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No One Hurt In Delivery Truck Crash
ELROSA (WJON News) -- No one was hurt when a delivery truck rolled onto its side Monday afternoon. The Stearns County Sheriff's Office says they responded to a call at around 1:30 p.m. of a truck on its side about 3 miles west of Elrosa. Deputies discovered a Transit van lying on its side in the south ditch.
Two Teenagers Hurt In Rockville Crash On Monday
Rockville (WJON News) -- Two teenagers suffered minor injuries when they crashed their pickup in Rockville on Monday. The Stearns County Sheriff's Office says they received a call at about 10:45 in the morning of a rollover on County Road 2. Deputies and Mayo Ambulance responded to the call and...
Quarry Park Drowning
On Tuesday afternoon at 4:21 PM, the Stearns County Emergency Communication Center received a 911 call about a possible drowning at Quarry 11 inside Quarry Park and Nature Preserve in Waite Park. When emergency personnel arrived, witnesses said that a 17-year-old male identified as Emmanuel Seward Jr. of Brooklyn Center had jumped off a ten-foot-high cliff, into the water and never resurfaced.
17-year-old drowns at Quarry Park and Nature Preserve after cliff jump
On Tuesday, a 17-year-old male jumped off a cliff at Quarry Park and Nature Preserve and did not come back up. At about 4:20 p.m., the Stearns County Emergency Communication Center received a 911 call about a possible drowning at Quarry 11 inside Quarry Park and Nature Preserve, located in the City of Waite Park, according to a release.
Watab River Bridge Resealing Will Cause Traffic Delays Thursday
(KNSI) – Stearns County crews have scheduled deck sealing for the Watab River Bridge in Sartell on Thursday, which will likely cause delays for drivers on Riverside Avenue North. They will conduct traffic control using flaggers from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The Watab River flows under County Highway...
Teenage Boy Drowns in Central Minnesota Quarry
WAITE PARK (WJON News) -- A teenage boy drowned at Quarry Park and Nature Preserve in Waite Park. The Stearns County Sheriff's Office says at about 4:20 p.m. Tuesday they received a call about a possible drowning at Quarry 11. Witnesses say a 17-year-old boy had jumped off a 10-foot...
Parents of baby left in ditch near St. Cloud in 1980 have been identified
STEARNS COUNTY, Minn. (FOX 9) - Over 40 years after a baby was found dead on the side of a road in St. Augusta, Minnesota, investigators have identified her parents. The Stearns County Sheriff's Office announced on Thursday that the investigation into DNA evidence in the cold case led to the discovery of the parents of the newborn baby who was left in a ditch back in 1980. But they are not able to charge anyone in relation to the baby's death, due to lack of proof that a person committed a crime.
Three Hurt in Crash On Interstate 94 in Stearns County
AVON (WJON News) -- Three people were hurt in a crash on Interstate 94 in Stearns County. The Minnesota State Patrol says the incident happened at about 4:30 p.m. Monday near Avon. Two vehicles were both going west when they collided. Nineteen-year-old Wyatt Meyer of Mapleton was driving one of...
Stearns County Sheriff's Office Seeing Increase in Calls
The long 4th of July weekend kept those working in the Stearns County Sheriff's Office busy. Sheriff Steve Soyka joined me on WJON. He says they saw an increase in calls over the long weekend but it wasn't anything they couldn't handle or too major.
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