Stearns County, MN

WAITE PARK, Minn. (FOX 9) - A teen has died after jumping into a quarry in Waite Park, Minnesota Saturday night, the Stearns County Sheriff's Office reports. The death marks the third fatal water incident this weekend in Minnesota. According to deputies, around 8 p.m. on Saturday, the 18-year-old boy,...

ST. CLOUD -- A Paynesville woman who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl has been sentenced. A Stearns County judge has sentenced 57-year-old Stacy Row to 12-years in prison. She pleaded guilty to 1st-degree criminal sexual conduct with a victim under 16-year-old last December. Court records show the...

(KNSI) – A 33-year-old woman, now charged in connection to the fatal shooting of 25-year-old Keisa Marie Lange, was already in jail for unrelated child endangerment charges when she was named as a suspect in Lange’s murder. A criminal complaint filed in Stearns County Court June 8th says Angela Renee...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Authorities say two people drowned and a child who was found unresponsive in a pool was hospitalized in three separate incidents in Minnesota on Saturday. Washington officials say 46-year-old Chandra Mohan Laghuvaram, of Plymouth, was swimming in the St. Croix River when he went under for reasons that aren’t clear. Medics unsuccessfully tried to revive him.

ST. CLOUD -- A Paynesville woman who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl has been sentenced. A Stearns County judge has sentenced 57-year-old Stacy Row to 12-years in prison. She pleaded guilty to 1st-degree criminal sexual conduct with a victim under 16-year-old last December. Court records show the...

ST. CLOUD — A St. Cloud woman is accused of strangling a man while he was sleeping, according to a Stearns County criminal complaint. Tanisha Renay Sullivan, 24, is charged with one felony count of domestic assault by strangulation and two misdemeanor counts of domestic assault. Sullivan made her first appearance in court Friday.

A man wanted in connection with a late May shooting in Stearns County was arrested near Hillman, June 3. According to a statement by the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office, Trenell Earl Rogers, 34, Moose Lake, was taken into custody when he was located at a home at 17589 Ranch Road in Leigh Township, about 2.5 miles northwest of Hillman. The Morrison County Sheriff’s Office, Morrison County SWAT Team, Pierz Police Department, Pierz Fire and Rescue and Central Minnesota Violent Offenders Task Force all assisted in carrying out the warrant that led to Rogers’ arrest.

ST. CLOUD -- Stearns County Court records show a woman who was shot and found alongside a south St. Cloud road was murdered because her killers thought she was a police informant. Stearns County prosecutors have charged 23-year-old Deantae Davis, 26-year-old Kenneth Carter, and 33-year-old Angela Jones all of St....

Three people were jailed Thursday in connection with the death of 25-year-old Keisa Marie Lange of Litchfield, whose body was found June 3 along a St. Cloud road. According to a statement from St. Cloud police, Angela Jones, 33, of St. Cloud, is suspected of aiding and abetting second-degree murder and aiding and abetting kidnapping.

ST. CLOUD, Minn. (FOX 9) - Three people are in custody in connection to the death of a woman, whose body was found lying on the side of the road in St. Cloud, according to the St. Cloud police. The woman was found dead on June 3 around 9:30 a.m....

One afternoon last summer, John Wood of Sartell was driving back to his mobile home when he noticed the sky was quickly turning dark. This was followed by high winds, rain and the sound of pelting hail stones. Back home, he looked up and saw a funnel cloud forming in...

(KNSI) – A search for a missing swimmer at Quarry Park that began around 8:00 Saturday night has come to a sad end. The Stearns County Sheriff’s Office says 18-year-old Zakariya Aden Odowa jumped off the floating dock at Quarry Two feet and never resurfaced. The other swimmers Odowa was with say he had no swimming experience.

ST. CLOUD — The St. Cloud tri-county area reported 13 new COVID-19 cases and no new deaths to the disease Sunday, according to a daily report from the Minnesota Department of Health. Across the state, 175 new cases of COVID-19 and nine deaths were reported Sunday. Cases have been on...

The lingering heat and the quest to cool off in water combined for a deadly start to the weekend, after two people drowned and a child was hospitalized in three separate incidents on Saturday. A 46-year-old man from Plymouth died while splashing in the water with his family at William...

ST. JOSEPH -- Stearns Electric Association is asking their members to conserve electricity. The organization says the recent heat and humidity is causing stress on the electric grid. Some energy saving tips include limit use of large appliances, turn off lights and computers when not in use, keep your shades...

SARTELL— The Sartell City Council hosted an open house Wednesday for residents to ask questions and voice concerns about a planned 2022 Stearns County Road 1/Riverside Avenue reconstruction project. Stearns County is rebuilding the road to conduct sewer and water main improvements, and city administrators want to use the opportunity...