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Fish house fire on Clear Lake

Details: Published on Wednesday, 23 January 2013 11:56; Hits: 130

Tuesday, Jan. 15, at 9:21 p.m., the Meeker County Sheriff’s Office and the Watkins Fire Department responded to 36649 657th Avenue, for a fish house on fire. The fish house was on Clear Lake approximately 200 yards from this address. The owner of the fish house, John Young, age 46, of Watkins, was in another fish house on the lake when his second house started on fire. It is believed the cause of the fire was the heater being left on unattended. The fish house was a 7x14 homemade wheel house valued at $400 with approximately $1,200 worth of equipment and personal belongings inside.

Local crime blotters Jan. 13, 2013

Details: Published on Friday, 18 January 2013 11:41; Hits: 167

Rockville car accident Jan. 13

Sunday, Jan. 13 at about 5:19 p.m., the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office responded to a personal injury car accident on Highway 23 near Stearns County Road 140.

Sheriff asks for public help

Details: Published on Friday, 18 January 2013 11:38; Hits: 141

Sheriff Jeff Norlin is asking for the public’s help in reference to recent daytime burglaries occurring around Meeker County. Sheriff Norlin is asking the public to be on the lookout for suspicious vehicles and persons who may be in your neighborhood. Grant, Stevens, Pope, Douglas, and Kandiyohi
Counties have had more than 30 reports of daytime burglaries. Wednesday, Jan. 9, Meeker County had a burglary that occurred on County Road 2 in Forest City Township, in the mid-morning hours that appears to be the same suspect as the other counties.

Snowmobile Safety Awareness Week Jan. 13-19

Details: Published on Wednesday, 16 January 2013 14:59; Hits: 172

Gov. Mark Dayton with the support of Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and the Minnesota United Snowmobilers Association (MnUSA) has proclaimed Jan. 13-19 as Snowmobile Safety Awareness Week in
Minnesota.

New sirens in Meeker County

Details: Published on Sunday, 13 January 2013 15:53; Hits: 180

Meeker County Sheriff Jeff Norlin announces that three new Emergency Outdoor Storm Warning sirens are being erected in Meeker County complementing an existing system of 20 sirens now in operation throughout the county.

Fish house fire on Clear Lake

Local crime blotters Jan. 13, 2013

Sheriff asks for public help

Snowmobile Safety Awareness Week Jan. 13-19

New sirens in Meeker County

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