Carolyn Lange
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A reporter for more than 30 years, Carolyn Lange covers regional news with the West Central Tribune.
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REDWOOD FALLS – Two individuals injured in a one-car rollover Wednesday afternoon fled the ambulance when it reached the hospital emergency room. According to the State Patrol, the accident happened around 1:42 a.m. on state Highway 67 and Redwood County Road 1when a 1996 Chevrolet Blazer rolled in the ditch.
MONTEVIDEO — Five people were arrested Tuesday afternoon after a fight involving guns and baseball bats broke out at a Montevideo residence. According to a press release, the Montevideo Police Department was called at 1:45 p.m. that a "large fight with baseball bats" was taking place in the area of the Lincoln Apartments, on Seventeenth Street and Lincoln Avenue.
MONTEVIDEO – Five people were arrested Tuesday afternoon after a fight involving guns and baseball bats broke out at a Montevideo residence. According to a press release, the Montevideo Police Department was called at 1:45 p.m. that a “large fight with baseball bats” was taking place in the area of the Lincoln Apartments, on Seventeenth Street and Lincoln Avenue.
WILLMAR — Somali Independence Day was celebrated at a block party in downtown Willmar Saturday afternoon. "It's a big day for us," said Arfon Mahamud, who along with Fardowsa Ibrahim, coordinated the event. "Back home we usually celebrate using fireworks," Ibrahim said. The block party featured music of popular St. Cloud artist Dalmar Yare, whose performance was funded by a state grant from the voter-approved Clear Water and Legacy Amendment.
PAYNESVILLE — Crews were finishing up the final details and getting ready to demobilize equipment Wednesday afternoon at a 108-acre solar farm by Paynesville. With about 48,600 solar photovoltaic panels tilted to the west, the Paynesville farm started producing 10 megawatts of direct current in June. It was one of the last of 16 sites in the Aurora solar project to go online in what is currently the state's largest solar project that will produce a total of 150 MWdc of renewable energy that is being sold to Xcel Energy.
PAYNESVILLE, Minn. — Crews were finishing up the final details and getting ready to demobilize equipment Wednesday afternoon at a 108-acre solar farm by Paynesville. With about 48,600 solar photovoltaic panels tilted to the west, the Paynesville farm started producing 10 megawatts of direct current in June. It was one of the last of 16 sites in the Aurora solar project to go online in what is currently the state's largest solar project that will produce a total of 150 MWdc of renewable energy that is being sold to Xcel Energy.
MORTON — A small airplane made an emergency landing Saturday afternoon in a bean field in Renville County. The pilot, Harvey Buller, 75 of Mountain Lake, was not injured and the plane was not damaged. The incident happened around 12:50 p.m. when the Renville County Sheriff's Office received a report of a small aircraft in a field two miles north of Morton in Beaver Falls Township. A deputy arrived at the scene, which was south of County Road 2 and west of U.S. Highway 71, and discovered a small plane had landed in a bean field.
ORTONVILLE — Two people were injured Saturday afternoon in Big Stone County when the motorcycle they were riding struck a deer. According to the State Patrol, Thomas John Oakes, 57, and Karen Kay Oakes, 56, both of Ortonville, were riding a 2014 Harley Davidson north on state Highway 7 near Eternal Springs Road north of Ortonville when a deer ran into the road. The motorcycle hit the deer and spun around causing both the driver and passenger to be ejected.
REDWOOD FALLS — The State Patrol is investigating a fatal accident that happened Friday afternoon in Redwood County involving a semi and passenger car that collided head-on. The names of the victims have not yet been released. According to the preliminary report, a 2006 Pontiac Grand Prix , driven by a 38-year-old Morton man, was going west on U.S. Highway 71 in Paxton Township when it crossed into oncoming traffic and collided head-on with a 1999 International semi driven by a 46-year-old man from Bird Island.
PENNOCK — A 46-year-old man was arrested Thursday after a high-speed chase that started in Pennock and ended in a cattail-filled slough near Benson. Jeffrey Darren Hemmingson, of Benson, made a first court appearance Friday morning in Kandiyohi County District Court on felony charges of fifth-degree possession of methamphetamine and fleeing a peace officer in a motor vehicle, and a misdemeanor charge of reckless driving. Unconditional bail for Hemmingson was set at $75,000 and conditional bail at $35,000. His next court appearance is set for July 27.
