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14-Jan-2026

Firearms Violation And Arrest

A Waite Park man has been arrested during a search warrant investigation. The St. Cloud Police Department's Community Response Team went to an apartment in the 300 block of 2nd Avenue South in Waite Park at about 5:30 am Tuesday.  The search warrant was for a current firearms investigation. Officers allegedly found five guns, one of which was reported as stolen, and a switch for a handgun.  A switch is used to convert a handgun to a fully automatic handgun. Twenty-year-old Jarien Guillory of Waite Park was taken to the Stearns County Jail, where he's expected to be charged with possession of a stolen handgun and possession of a machine gun. The St. Cloud Police Department Community Response Team was assisted by the St. Cloud SWAT team, the St. Cloud Police Department Criminal Investigation Unit, and the Waite Park Police. 

13-Jan-2026

Fire Victim Identified

Authorities have identified the victim of a fatal house fire near Ulen on Jan. 9 as 57 year old Daryn Waller. Emergency personnel were dispatched to a structure fire at 21148 160th Avenue North around 10:14 a.m. on Jan. 9. Dispatch information indicated Waller was unable to exit the home. A Clay County deputy arrived on scene and attempted to locate Walker but was forced to exit due to increasing smoke conditions. The Ulen Fire Department later located Waller in a bedroom. He was pronounced dead at the scene due to injuries sustained in the fire. The incident remains under investigation.

13-Jan-2026

New Judge Appointed In 7th Districxt

An assistant public defender in the Seventh Judicial District will become a judge in Long Prairie. Governor Tim Walz has appointed Heidi Hovis as a District Court judge in Todd County. She will replace Judge Daniel Benson, who is retiring. Hovis has also worked as an adjunct professor at North Hennepin Community College and previously worked as a staff attorney with Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid and as a senior associate general counsel at the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency. Minnesota's Seventh Judicial District covers Becker County, Benton County, Clay County, Douglas County, Mille Lacs County, Morrison County, Otter Tail County, Stearns County, Todd County, and Wadena County.

13-Jan-2026

Three Year Old Boy Dies From Dog Attack

A 3-year-old boy from the New York Mills area has died following a dog attack there on Sunday afternoon. The Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office says the boy climbed into an outside enclosed area where an American Bulldog was being kept just west of New York Mills. The 3-year-old was attacked by the dog, and his grandmother suffered significant injuries while trying to stop the attack. The boy died from injuries sustained in the attack, and the grandmother was transported to a Fargo hospital for her injuries. The Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office says the dog has been destroyed and that there are no ongoing safety concerns.