public safety

Inspection leads to emergency bridge closure

Oct 12, 2022
Goodhue County has closed bridge No. 25501 due to safety concerns. This bridge is located on County 2 Blvd. in Goodhue County. A routine inspection by the MN Department of Transportation revealed a critical finding which prompted immediate closure, according to the county. Goodhue County Road 2...

Lake City man killed in three-car accident

Oct 5, 2022
A Lake City man has died following a three-vehicle automobile accident in Red Wing on Sept. 27, according to the state patrol. Harold Berg, 86, was fatally wounded in the crash. Berg was a passenger in a 2010 Toyota Prius driven by an 83-year-old Lake City woman. She sustained non-life-threatening...

Lake City man charged with eight counts of sexual assault

Oct 5, 2022
A Lake City man is charged with sexual assault involving minor victims, according ot the Wabasha County Attorney's Office. Wabasha County Attorney Karrie Kelly announced that Matthew Raymond Rahn, 42, of Lake City, has been charged with six counts of Criminal Sexual Conduct in the First Degree and...

Statewide officer shortage could be felt in Lake City

Sep 21, 2022
With the hire of Nick Sievers as a full time officer, Lake City Police Department has exhausted its candidate list. “The current candidate list is now ended, and we will need to make a new one soon,” Lake City Police Sgt. Bill Weist said. But that might pose a challenge. “Recruiting is a...

Two injured in Hwy. 61 crash

Sep 21, 2022
Two motorists were treated for non-life-threatening injuries after their vehicles collided on Sept. 13, according to the Minnesota State Patrol. The collision occured at around 1 p.m. that day on Highway 61 near mile marker 73. A 2016 Toyota Avalon and a 2014 Chrysler Town and Country were both...

Motorcyclist killed north of Zumbro Falls

Aug 3, 2022
A rural Lake City man is dead following an apparent single-vehicle motorcycle accident on July 27, according to the Wabasha County Sheriff’s Office. County dispatch received a 911 call at about 7:00 a.m. that day reporting a single motorcycle and rider in a field at the intersection of County Road...

Millville man pleads guilty to criminal sexual conduct involving juvenile victims

Aug 3, 2022
Wabasha County Attorney Karrie Kelly announced Monday that John Peirce Trainor, 39, of Millville, entered guilty pleas to two counts of criminal sexual conduct in the third degree, and one count of use of a minor in a sexual performance. He will be committed to the commissioner of corrections for...

Sheriff’s office: Motorcycle passenger dead after single-vehicle accident

Jul 20, 2022
A Plainview woman is dead after the motorcycle she was a passenger on swerved to miss a deer on July 16, according to the Wabasha County Sheriff's Office. The sheriff’s office responded to the call in Hyde Park Township at about 7:46 p.m. “The preliminary investigation revealed that a motorcycle...

Four injured in three-car crash on Hwy. 61

Jul 6, 2022
A three-car collision just north of Lake City on July 1 left four people with non-life-threatening injuries, according to the Minnesota State Patrol. It happened shortly after 8 p.m. on July 1. A 2013 Ford Escape and a 2002 Ford F150 were northbound on Highway 61. A 2017 Jeep Cherokee was...

Rolling the hay

Jun 22, 2022
People roll large round bales of hay out of the northbound lane of Lyon Avenue in Lake City on Monday, June 20. The bales appear to have fallen off a trailer loaded with bales parked up the block. Police soon arrived, then a skid loader. And soon all that was left were some stray pieces of hay on...

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