Sheriff: Missing Wright Co. Woman Found Safe
The Wright County Sheriff's Office says a missing 34-year-old woman has been found safe. Jessica Olson's family said she was last heard from on Wednesday afternoon, and her car had been found abandoned.
The Wright County Sheriff's Office says a missing 34-year-old woman has been found safe. Jessica Olson's family said she was last heard from on Wednesday afternoon, and her car had been found abandoned.
The family of a missing Wright County woman is asking for the public's help to find her. Jessica Miclow, 34, was last heard from on Wednesday afternoon. Her family says her car was found abandoned in Clearwater.
Authorities say a body was found Sunday afternoon near Monticello in an area where they were searching for 24-year-old Tyler Berg. The Wright County Sheriff's Office said the body of an adult male was found at about 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
More than 100 volunteers searched through the brush Friday as they combed their way through a 36-acre stretch of land in search for any signs of a missing St. Cloud man. "There seems to be a rash of younger people going missing," volunteer Kelly Kiffmeyer said. "It's just disconcerting to hear about."
The Wright County Sheriff's Office is investigating the disappearance of a 24-year-old St. Cloud man.
A medical examiner has determined that alcohol was a factor in the death of a man who went missing after a wedding reception in Otsego. Joe Brunn, 23, had been heading for a hotel that night when he went missing.
A body recovered from the Mississippi River in Otsego Thursday afternoon was visually confirmed by investigators to be a 23-year-old Monticello man who had been missing since last Saturday. The Wright County Sheriff's Office says the body of Joe Brunn was found by volunteers in the river at about 11:30 a.m.
The Wright County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help in locating a missing man. Joseph Gerald Brunn, 23, has been missing since 2 a.m. Saturday morning.
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Authorities are investigating after a pedestrian was hit by an off-duty Wright County sheriff's deputy Tuesday morning. The Minnesota State Patrol says the incident happened at about 6:11 a.m. on County Road 75 east of Highway 24, which is near Clearwater in Wright County.
A 27-year-old man was arrested Thursday night after he assaulted and stole the car of a Good Samaritan who stopped to help him when he crashed into a ditch in Wright County.
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An Elk River police officer killed over the weekend, is being remembered as a loyal officer and a hard worker. Officer Todd Besser, 49, was shot to death Saturday evening in a home in St. Michael. His 27-year-old son, Blake Besser, was also killed in that home.
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Authorities say alcohol may have been a factor in a fatal snowmobile accident on a Wright County lake early Sunday morning. The Wright County Sheriff's Office says the accident happened on the shoreline of Ramsey Lake at about 12:51 a.m. near the 5600 block of 33rd St. NW in Maple Lake Township.
Four people were arrested Thursday after a police chase in Wright County ended with the recovery of stolen property, authorities said. The Wright County Sheriff's Office observed a 1993 Cadillac Fleetwood that had been stolen traveling eastbound on County Road 35 towards St. Michael.
Authorities said they are now treating the case of a missing Wright County man as a death investigation. According to Sheriff Joe Hagerty, authorities discovered evidence during a search in Hutchinson that led them to believe the disappearance of Christopher Rossing is now a death investigation.
Twenty-five-year-old Chris Rossing was last seen on Aug. 23 in Howard Lake, Minn. Since then, two people have been arrested in connection with the case.
Police are investigating after a pedestrian was found injured near railroad tracks in Middleville Township early Wednesday morning. According to authorities, Wright County Sheriff's Office received a call at 2:35 a.m. reporting a trespasser on the railroad tracks near County Road 5 SW and 51st Street SW in Middleville Township.
Volunteers plan to head back out first thing Sunday morning to search for the remains of a missing man from Howard Lake.
Two people were killed and another is in critical condition after a head-on crash northwest of the Twin Cities on Sunday. The Wright County Sheriff's Office was called to a crash involving multiple vehicles and injuries at about 5:17 p.m. on County Road 39 NE at 107th St. NE in Monticello.
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A Wright County man has been reported missing by family, according to the Wright County Sheriff's Office. Police said Christopher Michael Rossing, 25, has not been seen or heard from since the afternoon of Friday, Aug. 22.
A motorcyclist was killed Wednesday after being involved in a crash with a vehicle northwest of the Twin Cities, according to the Wright County Sheriff's Office. Authorities responded to the crash at about 9:39 a.m. Wednesday on Highway 12 in the city of Montrose.
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