KINGSTON, MN - King Crow Company located at 31161 County State Aid Highway 19, Kingston reported a burglary at the business Monday morning (March 30), according to a report by Meeker County Sheriff Mike Hirman. Forced entry was made into the building through a door and several keys and an unknown amount of alcohol was taken. The burglary occurred sometime between Saturday afternoon, March 28th and Monday, March 30th. Hirman asks that if anyone with information contact the Meeker County Sheriff’s Office.
Monthly Archive for March, 2009
DASSEL-COKATO, MN - The first annual Gregory Manninen 5K Fun Walk/Run will take place Saturday, April 18 at 10 a.m. beginning at Good Shepherd Church in Cokato. Pre-registration is through Saturday, April 4 at Kirks Travel Plaza, Snap Fitness Cokato, and Dassel Entertainment Center for $15 for individual and $20 for family entry. Both include one T-shirt. Registration can also be obtained at the event, with no T-shirt guaranteed for $20 for individuals and $25 for family. The event is part of a fund raiser for the Manninen Family of Dassel. Gregory Manninen is the one-year-old son of Andrew and Julie Manninen of Dassel who is suffering from a gastrointestinal disorder along with protein-losing enteropathy.
DASSEL, MN - On the March 25 at 5:53 p.m., the Meeker County Sheriff’s Office responded to and dispatched Gold Cross Ambulance and Dassel Rescue to a two-vehicle accident on Maple Street and Parker Avenue East, Dassel. Upon arrival a deputy found that a GMC Jimmy driven by Steven James Lien, age 63, of Cokato had been stopped at a stop sign waiting to make a left turn onto Atlantic Avenue when a Nissan Rogue driven by James Ray Twite, age 47, of Dassel, struck it from behind. There was severe damage done to both vehicles. A passenger in the Twite vehicle, Toni Jean Howell Twite, 49 of Dassel, was transported to Meeker Memorial Hospital, according to a report from the Meeker County Sheriff’s Department.
MOORHEAD, MN - Officials are recommending those who live south of I-94 in Moorhead, evacuate their homes due to rising flood waters, according to The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead. For more information on the flooding in the Fargo/Moorhead area, visit www.inforum.com
DASSEL-COKATO, MN - Al Nagel, director of Minnesota Disaster Relief recieved a phone call from a North Dakota sheriff’s department urging for volunteers to help sandbag. The National Weather Service said the Red River was over its banks Sunday in Fargo, at a level of about 21 feet, or about 3 feet above flood stage.
“I need to say, this will not be fun work, it will mean working in the rain, filling and moving sand bags all day,” Nagel wrote in an e-mail requesting for help. “It will mean possibly saving a families home and all their belongings. Another challenge to this request, they need us NOW. Not very much for advanced notice. The forecasters predict the waters will crest on Thursday at 1 p.m. at 40 feet. So, that gives very little time for this work to get done. [The sheriff] told me that they had a 3-mile stretch to bag up to as high as 9 feet. Now to give you a reference point, if you need a wall 9-feet high, on the top you would have one bag, but on the bottom you would need a base 20-feet thick … that is a lot of bags,” Nagel added.
For those interested in helping, contact Nagel at (320) 296-1521. Volunteers will be fed by the Salvation Army.
COKATO, MN - Top Farm Hybrids Inc. of Cokato filed for Chapter 7 Feb. 23 in the US Bankruptcy Court of Minneapolis and St. Paul, reported the Star Tribune. Chapter 7 is the petition for liquidation of the business’s assets. The seed companies assets were $522,370 and the liabilities were $3, 842,515. President of Top Farm was contacted, but gave no comment.
