Greg Holmstrom, court appointed public defense attorney for Darek Jon Nelson, has requested a Rule 20 Evaluation for his client to determine if Nelson is competent to proceed to trial and be able to assist with his own defense.
The unseasonably warm weather of the past couple of weeks that included near-record and record-breaking high temperatures has prompted public officials to advise individuals to use extreme caution if they go on area lakes and rivers.
Less than four days after he walked away from a halfway house, level 3 offender Roderick Lamoryne Hamilton turned himself in to the Hennepin County Jail at 1 a.m. this morning.
On Thursday, Dec. 15, at approximately 3:20 p.m. the Yellow Medicine County Sheriff’s Office responded to a two-vehicle accident at the intersection of 240th Avenue and 560th Street, southeast of Granite Falls. Driver’s, Tom Ross and Mary Behr, both of rural Granite Falls, sustained non-life threatening injuries and were transported by ambulance to the Granite Falls hospital. Assisting the Sheriff’s Office were the Upper Sioux Police Department, Minnesota State Patrol, and Granite Falls Fire and Ambulance.
Last week was a good week for Montevideo police. Two vandalism investigations succeeded in nabbing more than a dozen juveniles allegedly involved in damaging the lighted reindeer display at Smith Park two weeks ago, as well as break-ins at Ramsey Elementary School and vandalism at the Milwaukee Road Heritage Center earlier this fall.
Last Tuesday night, for the second year in a row, vandals damaged some of the Christmas decoration reindeer on display at Smith Park by the Montevideo Lion’s Club. The Montevideo Police Department is willing to offer a reward for any information that would lead to a resolution of the crime. The Lions Club also voted to offer a $500 reward for any information leading to an arrest and conviction of the vandals. (Submitted photo)
Last Tuesday, the Chippewa County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to enact a $10 bounty on coyotes from Dec. 1 through April 1 of each year.
A one-vehicle rollover Thursday morning last week on Chippewa County Road 4, approximately two miles north of state Highway 40, has claimed the life of a Montevideo woman.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in cooperation with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), will conduct the first nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS). The nationwide test will occur on Wednesday, Nov. 9, at 1 p.m. Central Standard Time.
Seven months after he had gone missing, skeletal remains stumbled upon by a local man out for a walk have been identified as those of Granite Falls resident Eric Santiago Martinez Solorzano.
Sheen Jamale Newton, 21, the Level 3 Predatory Offender who was scheduled to be released from prison Monday was rearrested by Montevideo police Monday on a Department of Correction warrant.
Chippewa County wasn’t the only county in Minnesota to restrict burning last week as red flag fire warning were posted across much of the southern half the state.
A community notification meeting has been scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 19, at the Montevideo Community Center concerning the release of Sheen Jamale Newton, 21, a convicted Level 3 Predatory Offender.
There is a two-car accident downtown. Meanwhile, the fire department is battling a blaze across town while police are on foot in pursuit of a burglar. While this scenario is not a current news item, it is a situation that could be a reality. Local law enforcement and emergency services are perfectly capable of responding, but there can be a challenge trying to communicate with dispatch, competing with the other services also trying to communicate at the same time.
Monday morning, Sept. 12, 19 bison escaped from David Halverson’s ranch south of Montevideo at around 8 a.m by breaking through a fence.
For many people court is where traffic tickets are paid, criminals are prosecuted, divorces are processed and Judge Judy presides. In other words, a place to be avoided. It is not surprising that few people think about the constitutional responsibilities courts have, the critical services they provide to the people of Minnesota, or the important role they have in preserving public safety, economic stability, individual freedom and personal security.
In the wake of a new law that took effect Aug. 1, local officials are going to have to decide what it is worth to counties to confine Minnesota’s most dangerous sex offenders after prison.
Perhaps no one was as surprised as Clara City Fire Chief Troy Sweep when firefighter and heavy equipment operator Mike Schmidt used a backhoe to quickly remove a section of roof of what remained of Janice Harms’ house.
The Minnesota Department of Public Safety’s (DPS) Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement Division (AGED) and the Better Business Bureau (BBB) are warning consumers of an emerging fraud method in which scammers siphon cash from victims using Green Dot MoneyPaks.
Yellow Medicine County is currently having some technical difficulties with phone lines and 911 calls. Currently Yellow Medicine County are unable to receive any administrative or emergency calls. All of Yellow Medicine County 911 calls will be routed through Lyon County. Qwest is working on the problem and unknown when it will be fully functional again.
