Stearns County commissioners Tuesday, will consider how to fill the sheriff vacancy. Sheriff John Sanner is retiring Monday leaving the position open until the board appoints a replacement.
A Sartell man is dead after he was hit by a car while riding his bicycle. The incident happened at 6:20 p.m. Tuesday on County Road 2, south of County Road 4 in St. Wendel Township.
One person is dead after a house fire in Freeport on Tuesday morning. The Stearns County Sheriff's Office says the incident happened just after 3:30 a.m. at 203 1st Avenue South. Responders arrived and found the home fully engulfed in flames.
The search for a missing man has authorities lowering the water level in Quarry 8 at the Quarry Park and Nature Preserve. Stearns County Sheriff's Office Chief Deputy Bruce Bechtold says they're pumping water out, after St. Cloud Police got a report of the missing man a few days ago.
Several kids were hurt when a Go-Kart collided with an ATV. The Stearns County Sheriff's Office says it happened just before 8:30 p.m. on Saturday on Patch Lake Road in Wakefield Township.
Six people were taken to the hospital after a two car crash near St. Stephen on Tuesday morning. The incident happened just after 10:00 a.m. at the intersection of County Road 131 and 115th Avenue in Brockway Township, two miles northwest of St. Stephen.
The Stearns County Sheriff's Office has placed a "No Wake" request for Two Rivers Lake until water levels go down. Due to the large amount of rain over the weekend, the water levels on the lake rose very fast and caused high water and flooding issues.
A Rice man was taken to the hospital after he accidentally shot himself in the leg. The incident happened on Sunday just after 9:45 p.m. at 9789 County Road 131 in Brockway Township. The Stearns County Sheriff's Office responded to a gunshot complaint and found 24-year-old John Smoley of Rice on the kitchen floor with a gunshot wound to his left leg.
One person was hurt during a rollover near St. Joseph on Friday night. The Stearns County Sheriff's Office says the incident happened at about 10:30 p.m. on Mullen Road, two miles north of St. Joseph.