The Mille Lacs County Times

By LESLEY TOTH Mille Lacs County Times A rural Milaca woman faces five child abuse allegations after charges were filed in Mille Lacs County this past Friday. The charges stem from an incident Mille Lacs County Sheriff’s Deputies began investigating Dec. 10, 2011 when they arrived at the Fairview Northland Hospital in Princeton. At the hospital, [...]

By LESLEY TOTH Mille Lacs County Times Being the “first to fight” isn’t’ just a slogan for the U.S. Marine Corps. An explosion at the Coleville, Calif., Military Housing Base Friday, Feb. 3, proved that statement has held true from World War I, to present combat engagements, to an emergency in the soldiers’ own neighborhood. 1992 [...]

By LUTHER DORR Mille Lacs County Times Grant VanWyngeeren’s plans for a metal recycling center about three and a half miles north of Milaca took a detour at the Feb. 7 meeting of the Mille Lacs County Board. Commissioners, after a half-hour discussion, decided to send his request for a conditional use permit (CUP) back to [...]

By LUTHER DORR Mille Lacs County Times With another veteran bailiff retiring, and two new district court judges coming on board soon, Sheriff Brent Lindgren told county commissioners on Feb. 7 that he’s wondering what direction to take for court security, transportation, etc. Bailiff Janet Johnson retired at the end of 2011 and that means Lindgren [...]

By luther dorr Mille Lacs County Times Dr. A. Quinn Strobl, medical examiner for Mille Lacs County, reported to county commissioners at their Feb. 7 meeting that there was an 11 percent increase in county deaths investigated in 2011. Strobl told commissioners her office investigated 157 deaths last year, 15 more than in 2010. Thirty percent [...]

By LESLEY TOTH Mille Lacs County Times The Benton County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a hunting accident in around 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12 in Glendorado Township. The caller told the office his stepson had accidentally shot himself in the foot while pheasant hunting at a game preserve. Deputies responded to the scene of [...]

By LESLEY TOTH Mille Lacs County Times Milaca One Act Play placed fourth with its performance of “Agnes of God” at the sections competition this past Saturday at the Milaca High School. St. Croix Lutheran placed first, St. Paul Academy took second and Pine City earned third place. Six schools performed in the competition. Students [...]

By LESLEY TOTH Mille Lacs County Times Gov. Mark Dayton announced the appointment of Sarah E. Hennesy as District Court Judge in Minnesota’s Seventh Judicial District in Mille Lacs County Thursday, Feb. 2. Hennesy will replace Judge Steven Ruble, who retired at the end of 2011. “I was very excited,” she said of the appointment. “I [...]

By LESLEY TOTH Mille Lacs County Times The Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women released the 2011 Minnesota Femicide Report last week. The report documents the number of Minnesotans murdered in 2011 as a result of domestic violence. According to Liz Richards, MCBW director of programming, 34 Minnesotans were murdered as a result of domestic violence. At [...]

By LESLEY TOTH Mille Lacs County Times A 19-year-old Milaca woman was taken to the St. Cloud Hospital after being struck by a vehicle on Highway 23 near Central Avenue  Sunday evening shortly after 6 p.m. Harold Linkletter, 46, of Foreston, was westbound on Highway 23 when Brittany Ricker, ran out into the street. According to [...]