A 38-year-old woman is dead after an ATV crash in the Paul Bunyan State Forest. The Hubbard County Sheriff’s Office responded Saturday around 3 p.m. on report of a single-ATV crash with an unresponsive woman. Life saving efforts were performed by responding medical personnel but they were unsuccessful, and she was pronounced dead at the…
Cass County Sheriff Tom Burch is reporting a variety of ice conditions on area lakes. Due to the unseasonably warm months in December and January, early ice conditions have deteriorated and the thaw-freeze cycles have opened up large cracks and ice heaves. Walker Bay, for instance, has ice thickness ranging from 5 to 15 inches….
Off-highway vehicles for recreational use will be restricted in some areas during the Minnesota firearms deer hunting season. The restrictions, which apply to state forest trails and access routes but not to state forest roads, aim to protect recreational riders from potentially unsafe riding conditions and to minimize conflicts between deer hunters and recreational riders….
The Minnesota State Patrol reports a 60-year-old Hibbing man was killed in an ATV crash Saturday afternoon. According to the report, Martin Plaisted was southbound in the east ditch of Highway 65 in Itasca County, near Nashwauk, when he hit an elevated part of the ditch and the ATV rolled. The driver was then trapped…
By: News Intern Katherine Jones LAKE GEORGE- The Stearns County Sheriff’s Office reports that a Belgrade man is dead after an SUV crashed into his ATV on a county road. Deputies say 76-year-old Daniel Schwieters was making a turn on the ATV early on Tuesday morning, when he was struck from behind by an SUV…
By: News Intern Katherine Jones BACKUS- A 54-year-old woman was left with serious injuries from an ATV crash in the Foot Hills State Forest in Cass County near Backus. At the scene, the Cass County Sheriff’s Department found the Kimball woman had serious injuries after she had lost control of her ATV and then crashed…
