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December 6, 2013
Update: Driver identified in Friday morning crash
Hwy. 65 about a quarter mile north of the roundabout with Cemetery Road was closed because of a two-vehicle crash between 7 and 8 a.m. Friday, Dec. 6. A northbound driver, later arrested for drunk driving, lost control and struck an oncoming southbound driver. The driver has been...
news / accidentsDecember 6, 2013 - 11:16am
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November 27, 2013
UPDATE: Ellsworth hunter in good condition after being shot
A 45-year-old Ellsworth man sustained a gunshot wound Wednesday morning.
news / accidentsNovember 27, 2013 - 8:22am
November 26, 2013
Exploding paint cans alert homeowners to house fire in River Falls
Gerry Hildebrandt said he was sitting at the top of the basement stairs of his River Falls home, 538 N. Pearl St., Monday afternoon, Nov. 25, when some cans of aerosol paint exploded and caught fire. Fire Chief Scott Nelson said heat from the flames of a basement house fire probably...
news / accidentsNovember 26, 2013 - 8:38am
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November 22, 2013
Clear Lake man killed in Thursday crash
A Clear Lake man was killed and two other people were injured when two vehicles collided on Highway 63/64 east of 240th Street in the Town of Cylon just before 5:30 p.m. Thursday evening, according to a St. Croix County Sheriff's Department press release. Passenger Rolando Ontiveros-Contreras,...
news / accidentsNovember 22, 2013 - 10:55am
November 6, 2013
Fifth-grade student takes charge, seeks aid for fallen teacher
As a member of the school safety patrol, fifth grade students are trained to help those in need. Never was the need so real as on the afternoon of Thursday, Oct. 31. While Westside Elementary fifth grader Carter Jensen was going about his typical routine of helping Lori Rosenow’s...
news / accidentsNovember 6, 2013 - 8:45am
November 4, 2013
Minneapolis man transported, cited after crash
A 34-year-old Minneapolis man was taken to River Falls Area Hospital early Sunday morning following a rollover accident in the Clifton Hollow area of CTH F near 820th Avenue, west of River Falls. Jonathan Carlson was identified as the driver of a 2002 Chevrolet Cavalier that failed...
news / accidentsNovember 4, 2013 - 10:16am
October 30, 2013
Three women in car roll over in Kinnickinnic
A River Falls woman was injured just before 5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 29, after the 2001 Toyota Corolla she and two other women were in crashed near County Road M in the town of Kinnickinnic. The women were headed north on County Road JJ when the driver lost control of her car. She...
news / accidentsOctober 30, 2013 - 2:46pm
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October 26, 2013
Two injured in two-car accident Friday afternoon
Two people were taken to area hospitals Friday afternoon following a two-car crash on US Highway 10 in the town of Union.
news / accidentsOctober 26, 2013 - 4:30pm
October 23, 2013
Two River Falls students crash by bridge
Winter driving is upon us. That means it’s time to slow down, especially before reaching bridges that often have icy pavements. With overnight snowflakes and frost, bridge surfaces across Pierce County had a slippery coating early Wednesday morning, Oct. 23. The Pierce County...
news / accidentsOctober 23, 2013 - 1:55pm
October 21, 2013
Update: Teenage girl has now died in Shoemaker accident
A late Saturday afternoon, Oct. 19, crash in the town of Troy has claimed a second life. A former River Falls man died and his three children were injured when the Mazda sedan he was driving failed to stop and was struck broadside by a minivan, at old Hwy. 35 and Tower Road. Late...
news / accidentsOctober 21, 2013 - 8:05am
October 10, 2013
Barn in town of Troy goes up in flames
The cause of a fire that consumed a barn at 609 Swedish Mission Road west of River Falls between county roads M and MM Wednesday night, Oct. 9, is still being investigated by the River Falls Fire Department. The property is owned by Edith E. Nelson, and her two brothers Scott and...
news / accidentsOctober 10, 2013 - 9:57am
September 29, 2013
UPDATE: Prescott teen transported after rear-end crash
A Prescott teenager was transported directly to Regions Hospital in St. Paul Saturday afternoon after his car rear-ended a stopped van on Hwy. 10, about six miles east of Prescott. Marcus Meyer, 16, was unconscious in his 2002 Ford Focus when Pierce County authorities were advised...
news / accidentsSeptember 29, 2013 - 7:48pm
September 23, 2013
Pepin man hospitalized after MC crash
A Pepin man, who took evasive action on his motorcycle to avoid rear-ending a vehicle ahead of him was hospitalized with unknown injuries following a crash in the town of Oak Grove on Saturday evening. David Dykema, 51, was found lying in the east ditch of Hwy. 35 when deputies arrived...
news / accidentsSeptember 23, 2013 - 8:30am
September 20, 2013
School bus rider thanks ‘hero driver’
Six-year old Riley Bonikowske, a Westside Elementary first grader, visited with the school bus driver, Steve Linehan, who, a day earlier, quickly evacuated students during a school bus fire. Click here for details on the River Falls School District bus fire, Thursday Sept. 19,...
news / accidentsSeptember 20, 2013 - 3:17pm
September 19, 2013
UPDATE 2: Children escape bus fire
Forty children were safely evacuated from a River Falls School District bus Thursday morning after the snub-nosed coach caught fire while traveling Falcon Drive, just a few blocks from its destination of Greenwood Elementary School. School officials said driver Steve Linehan stopped...
news / accidentsSeptember 19, 2013 - 9:36am
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