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Fatal Accident In Cook On Friday
COOK, MN (KDAL) – The St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office and medical first responders were called to an accident on Highway 53 in the City of Cook on Friday. A pickup truck had crashed into the former McDonald’s building off the highway. Witnesses on the scene found...
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Nett Lake Man, 51, Dies After Truck Hits Former Cook McDonald’s on Highway 53
A 51-year-old man from Nett Lake died Friday after his pickup truck left Highway 53 and crashed into the former McDonald’s building in Cook, Minnesota. Witnesses broke a window to reach the unresponsive driver, pulled him from the vehicle and began CPR, but he was pronounced dead at the scene despite further lifesaving efforts by emergency responders.
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Police ask hunters to keep an eye out for missing man
TOWER—The Breitung Police Department is again asking for help in locating Derek Lerfald, who was last seen on March 21 leaving the Vermilion Housing Apartment complete in the 100 block of Cedar Street in Tower, a news release from Police Chief Daniel Reing stated. The missing person case remains an active investigation several months after he went missing. “As the season has changed to fall, many of our area residents will take to the woods. We kindly ask our area hunters to be observant and report anything suspicious. If anyone has any information, please contact the Breitung Police Department at 218-753-6660 or 911.’’
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Virginia Man, 25, Accused Of Threatening Driver Then Fighting Deputies At Jail
A 25-year-old man is facing felony charges after he allegedly threatened to kill a driver near Second Avenue and Third Street South in Virginia on Oct. 31, then slipped his handcuffs and fought with deputies once he arrived at the jail. Darius Nathaniel Fields now faces four counts stemming from the encounter, including felony threats of violence and felony assault of a peace officer.
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Rangers return to state with 36-16 win over Bombers
CLOQUET—A dicey start to Friday’s Section 7A Championship game had the Mountain Iron-Buhl football team staring down a 16-0 deficit to Barnum with just over three minutes taken off the clock. But once the Rangers found their footing, there was no stopping them offensively or defensively as they scored 36 unanswered points and pitched a shutout the rest of the way, giving Mountain Iron-Buhl a 36-16 victory and the Section 7A crown in the process. It’s MI-B’s eighth section title in nine years and their first after moving up to Class A in 2025. With all that history behind them, the Rangers had little reason to panic even when things looked dire. “We never thought we were gonna lose,” said junior running back Jeff Tanksley. This team, we persevere so much. We had to ask ourselves, ‘when are we gonna lock in?’ We got it together after that and they didn’t score the rest of the game. Our captains and our senior leaders, they make things like that a lot easier for us.” On the very first play from scrimmage, the Bombers took MI-B by surprise with quarterback Logan Charboneau airing out a 70-yard touchdown pass to tight end Ethan
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Wolves go down in finals
The last run went Chisholm’s way, and that proved to be the difference in an excruciatingly close Section 7A volleyball final. A section title slipped through the hands of the Timberwolves in the decisive fifth set, as Chisholm scored six of the contest’s last seven points to steal a berth in next week’s state tournament.