AM 1240 WJON » river rescue http://wjon.com Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:49:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Two Men Rescued From Swollen Sauk River http://wjon.com/two-men-rescued-from-swollen-sauk-river/ http://wjon.com/two-men-rescued-from-swollen-sauk-river/#comments Sat, 23 Jul 2011 13:25:17 +0000 Lee Voss http://wjon.com/?p=23303 Two Twin Cities men had to be rescued from the Sauk River in Spring Hill Township Friday evening. The Stearns County Sheriff's Department got a call from a man who said two men from their group capsized their canoe and were clinging to some branches.

Read More|Comment

]]> http://wjon.com/two-men-rescued-from-swollen-sauk-river/feed/ 0 Abby Faulkner Traffic Backs Up on Highway 15 As Fire Crews Recover Submerged Rescue Boat http://wjon.com/traffic-backs-up-as-fire-crews-recover-submerged-rescue-boat/ http://wjon.com/traffic-backs-up-as-fire-crews-recover-submerged-rescue-boat/#comments Fri, 22 Jul 2011 22:07:25 +0000 Lee Voss http://wjon.com/?p=23268 The swollen Sauk River continues to cause headaches for area rescue crews. The St. Cloud Fire Department was called to the river today after two men freed-up a sunken rescue boat that eventually got stranded on a bridge abutment.

Read More|Comment

]]> http://wjon.com/traffic-backs-up-as-fire-crews-recover-submerged-rescue-boat/feed/ 0 Traffic on Highway 15, backed up this afternoon while crews retrieved a sunken rescue boat. (Photo: Lynn Quale) Another Rescue On Sauk River http://wjon.com/another-rescue-on-sauk-river/ http://wjon.com/another-rescue-on-sauk-river/#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2011 13:23:12 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=22991 St. Cloud fire crews conducted another river rescue on the swollen Sauk River. A woman and her boyfriend were tubing near the VA Medical Center when she became tangled in some trees.

Read More|Comment

]]> http://wjon.com/another-rescue-on-sauk-river/feed/ 0 Abby Faulkner Boat Capsizes On River, Teens Rescued http://wjon.com/boat-capsizes-on-river-teens-rescued/ http://wjon.com/boat-capsizes-on-river-teens-rescued/#comments Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:56:45 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=12432 Three teenage boys were treated for hypothermia after their small boat capsized and sank on a western Minnesota river. Wilkin County sheriff's officials say the three friends, all 17, were on the Otter Tail River near Breckenridge Monday night when the trolling motor on their flat-bottom boat failed.

Read More|Comment

]]> http://wjon.com/boat-capsizes-on-river-teens-rescued/feed/ 0