Meeker County Sheriff’s Office

Southern Minnesota man dies after fish house explosion

DASSEL, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – Authorities in Meeker County are investigating a weekend explosion that left a man from Dassel dead. The sheriff’s office says Jeffery Holmquist, 46, was the victim of a gas explosion inside a fish house that caused severe burns to his body. Deputies say Holmquist was airlifted to the Hennepin Healthcare Burn Center Saturday morning, where he…

Woman found shot to death in Meeker County, Minn.

The Meeker County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the shooting death of a woman at a rural home near Litchfield

LITCHFIELD, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) – The Meeker County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the shooting death of a woman at a rural home near Litchfield. Just after 10 a.m. Thursday, the sheriff’s office received a 9-1-1 call from a man who said he had shot his wife and requested a law enforcement response. Sheriff’s deputies responded to a home in the 22000…