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    December 4, 2014
    Firefighters from Cumberland and Luck worked for an extensive period to free two men trapped in this Chevrolet pickup following an accident Tuesday in the town of McKinley in Polk County. The man in the passenger seat later died. Photos courtesy of Polk County Sheriff's Department.
    Freight truck-pickup collision claims life of Radisson man
    CUMBERLAND -- A 49-year-old Radisson man died late Tuesday, Dec. 2, of injuries suffered when the pickup in which he was a passenger was struck...
    newsDecember 4, 2014 - 9:40am
    September 15, 2014
    Piper's body was discovered after authorities used a wrecker to winch this 2002 Subaru Legacy from a private pond. Photos courtesy Polk County Sheriff's Department.
    Body of Colfax man discovered Sunday in submerged car
    ST. CROIX FALLS -- The body of a Colfax man was found Sunday when authorities pulled a car from a pond near a retreat center north of St. Croix...
    news/accidentsSeptember 15, 2014 - 11:22am
    July 16, 2014
    Toddler's death from hyperthermia in car trunk last July declared 'tragic accident'
    BALSAM LAKE -- One day shy of a year since a sheriff's deputy found the body of a toddler, locked in a car trunk when the owner came to retrieve the vehicle from a repair shop operated by the dead boy's father, Polk County District Attorney Daniel Steffen has concluded the boy's...
    news/accidentsJuly 16, 2014 - 2:08pm
    April 15, 2014
    Polk County Sheriff's Deputy Mike Severson received numerous awards after he was injured in a shoot-out with a suspect in April, 1991. Severson died Monday at his home in St. Croix Falls. Submitted photo.
    Full honors funeral planned for Polk deputy, injured in shoot-out 23 years ago
    ST. CROIX FALLS -- A Polk County sheriff's deputy who suffered gunshot wounds 23 years earlier while pursuing a shooting suspect died Monday,...
    newsApril 15, 2014 - 4:45pm
    November 27, 2013
    Nonprofit aims to reduce area’s wild cat population
    Even though St. Croix County can have bitter winters, free-roaming cats abound, and Tanya Borg and the volunteers of Farm, Feral & Stray aim...
    community/eventsNovember 27, 2013 - 2:22pm
    June 17, 2013
    Jet ski operator injured in accident
    A Minnesota man was seriously injured in a boating incident on East Balsam Lake on Sunday, June 16. The accident, which occurred around 12:30 p.m., involved Mark Daniel Mann, 25, of Maple Grove, Minn., and the operator of a boat, Andrew James Iverson, 23, of Minneapolis. Mann was...
    news/accidentsJune 17, 2013 - 3:31pm
    October 26, 2009
    Polk County farmer is first to be convicted for not registering his livestock
    A Polk County farmer is the first in Wisconsin to be convicted for not registering his livestock with the state. The law is meant to help officials respond to disease outbreaks, like the one involving pigs in Clark County a couple years back. But Amish farmers say the registrations...
    newsOctober 26, 2009 - 9:00am
    July 28, 2009
    Minnesota man charged in Polk County for hit and run injury
    Prosecutors said a Minnesota man stole a semi-truck near St. Paul, drove to northwest Wisconsin, struck a man and pinned him and then drove away. Scott Black, 45, of suburban St. Paul was charged Monday in Polk County with felony hit and run while causing injury and three misdemeanor...
    newsJuly 28, 2009 - 9:00am
    April 15, 2009
    Early a.m. accident sends three to hospital
    A one-vehicle accident early Wednesday morning sent a mother and her two children to the hospital. The first call came at about 4:19 a.m., said Polk County Field Services Lieutenant Steve Smith. The vehicle was traveling east on 35th Avenue in Polk County when it gently drifted...
    newsApril 15, 2009 - 1:46pm
    October 21, 2008
    Balsam Lake man dies due to injuries in Saturday rollover
    Donald VanGundy, 28 of Balsam Lake, died early Saturday morning due to injuries sustained in a one vehicle accident. Andrew Arnold, 29 of Emerald, was also injured in the accident. He is in critical but stable condition. His CaringBridge site said he sustained several injuries, including...
    newsOctober 21, 2008 - 12:00am
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