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Robber in four-year-old bank case sentenced
Photo courtesy of Forest Lake Police DepartmentSurveillance footage from 2013 captured a then-unidentified woman (later revealed to be Brianna Rice) running from the Forest Lake Cub Foods after robbing...
View ArticleFairview seeks blood pressure medication study participants
Minnesotans with high blood pressure may be eligible to take part in a Fairview research study exploring the role genetics can play in finding the best treatment options for patients with high blood...
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SWAT called to Janero standoff
Photos by Ryan Howard Forest Lake first responders set up a barricade of Janero Avenue North on Sept. 15 during a police standoff. A Forest Lake man was arrested the evening of Sept. 15 after an...
View ArticleFL man charged with Cottage Grove assault
A Forest Lake man made his first appearance in Washington County Court last month after allegedly straddling and choking a woman in her home in June. According to court records, Jakob Lee Day, 26, has...
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Sheriff’s office seeks volunteers
The Washington County Sheriff’s Office is recruiting for volunteer reserves to assist with lake and river patrols, natural disaster response, traffic and crowd control, water patrol safety...
View ArticleBoating permit required on Forest Lake
Due to the Aquatic Invasive Species in Forest Lake, the Minnesota DNR requires all watercraft owners removing or launching their boats from or into Forest Lake with invasive species attached to carry a...
View ArticleFL man charged with burglary in Grandy
A Forest Lake man has been charged in connection with an alleged burglary at the Brass Rail in Grandy on Sept. 20. Brandon Keith Petrashek, 40, was charged on Sept. 26 before Judge John Klossner in...
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Up high and up close
Forest Lake firefighters inspect a silo that caught fire the morning of Oct. 10 at 11529 Mayberry Trail N. in Marine on St. Croix. The Marine and Scandia fire departments responded to the fire after a...
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Year-old crash makes it to court
File photo by Ryan HowardA woman involved in an injury crash last fall on Lake Street in Forest Lake recently made her first appearance for charges related to the incident. Close to a year after a car...
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Wyoming’s first Coffee with a Cop a success
Submitted PhotoPolice Chief Paul Hoppe, Reserve officer Dan Gnau and some citizens of Wyoming all sit down for a cup of coffee at The Nesting Grounds on Wednesday Oct. 4. A morning cup of coffee came...
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