Swisher wins scholarship
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Sheriff Jeff Norlin of Meeker County announced Friday,
Dec. 28, the winners of the Minnesota Sheriffs’ Association Scholarship Program for 2012. The association awards up to 15 scholarships each year to individuals planning to become Minnesota peace officers. The applicants apply through their local Sheriff’s Office. This year, the Scholarship Committee chose 14 winners out of the broad spectrum of applicants. The Minnesota Sheriff’s Association Scholarship Program, which is promoted by the 87 Sheriffs of Minnesota, is pleased to announce the winner for Meeker County. He is: Mr. Samuel Swisher, of Darwin.
Local crime blotters Jan. 3, 2013
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Dec. 17, Andrew William Plamann, 23 of Clearwater, was arrested in Buffalo on a Wright County warrant for domestic assault.
Dec. 17, John Edward Hedberg, 31 of Annandale, was arrested in Buffalo on the charge of violation of a domestic abuse no contact order.
Investigators find weapon in Officer Decker murder
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The Stearns County Sheriff and the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) held a press conference this afternoon to announce they likely found the weapon used to kill Cold Spring Police Officer Tom Decker. They said the person of interest in the case was found dead after hanging himself.
On Wednesday, January 2, BCA agents went to the home of Cold Spring resident 31-year old Eric Joseph Thomes to re- interview him regarding the shooting death of Officer Decker. When investigators arrived, Thomes ran out of his home and into an outbuilding on his property. After a several hour standoff, officers went inside the building and found him dead.
Barn fire in rural Watkins
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the Meeker County Sheriff’s Office, the Watkins Fire Dept., Watkins Rescue, the Eden Valley Fire Dept., and the Litchfield Fire Dept. responded to 64921 350th Street for a barn fire. The fire was reported by Florence DeHeer age 70, and the owner of the residence, when she noticed smoke from the barn roof. The fire started in a lean-to off the east side of the barn, that was used as a work shop. The rest of the barn was used for personal storage.
Fatal sledding accident in Dassel Twp.
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