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Sportsman’s club supports county drone program

Jun 11, 2025

The Lake City Sportsman’s Club recently provided $1,000 to support the Wabasha County Sheriff’s Department in its purchase of a drone that would be used in search and rescue operations in the area. In the photo, Lake City Sportsman’s Club treasurer Audry Plote (right) presents a check to Sheriff...

Sheriff: UTV/Pick-up truck collision leaves one dead

Jun 4, 2025

A 24-year-old Plainview man is dead after a May 31 collision between a UTV he was driving and a pick-up truck, according to the Wabasha County Sheriff's Office. “On May 31, 2025 at approximately 18:46 Wabasha County Sheriff’s Office, Plainview Police Dept, Elgin Fire Dept, Elgin Ambulance, Mayo...

Legion, auxiliary donate $2,000 to Wabasha County drone program

May 28, 2025

Lake City American Legion Post 110 and its auxiliary recently presented a $2,000 donation to Wabasha County Sheriff Rodney Bartsh. The money will help with the sheriff’s office’s drone program. The Legion and auxiliary raised the money from the annual Flags of Valor display. Pictured from left are...

Unneeded medications can be dropped off April 26 in Wabasha

Apr 16, 2025

On Saturday, April 26, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the Wabasha County Sheriff’s Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will host DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day at locations across the country. DEA and its partners will collect tablets, capsules, patches, and other...

Sheriff’s deputy given lifesaving award for assistance with Lake City Ambulance call

Mar 26, 2025

Lake City Ambulance (LCA) Director Sara Rybarczyk attended the Wabasha County Board meeting on March 18 to present Wabasha County Sheriff’s Deputy Erik Rollie with the service’s lifesaving award for assisting with a call for a patient in cardiac arrest earlier this year. “On Jan. 18, 2025 the crew...

Charges filed after child wounded by gunfire

Jul 10, 2024

The Wabasha County Sheriff’s Office arrested Raymond Tony Duque and Nicole Lynn McGee July 2 with the assistance of the Rochester Police Department, according to a news release. “These arrests are the result of an incident that happened on June 25, 2024 in Elgin. A loaded shotgun was left...

Struwe recognized for 30 years with Wabasha County Sheriff’s Office

Mar 13, 2024

On March 5, the Wabasha County Board of Commissioners and Sheriff Rodney Bartsh recognized Captain Curt Struwe for 30 years with Wabasha County, according to a sheriff’s office news release. “Curt quickly rose up to detective after a few short years as a patrol deputy,” Bartsh said in a statement...

Grant allows purchase of large air boat

Dec 27, 2023

Recently, the Wabasha Fire Department and the Wabasha County Sheriff’s Office received a federal grant to purchase a large air boat built to use for ice rescues, according to a news release from the sheriff’s office. This grant had been worked on for over three years, with Fire Chief Darren...

Hoekstra named Minnesota Sheriff’s Association Supervisor of the Year

Sep 20, 2023

Wabasha County Jail Sergeant Susan Hoekstra was presented with the Minnesota Sheriff’s Association Supervisor of the Year Award on Sept. 14, at the Jail Administrator Conference in Brainerd Minn. The award was presented by Wabasha County Sheriff Rodney Bartsh. Sgt. Hoekstra was nominated for the...

St. John's student dies in accident

Apr 5, 2023

A 14-year-old St. John’s student has died after becoming trapped and suffocating in rural Kellogg. Hunter Flaxbeard of Kellogg died March 30 at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, two days after emergency responders removed him from a hole where he had become trapped. “On March 28 at approximately 5:37...