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26-Jun-2026

Deadly Workplace Accident

A man is dead after a workplace accident in Cold Spring early Thursday morning. The Cold Spring/Richmond Police Department responded to a medical emergency at Pilgrim's just after 1:15 a.m. The facility is located in the 800 block of River Road in Cold Spring. Police say a 29-year-old employee was pinned beneath equipment in the loading dock area. By the time officers arrived, coworkers had removed the man from the equipment. The man was given emergency medical care, but the efforts were unsuccessful, and he was ultimately pronounced dead at the scene. The employee was taken to the Midwest Medical Examiner's Office for an autopsy. The incident remains under investigation, and the victim's name has not been released to the public at this time.

 

 

 

 

 

26-Jun-2026

Tractor Fire

There was a tractor fire in Meeker County. The Sheriff's Office says that on Wednesday at about 5:00 p.m., they got a report of a tractor fire in the 64500 block of County Road 18 in Ellsworth Township. Meeker County Deputies and the Litchfield Fire Department responded to the scene. Deputies arrived and found that a tractor parked in a machine shed was on fire. The Litchfield Fire Department arrived and was able to extinguish the fire. The owner, 84-year-old Dwight Barrick, was home and was able to remove other vehicles from the shed. There was no apparent fire damage to the structure or other property. The cause of the fire is believed to be mechanical.

 

 

 

 

26-Jun-2026

UTV Car Crash

A 44-year-old Remer man was taken to the hospital Thursday after being involved in a collision at the intersection of Highway 200 and Highway 6. Alan Nystrom was driving a UTV when he collided with a Honda Fit near the Cenex gas station on that road. Nystrom was transported to Grand Rapids Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.  The driver of the vehicle, 32-year-old Mahala Livingston of Wisconsin, and her two passengers remained unharmed.