Records published June 25, 2021

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DASSEL TOWNSHIP — A fire was reported early Thursday morning on the 23000 block of 700th Avenue, according to a news release from the Meeker County Sheriff’s Office.

According to the release, the owners, Amanda Darwin, 33, and Dustin Darwin, 39, and their five juvenile children were treated for possible smoke inhalation by Mayo Ambulance but were not transported.

It was determined the fire started in the laundry room and may have been related to a clothes dryer. The main floor laundry room and kitchen sustained significant fire and smoke damage which displaced the family.

The American Red Cross was notified to assist the family.

The Dassel Fire Department and Litchfield Fire Department responded to the fire, reported at 1 a.m. Thursday.

WILLMAR — Multiple people were arrested Wednesday evening on drug charges on the 400 block of 15th Avenue Southwest.

As of Thursday afternoon, all three people who were arrested — a 21-year-old man, a 19-year-old woman and a 29-year-old woman — were in custody in the in the Kandiyohi County Jail awaiting formal charges of felony fifth-degree drug possession.

WILLMAR — A 36-year-old man was arrested Thursday evening on multiple drug charges during a traffic stop at the intersection of Fifth Street and 19th Avenue Southeast.

As of Thursday afternoon, the man was in custody in the Kandiyohi County Jail awaiting a formal charge of felony third- and fifth-degree drug possession and multiple lesser drug-related charges.

WILLMAR — A 19-year-old man was arrested Wednesday evening on a warrant on the 400 block of 19th Avenue Southeast.

As of Thursday afternoon, the man was in custody in the Kandiyohi County Jail awaiting a formal charge for felony fifth-degree drug possession.

RAYMOND — The Kandiyohi County Sheriff’s Office helped Family Services with removing children Wednesday afternoon from a residence in Raymond.

WILLMAR — Law enforcement responded to a report Thursday morning of a piglet running around a Kwik Trip parking lot on the 2500 block of U.S. Highway 12 East.

According to the report, the piglet was safely captured.

WILLMAR — A Willmar man was sentenced to prison Tuesday for domestic assault incidents in 2020 and 2021 against a woman he had been dating.

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NEW LONDON — A Kerkhoven man was injured Wednesday night when his motorcycle crashed into another vehicle in Lake Andrew Township, according to a news release from the Kandiyohi County Sheriff's Office.

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ROCHESTER — Authorities have released the name of a Rochester bicyclist who died following a crash with a flatbed truck Tuesday morning, June 22, in Rochester Township.

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DULUTH — A 69-year-old Chisholm, Minn., woman died after a two-vehicle crash Wednesday, June 23, in Chisholm.

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