The search for a Monticello woman missing since the weekend ended, tragically, Tuesday afternoon south of Buffalo. Authorities found what they believe is the body of 39-year-old Tanisha Maehlin in the Crow River inside a black 2008 Lincoln MKX after a witness called the Wright County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch Center around 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. […]
Two Killed in Bethel University Volleyball Bus Crash, St. Michael Grad OK
Driver, passenger in car died at scene
The Bethel University Volleyball team bus was in a serious vehicle accident outside of Whitewater, Wisconsin, on Saturday, October 13. The Sheriff’s Office in Rock County, Wisconsin, has reported that just after 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13, two young adults in a separate car died after their car crossed the centerline on a rural road […]
Construction Worker Killed in Interstate Crash Near Rogers
An Interstate 94 crash Tuesday, Oct. 2, involving a semi-truck and trailer and a pickup truck also hauling a trailer has left one person dead and a fellow construction worker injured and in the hospital. The accident happened shortly after 2 p.m. Tuesday as road crews were doing work on bridges along the interstate. A […]
Monticello Man Identified as Victim in Interstate 94 Accident
The crash at 6:30 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 15 tied up traffic in the STMA area for hours.
A 40-year-old Monticello man was identified by the Minnesota State Patrol as the person killed in Wednesday morning’s accident on Interstate 94. Kevin Allen Parker was killed when his 2018 Chevy Silverado pickup was struck by a three-axle truck driven by 53-year-old John Robert Houdyshell of St. Louis Park. Houdyshell was not seriously injured in […]
Snow, Ice Cause Pile-Up, Interstate 94 Shut Down at Monticello
UPDATE (12:45 p.m.) Interstate 94 is now re-opened on the eastbound side, with one lane getting by in some areas. Please give yourself extra time and you caution as conditions are still tough going. ORIGINAL Winter has made its messy return to Wright County, and now Interstate 94 has been victimized by the ice and […]
Crash Ties up St. Michael Intersection
A Wednesday afternoon accident at the intersection of Central Avenue (Highway 241) and Lincoln Drive has sent at least one person to a local hospital. Wright County Sheriff’s Deputies, Allina Ambulance, the Minnesota State Patrol and St. Michael Fire and Rescue were all on the scene of the crash, which involved two vehicles and locked […]
Lincoln Crashes on Lincoln Drive, Injuring Monticello Man
A Monticello man lost apparently lost control of his vehicle during the Thursday morning commute and collided with a stoplight pole at the intersection of Highway 241 and Lincoln Drive. Injured was 36-year-old Daniel Banyai of Monticello, the driver and lone occupant of the Lincoln Town Car. No other vehicles were involved in the accident, which […]
Shorewood Man Injured in Collision with Plow Near Monticello
A 55-year-old Shorewood man is in serious condition after he was injured in a crash with a snowplow on Interstate 94 near Monticello this morning. Paul A. Boynton, 55, was driving westbound near the County Road 39/County Road 18 interchange at Monticello when he rear-ended the plow, severely damaging his 2012 Ford van. The MNDot […]
Texting, Lies, Now Charges in Crash That Killed Maurer Dad, Daughter
Multiple charges have now been filed in the July crash that took the life of a Becker man and his daughter. Charles P. Maurer, 54, and his daughter, Cassy, were killed as a result of a vicious accident on U.S. Highway 10 at the Sherburne County 11 intersection, one that authorities now attribute to a […]
St. Michael Man Suffers Injuries in Sunday Motorcycle Crash
A St. Michael man suffered serious injuries Sunday afternoon in an accident caused after another driver allegedly ran a red light. Michael J. Job, 50, St. Michael, was transported to North Memorial Medical Center in Robbinsdale after the crash with what Minnesota State Patrol troopers determined were “serious” injuries. His condition at this time is […]