One man is dead and another is injured as the result of a single-vehicle crash early Sunday morning in Hollywood Township The driver, Chad R. Bruggemeier, 34, of Mayer was dead at the scene, according to the Minnesota State Patrol. His passenger, Joseph R. Hendricks, 28, of Winsted, was transported to Ridgeview Medical Center in Waconia with non-life threatening injuries. Bruggemeier’s vehicle, a 2003 Chevy Silverado, was traveling westbound on Carver County Road 122, when it left the roadway, hit a driveway approach, and rolled twice before coming to rest on a switch box owned by McLeod Cooperative Power. The Carver County Sheriff’s office received a call shortly before 1:30 a.m. and responded to the scene on Carver County Road 122, about one mile east of Carver County Road 33. Bruggemeier was dead at the scene, but emergency crews had to wait more than two hours for employees from the power company to arrive to turn off power to the equipment before it was safe to extract him from the vehicle, according to Carver County Sheriff Bud Olson. The New Germany Fire Department and the Minnesota State Patrol also responded to the incident.
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Motorists crossing Highway 7 will need to use extra caution in the days ahead. The temporary stop signs on Highway 7 at the intersections with McLeod County Road 1, McLeod County Road 9, and Carver County Road 33 will soon be removed, according to MnDOT representative Kelly Brunkhorst. She said new signs will be placed on these crossroads indicating that traffic on Highway 7 does not stop. The intersection of Highway 7 and Highway 25 in Carver County will remain a four-way stop for now, Brunkhorst said.
Highway 7 is closed to through-traffic from Silver Lake to St. Bonifacious, but this does not mean that motorists crossing the road do not need to stop.
MnDOT representative Kelly Brunkhorst said there are a lot of trucks running on Highway 7 now, and accidents caused by motorists who do not stop at Highway 7 have been reported at intersections including the ones at McLeod County Road 1, McLeod County Road 9, and Carver County Road 33.
During Wednesday’s project update meeting at the Hollywood Ranch House, Brunkhorst expressed safety concerns about the situation, and asked the Carver County Sheriff’s office to be on the lookout for motorists who fail to stop before crossing Highway 7.
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A routine traffic stop in Lester Prairie early Tuesday morning led to a trip to the McLeod County jail for Lance Allen Beckman, 19, of New Germany. Beckman was charged with several offenses including felony possession of heroin, according to a formal complaint. Lester Prairie Police Officer Brenda Conzet made the arrest, and Winsted Police Officer Justin Heldt assisted in the narcotics search.
The Lester Prairie School Board approved hiring Breckenridge superintendent Greg East on a three-year contract at a starting salary of $85,000 Tuesday night. East will take over as superintendent Tuesday, July 1, and outgoing superintendent Joe Miller, who is retiring, will stay on in an advisory capacity until his contract is up in August.
The area of Highway 7 from Polk Avenue to one-half mile west is impassible until further notice, according to MnDOT Engineer Kelly Brunkhorst. The area, located between Carver County Road 10 and Highway 25 was already closed to through traffic as part of the Highway 7 construction project, but that particular stretch is now impassable because crews have removed all but a narrow strip in the middle of the roadway, Brunkhorst said during Wednesday’s project update. The area has been fenced off by the contractor to keep traffic out of the area.
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