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Tubers Rescued in Wright County, Minnesota

It's believed two people had to be rescued by first responders, while the remaining six made it to shore by themselves.

July 5, 2025

Gabriel Ostler,

ST. MICHAEL, MN (KVRR/KFGO) – The Wright County Sheriff’s Office says that despite eight people flipping their tubes during a river outing near St. Michael, Minnesota on July 4, nobody was hurt. Sheriff’s Deputies found a man and boy hanging onto a tree branch, unable to swim. They were retrieved by first responders. Authorities say a total of two adults…

MN Man Charged After Stabbing Spree On Apple River, Claims Self-Defense

August 1, 2022

KVRR Staff,

HUDSON, Wis. (AP) – A 52-year-old Minnesota man was charged Monday with killing a teenager and stabbing four other people in a dispute that allegedly began with a lost cellphone during a weekend tubing excursion on a western Wisconsin river. Investigators allege that Nicolae Miu, of Prior Lake, Minnesota, attacked the group after people accused him of approaching children in…

17-year-old killed, 4 hurt in stabbings on Wisconsin river

July 31, 2022

KVRR Staff,

SOMERSET, Wis. (AP) – A 17-year-old boy from Stillwater, Minnesota died and four other people were seriously hurt after they were stabbed while tubing down a Wisconsin river Saturday afternoon. St. Croix County Sheriff Scott Knudson said the attack happened around 3:45 p.m. Saturday near the town of Somerset, Wisconsin, which is about 35 miles east of Minneapolis. A 52-year-old…

Woman Stabbed In Arm During Fight Between Group of Tubers

June 20, 2022

TJ Nelson,

BELTRAMI CO., Minn. (KVRR) — Two groups tubing on the Mississippi River just east of Bemidji get into a fight in a shallow spot of the river and one woman is stabbed. Beltrami County deputies were sent to the river around 6:30 Sunday night. They say the fight involved around 25 people. 20-year-old Alleyah Goodman of Deer River was arrested…