Local crime blotters Feb. 21, 2013
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Lynden Township house fire
Sunday morning, Feb. 17, at about 9:30 a.m., the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a building on fire at the location of 20722 9th Ave. East, Lynden Township. Fire Departments from Clearwater, Clear Lake, and St. Augusta, and Stearns County Deputies responded to the scene.
Firefighters were able to extinguish the fire, which had fully engulfed the building. The owner, Jeffrey Storms of Clearwater, state that he had recently turned on a portable heater to warm the vacant residence, as he prepared it for rental. No injuries were reported and the case remains under investigation.
Marcus Barshaw indicted for first-degree premeditated murder
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Friday, Nov. 16, Marcus Michael Barshaw, DOB 10/11/1984, appeared in court after a Stearns County grand jury indicted Barshaw on murder in the first degree (premeditated murder) and murder in the second degree (intentional murder), for the Oct. 21, shooting that resulted in the death of J.J.S. in Rockville, Minn. The grand jury also indicted Barshaw on assault in the first degree for assaulting a Stearns County deputy and assault in the second degree for assaulting E.A.W. Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012.
Local crime blotters Feb. 7, 2013
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- Published on Friday, 08 February 2013 16:13
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Wednesday, Jan. 30, at about
12:40 p.m., the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office took a report of a theft of a 1998 Artic Cat snowmobile from a location in Holdingford. The owner also reported that he drove through St. Anna and saw his (now damaged) snowmobile parked near a residence.
Local crime blotters Jan. 31, 2013
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Friday, Jan. 25, at about 4:42 a.m., the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office and the Watkins Fire Department were dispatched to a barn fire at the address of 15234 150th Street in Luxemburg Township. This location is about 4.5 miles northwest of Kimball. A barn which had tractors and calves had caught fire, possibly from heating lamps used to keep calves warm. The barn belonged to Ronald Molitor of Watkins. Five calves died in the fire. The barn was severely damaged.
Fish house fire on Clear Lake
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