Man seriously hurt after hit and run
A man was hospitalized after being struck in a hit and run crash in Forest Lake on Sept. 4. According to police, the man is currently believed to be in critical but stable condition. Police were first...
View ArticleMan arrested in FL murder investigation
A 27-year old Forest Lake man is being held on suspicion of second-degree murder in connection with a woman who was found dead Friday in an apartment in the 900 block of 12th Street Southwest in Forest...
View ArticleFL man’s murder charge lists asphyxiation as cause of death
Lauren Mason Grove Lynch, the 27-year-old man who was arrested Sept. 11 after officers found a woman’s decomposing body in his apartment, was charged today with second-degree murder. According to the...
View ArticleRoad closure on Friday
Motorists traveling on Highway 97 in Forest Lake will encounter a road closure and a detour on Friday, Sept. 18. Beginning at 10 p.m., construction crews will close Highway 97 between Forest Road and...
View ArticleEarly morning crash proves fatal for bicyclist (UPDATED with name)
Law enforcement officers from the Forest Lake Police Department and the Washington County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene of a crash on Hwy. 97 at Forest Rd. N. at 3:40 a.m. Sept. 16. A 2000...
View ArticleColumbus man charged with assault
A 23-year-old Columbus man was charged Aug. 28 with domestic assault by strangulation and obstructing the legal process after he allegedly choked a woman and fled from sheriff’s deputies in Hugo....
View ArticleOne airlifted after cement truck rollover
A cement truck driver was airlifted to a hospital Friday evening after a rollover near the intersection of Everton Avenue and 11th Avenue in Forest Lake. According to the Forest Lake Fire Department,...
View ArticleDeceased boater has local ties (UPDATED)
One of three men whose body was recovered when his boat capsized on Lake of the Woods has roots in and around Forest Lake. Cody Joseph Ostendorf, 24, traveled onto Lake of the Woods in a small boat...
View ArticleColumbus man dies in motorcycle crash
A 63-year-old Columbus man died Oct. 11 after his motorcycle was involved in a crash near the intersection of Fawn Lake Drive Northeast and Thames Street Northeast in Linwood. According to the Anoka...
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Fire Safety
Submitted PhotoThe Scandia Fire Department came to Scandia Elementary during Fire Prevention Week, Oct. 5-9. Pictured is fireman Chris Majeski demonstrating the fire hose with second grade students....
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Seniors can save with driving courses
If you are 55 or older, Minnesota law requires insurance companies to offer you a 10 percent reduction for three years if you complete the National Safety Council’s defensive driver course. For those...
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Car fire on 35
Wyoming firefighters responded to a car fire that started on southbound Interstate Highway 35 around 7:30 a.m. Nov. 4. The car was about 1 mile south of Wyoming when the fire occurred. According to...
View ArticleK-9 unit nabs wanted man
On Halloween, Forest Lake police caught a St. Paul man wanted for a shooting in Edina. Thomas Lee Gerlach, 22, of St. Paul, was recently charged in Dakota County Court with first-degree assault,...
View ArticleTwo hurt in runner-cyclist crash
A walker and a cyclist were both hurt after they collided on the 97 crossover bridge on the Hardwood Creek Trail in Forest Lake. The collision occurred around 3:30 p.m. Nov. 15. Police received a 911...
View ArticleMan charged with pimping FL teenager
A St. Paul man was charged Nov. 23 with promoting prostitution of an individual after law enforcement received a report that the man was scheduling stripping and sexual acts to be performed by a...
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Swapping safe
Photo by Ryan HowardForest Lake police hope area residents will use a designated “swap spot” in front of the city center for safe transactional and child custody exchanges. It may just be a designated...
View ArticleProposed cuts discussed prior to Dec. 7 meeting
Editor’s note: There has been some reader confusion expressed about the different possibilities of money being moved from one part of the 2016 Forest Lake budget to another part. Previous to the...
View ArticleCounty launches anti-sex-trafficking initiative
Jonathan Young Stillwater Gazette Not long ago, Washington County Attorney Pete Orput didn’t think sex trafficking was an issue in Washington County. “If you’d asked me six months ago, I’d have said,...
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Despite protest, council lays off patrol officer
Photos by Ryan HowardPatrol officer Max Boukal asks the Forest Lake City Council to stop the uncertainty over his job’s future during a Dec. 7 special budget meeting. After his time at the podium, he...
View ArticleRape suspect caught in Forest Lake
A St. Paul man charged with raping a 17-year-old girl was arrested by Forest Lake police and a U.S. Marshal’s fugitive task force on Dec. 7 around 4:30 p.m. According to Forest Lake police, the man was...
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