Miltona, Minn. (KVRR) – A man is dead after a New Year’s Day fire at a home in Douglas County, Minnesota. The Sheriff’s Office says they got the 911 call around 9:30 Sunday night. 52-year-old Charles DeMartelaere was in an outbuilding on his property in Miltona when he saw the main house on fire. His father, 85-year-old Gene DeMartelaere was…
CARLOS TOWNSHIP, Minn. (KFGO) — A Douglas County woman is hospitalized after a fire extinguisher came crashing through the windshield of her SUV north of Alexandria. The Minnesota State Patrol said Lindsay Fluegel, 27, of Carlos was driving on Highway 29 Friday morning when it happened. Fluegel was taken to an Alexandria hospital with non-life threatening injuries. State troopers are…
DOUGLAS CO., Minn. (KVRR) — An Alexandria, Minnesota woman is dead after rolling her UTV and getting trapped underneath the machine. She has been identified as 39-year-old Jennifer Craig. People driving by and saw the overturned UTV called authorities just before 8 o’clock last night. The crash happened on Wild Rose Lane south of Highway 27 southeast of Alexandria. The…
ALEXANDRIA, Minn. (KVRR) – The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office has received multiple reports of a man who’s been contacting people by phone and claiming to be a Douglas County deputy. Chief Deputy Jason Peterson says the impostor is using the name of an actual deputy. The man is using several reasons to explain why he’s contacting people, including missed court…
courtesy, Fox 9MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – Hennepin County Sheriff Dave Hutchinson will get until 2029 to repay the county more than $47,000 for the SUV he drunkenly crashed at more than 100 miles an hour in December. Under terms of the agreement, Hutchinson must make $250 biweekly payments starting Feb. 18. While he can pay the balance in full at any…
DOUGLAS CO., Minn. (KVRR) — A couple says an electrical breaker tripped in their house and they were unable to fix it. They soon encountered a hot electrical smell upstairs and found flames in the attic. It happened last night at the home of Michael and Amanda Baas in Holmes City Township, west of Alexandria. Michael used two fire extinguishers…
ALEXANDRIA, Minn. (KVRR) – Hennepin County Sheriff David Hutchinson has pleaded guilty to a drunken driving-related charge in connection with a rollover crash on I-94 near Alexandria. Under a plea agreement, Hutchinson pleaded guilty to fourth-degree DWI. He originally faced three other charges. Douglas County Attorney Chad Larson says terms of the agreement are the same that would apply to…
ALEXANDRIA, Minn. (KVRR) — A 49-year-old Inver Grove Heights man who had eight active arrest warrants was brought into the Douglas County Jail Saturday morning. The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office says Don Johnson was arrested after running from police several times and stealing multiple vehicles. The first pursuit by Alexandria Police officers began Thursday night when the Douglas County Sheriff’s…
DOUGLAS COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR) – A 39-year-old Glenwood, Minnesota man was found dead Friday afternoon on County Road 6 near Mums Road in Douglas County. The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office says an initial investigation shows Dennis Hovde was driving a commercial vehicle when he left the road, entered a ditch and rolled over. He was pronounced dead at the scene….
DOUGLAS CO., Minn. — The people involved in a deadly crash in Douglas County over the weekend are identified. The sheriff’s office reports 24-year-old Scott Johnson of Glenwood failed to stop at a stop sign and his car was hit by an oncoming pickup. Johnson and his passenger, 21-year-old Zoe Tostenson of Marshall, died at the scene. The driver of…
