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Stewart man, 22, found dead in Willmar apartment

WILLMAR -- A 22-year-old man from Stewart was found dead Wednesday morning in his apartment in northwest Willmar. According to a news release from Willmar Police Capt. Jim Felt, authorities were called at 9:28 a.m. to the apartment in the 1300 bl...

 WILLMAR - A 22-year-old man from Stewart was found dead Wednesday morning in his apartment in northwest Willmar.

According to a news release from Willmar Police Capt. Jim Felt, authorities were called at 9:28 a.m. to the apartment in the 1300 block of 24th Street Northwest. A man reported that he had found his roommate unconscious and not breathing.

Emergency crews responded to find the 22-year-old man deceased.

The investigation is ongoing. The victim’s identity will not be available until family has been notified.

“There is no evidence at this time to indicate any danger to the public in this incident,” Felt said in the news release.

In 42 years in the newspaper industry, Linda Vanderwerf has worked at several daily newspapers in Minnesota, including the Mesabi Daily News, now called the Mesabi Tribune in Virginia. Previously, she worked for the Las Cruces Sun-News in New Mexico and the Rapid City Journal in the Black Hills of South Dakota. She has been a reporter at the West Central Tribune for nearly 27 years.

Vanderwerf can be reached at email: lvanderwerf@wctrib.com or phone 320-214-4340
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