ALEXANDRIA, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – A truck driver was taken to the hospital in Alexandria when a 1000-gallon propane tank caught fire in a gravel pit. The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office says 60-year-old Joseph Notch of Freeport was filling two propane tanks for I-94 road construction when the fire broke out. The Alexandria Fire Department put out the fire and cooled…
DOUGLAS CO., Minn. (KVRR) — Crews rush to Bird Lake, east of Alexandria, Minnesota, to rescue four people after their duck hunting boat capsized. Two adults and two kids went into the water around 6 a.m. Saturday. They were having a hard time staying above water since their waders had filled with water. But they were all able to hold…
DOUGLAS CO., Minn. (KVRR) — A mishap on Lake Miltona sends a boater into the water and his boat left going around in circles. Douglas County Sheriff’s Office was called to the lake around 5:30 Tuesday evening. They say 66-year-old John Colton of Clarissa was reaching for something when he lost control and was tossed out of the boat. He…
DOUGLAS CO., Minn. (KVRR) — A large grass fire spreads to a woman’s house in rural Brandon Township, about 10 miles northwest of Alexandria. Douglas County Sheriff’s Office got a call about the rapidly spreading fire from 81-year-old Diann Guenther just before noon. Brandon Fire Department responded to put the fire out but it had already claimed a large portion…
OSAKIS, Minn. (KVRR) – Three people escape from a home after the chimney catches on fire. The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office says deputies arrived at the home in Osakis just after 3:15 Monday morning. A 911 caller reported that the chimney was on fire. Deputies evacuated three people from the home. There are no injuries. The Osakis Fire Department arrived…
DOUGLAS COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR) – People passing by pull an elderly couple out of a burning car after a crash in Douglas County, Minnesota. The Sheriff’s Office says a car drove off the road and hit a large pine tree on County Road 4 near Little Mary Circle Southwest. There were two people in the car, 92-year-old John Plusa and…
DOUGLAS CO., Minn. (KVRR) — A young hunter in Douglas County accidentally shoots himself in the leg. The sheriff’s office responded around 4 o’clock Saturday afternoon along County Road 74 in Nelson, Minnesota. The hunter was able to walk to a nearby property and ask for help. He was treated and then flown from the scene by Life Link. The…
BRANDON, Minn. (KVRR) — A Brandon Public School student is arrested for making terroristic threats. Douglas County Sheriff’s Office got a call from the school in Brandon, Minnesota Tuesday morning around 8:30. They were told the student was making threatening comments and was told to go to the principal’s office. When the student instead left the building, the schools in…
DOUGLAS COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR) — Minnesota State Senator Torrey Westrom is injured in a snowmobile crash on Lake Ida. Douglas County Sheriff’s Office got a 911 call around 3:00 this afternoon. On the north end of the lake, deputies and first responders found Westrom and a 13-year-old boy who had been driving. They say the snowmobile hit a packed snowdrift…
NELSON, Minn. (KVRR) — Fire destroys the Corral Saloon & Eatery in Nelson, Minnesota, just east of Alexandria, a business that has been around over 50 years Douglas County Sheriff’s Office receiving multiple 911 calls around 10:30 Monday morning reporting the blaze. Osakis Fire Department was first on scene and quickly requested help from the Alexandria, Carlos and Forada fire…
