Two drivers suffered non-life-threatening injuries after their pickup trucks collided in the intersection of Renville County Road 2 and Minnesota Highway 4 early Tuesday morning.
Four people suffered non-life-threatening injuries in a head-on crash reported Friday on Minnesota Highway 7. Two passengers were ejected from one of the vehicles, according to the Minnesota State Patrol's report.
An Appleton, Minnesota, man who was injured Oct. 18 in a collision at the intersection of Minnesota Highway 4 and Minnesota Highway 19 in Fairfax succumbed to his injuries Nov. 4.
Two people from Appleton, Minnesota, were injured after their vehicle and a semitractor collided at the intersection of Minnesota Highway 4 and Minnesota Highway 19 in Fairfax. The driver of the semi was uninjured, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.
Blair Anderson, 69, of Fairfax, Minnesota, died from his injuries after a large branch from a tree struck him while he was cutting down several trees at a farm southwest of Olivia.
Wind gusts were reported during Saturday morning storms of 70 mph near Danube, Minnesota, and 71 mph at the Olivia Airport. Tree and power line damage was reported.
Dane Michael Vandervoort, 36, is serving a 72-month prison sentence after pleading guilty to assault charges after brandishing a handgun at two women and engaging in a life-and-death struggle with a police officer in Fairfax, Minnesota, in 2019.
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An audit by the Minnesota Department of Public Safety Driver and Vehicle Services Division found seven instances where two employees from the Fairfax Deputy Registrar office accessed private data without a lawful purpose.
