12-Jun-2025

House Fire

On Wednesday morning (6/11/2025) at approximately 1:07 am the Todd County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to 10756 Angler Trail in rural Grey Eagle for the report of a house fire. When Deputies arrived on the scene observed the house was fully engulfed in flames. No injuries were reported as a result of the fire. The fire remains under current investigation. Deputies were assisted on scene by the Grey Eagle Fire Department, Sauk Centre Fire Department, and Melrose Ambulance.

12-Jun-2025

Traffic Crash

Three people were hurt, two seriously in a crash near Melrose on Wednesday afternoon. The Minnesota State Patrol says at about 12:00 p.m. a semi-truck being driven by 22-year-old Kaleb Templin of Brownton was going south on Highway 4, and a car driven by 23-year-old Paphatchaya Urairat of Melrose was going west on County Road 186 when they crashed. Two passengers in Urairat's car, 23-year-old Rinlita Amornwisanwong and 22-year-old Miss Pijitra Musikapan, were both taken to Sanford Health in Fargo with life-threatening injuries. Urairat was taken to CentraCare Sauk Centre with non-life-threatening injuries, and Templin was not hurt in the crash.

12-Jun-2025

Woman Sentenced Foe Child Endangerment

A woman who was convicted of child endangerment was sentenced in Otter Tail County. Anastasia Vaughn was sentenced to 45 days, but will serve that time through 492 hours of community service work. She’ll also be placed on supervised probation for two years and was fined $500. Vaughn was arrested on October 29, 2024 after someone called police saying they had found the infant laying in the ditch and saw Vaughn running away from the scene. Police say she had an alcohol concentration of .229. She was found guilty of child endangerment, a gross misdemeanor in Minnesota with a maximum sentence of 364 days in jail and/or a $3,000 fine.

11-Jun-2025

Motorcycle/deer Crash With Injuries

On Tuesday evening at 5:32 PM June 10th, 2025, the Todd County Sheriff's Office received a 911 call regarding a motorcycle versus deer crash on County Road 62, near County Road 62, rural Browerville. The driver, Justin Gothier, of Long Prairie, was traveling north on County Road 62, when a deer entered the roadway and collided with his 2013 Harley Davidson. Gothier sustained minor injuries from the crash and was transported to the Centra-Care Hospital in Long Prairie by Law Enforcement. Gothier's passenger, Lindsay Jones, of Long Prairie, sustained serious injuries from the crash. Jones was transported to the Centra-Care Hospital in Long Prairie by the Browerville Ambulance. Jones was later airlifted to St. Cloud Hospital. Neither Gothier nor Jones were wearing a helmet at the time of the crash. The Sheriff's Office was assisted at the scene by the Browerville Ambulance, Browerville Fire Department, Long Prairie Police Department, and Petrie's Towing.