate 94 near Melrose. Forty-nine-year-old Shawn Sandberg of Oakdale was traveling west when he lost control on the snow and ice-covered road. He was taken to Melrose Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
E coli Outbreak
Five Minnesotans have been infected with E. coli after eating organic carrots part of a nationwide recall. The Minnesota Department of Health says the ages of the five infected are between 15 and 44, and one person has been hospitalized. The illnesses occurred between Sept. 21 and Oct. 6 and have been linked to carrots purchased from Costco, Target and HyVee, the department says. Brands included Good and Gather, Bunny Luv and Cal-Organic. Grimmway Farms, which made and packaged the carrots, issued the recall on Saturday. As of Sunday, 39 people in 18 states have been infected with the outbreak, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. One of those people have died The department of health is investigating the outbreak with other state and national health agencies. Health officials are recommending everyone check their refrigerators or freezers for recalled carrots and throw them away. Anyone who thinks they may have been infected with E. coli is asked to call their health care provider.House Fire
A couple is recovering after seeing their home of 40 years destroyed in a fire that also claimed the lives of their beloved pets. Dean and Colleen Nelson's home in Battle Lake caught on fire in the early morning of Nov. 13. The pair, who have lived there for around 40 years, escaped the house uninjured, according to the GoFundMe created by their children, Tynan and Jenna. The fundraiser says their pets, vehicles, outbuildings, and belongings were among the things lost in the fire. Their children hope to collect funds to support their parents in rebuilding after the incident.
Monday Afternoon Accident
One person was taken to the hospital after a crash Monday afternoon in Buffalo. The Minnesota State Patrol says a car and a Freightliner Semi-Truck were both going south on Highway 25 when they collided. The driver of the car, 42-year-old Isaiah Cowan of Maple Grove, was taken to Alina Health in Buffalo with non-life-threatening injuries. The driver of the semi-truck, 59-year-old Leon Gilder of Delano, was not hurt in the crash.
Paynesville Woman Sentenced For Killing Her Child
A Stearns County judge has sentenced a Paynesville woman for murdering her disabled daughter. The judge handed 39-year-old Elise Nelson a prison term of 21 years and nine months. The sentencing came after the judge denied Nelson's motion to dismiss her guilty plea on one count of 2nd-degree Intentional Murder. The child had chronic respiratory failure and severe developmental delay from the loss of oxygen at birth According to the criminal complaint filed in Stearns County District Court, Nelson was alone with her daughter over four days in June 2020 disabled an oxygen monitoring device, and deprived her of medical care. Nelson was alone with the girl while her husband was on a fishing trip and her other child was staying at a family friend's house. During that time, she was accused of silencing the alarm on a pulse oximeter device and manipulating the machine's settings multiple times before ultimately shutting it off. The device monitors blood oxygen and pulse rate and sounds an alarm when the patient's oxygen saturation level or pulse rate drops below 90%. On the morning of June 21st, 2020, the family friend tried to reach Nelson through phone calls and text messages that she was going to drop off Nelson's other daughter at home. The calls and text messages went unanswered. The friend then drove to Nelson's home to drop the child off but the doors were locked and the shades were pulled. Later that afternoon, Nelson allegedly returned a text that she had just finished performing CPR and was waiting for the police. Court records show Nelson didn't call 911 until approximately 20 minutes after that text message was sent. Police arrived to find the child on the living room floor and cold to the touch. She was brought to Paynesville Hospital where she was pronounced dead. An autopsy later determined Nelson deprived the child of care resulting in death and the manner of death was homicide. Nelson told police she had performed CPR on the child for an hour but officers noted her story was inconsistent with a person exerting herself for 60 minutes while performing CPR.
Two Vehicle Crash
A Bowlus man was hurt when his farm tractor and trailer were struck from behind. The crash happened around 8:30 Saturday night approximately two miles west of Bowlus. The Morrison County Sheriff's Office says 61-year-old Robert Gerads was westbound on 30th Street when a car driven by 72-year-old John Loxtercamp of Swanville collided with the back of the trailer. Gerads was taken to St. Cloud Hospital with unknown injuries. Loxtercamp was treated at the scene for minor injuries.
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Osakis Community Thanksgiving Dinner
Osakis Community Thanksgiving Dinner will be held November 28th at the Osakis VFW, 701 E 8th Ave in Osakis. They will be serving turkey dinner with stuffing, potatoes, gravy, vegetable, cranb...
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Bright Friday Night will be held on Friday, November 29th. Enjoy shopping and dining in Long Prairie at local businesses and restaurants! LPGE Carolers (alumni welcome) will be singing ...
Long Prairie Arts & Crafts Show and Sell Craft Fair
The 33rd Annual Long Prairie Arts & Crafts Fair will be held on Saturday, November 30th from 9:00am - 3:00pm at the Long Prairie - Grey Eagle Secondary School at 510 9th St. NE in Long Prairie.&nbs...
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