Sheriff: 2 Dead After Pickup Truck Strikes Horse-Drawn Buggy
Two people were killed Sunday after a pickup truck hit their horse-drawn buggy from behind on County Road 9 just south of Queens Road in Stearns County.
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Two people were killed Sunday after a pickup truck hit their horse-drawn buggy from behind on County Road 9 just south of Queens Road in Stearns County.
A young Stearns County father has no doubt in his mind -- working smoke detectors saved his family's lives. Robert Power, his wife and three little girls were fast asleep at 2 a.m. Monday morning. That's when the shrieking sirens alerted them to smoke and fire in their toddler's bedroom.
A man who said he was distracted by his cellphone rolled his vehicle several times and suffered injuries early Tuesday morning, according to the Stearns County Sheriff.
A 46-year-old woman was arrested after she allegedly brandished a handgun at a family.
Two teenagers suffered critical injuries after a pickup truck carrying them and four others left a Stearns County roadway Saturday and struck a large tree head-on. Authorities say the 17-year-old driver had been drinking.
H5N2 low pathogenic avian influenza, a milder strain of bird flu that does not pose a public health risk or food safety concern, has been found in a Stearns County turkey flock.
A Stearns County Sheriff's deputy is recovering well after being shot by a stolen bow and arrow during a standoff Thursday.
An Avon Community Church pastor has been charged with having a sexual relationship with a parishioner during ongoing counseling sessions.
William Joseph Taylor Anderson, 25, of Vining, was driving a conventional truck loaded with 17,100 baby turkeys in crates when he drove southbound on County Road 26 through a stop sign.
A 46-year-old Sauk Centre man has been hospitalized after colliding with a deer early Monday morning.
Goats and chickens on a central Minnesota farm were able to escape early Wednesday morning after a barn caught fire and was completely destroyed.
A St. Cloud priest is in jail Tuesday night and could be facing sex crime charges.
Authorities in central Minnesota seized marijuana, cocaine and more than $10,000 in cash during a search Thursday.
The U.S. government is asking a state court judge to order that FBI documents related to the Jacob Wetterling investigation be returned to the federal agency.
The boy told a deputy and trooper that he was "counting corn."
Authorities in Stearns County say a 15-year-old boy is in the hospital with after falling from the back of a moving truck Sunday morning.
A motorcyclist is dead after a crash early Wednesday morning in Stearns County.
Authorities in central Minnesota say about 25 calves died early Thursday morning in a barn fire.
Authorities say up to 40,000 mink are on the loose in central Minnesota after being released overnight from a fur farm.
A 16-year-old girl is dead, and two other adults are injured, following a two-car crash in Stearns County Wednesday afternoon.
Officials say the tornado that touched down in western Minnesota Tuesday evening caused no damage or injuries, but straight-line winds later in the night damaged farms and homes.
A drive along County Road 39 near Freeport is about as rural as it comes. That's until silos and farm fields give-way to zebras and giraffes.
A day after Minnesota health officials announced measles cases have spread to Stearns County, the infection has now reportedly spread to another county.
Officials with the Minnesota Department of Health say measles cases have spread to Stearns County.
Authorities believe alcohol was a factor in a motorcycle crash that left a Sartell man hospitalized Saturday afternoon.
