Fire

BEMIDJI, Minn. -- The person found dead at the scene of a trailer home fire in Bemidji-- where police say a 5-year-old girl was also kidnapped -- was discovered positioned beneath a mattress with her arms bound, according to court documents. A search warrant submitted identifies...

Accidents WORTHINGTON -- The Worthington Police Department investigated a rollover crash with injuries reported at 12:12 p.m. Saturday from Oxford Street. WORTHINGTON -- The Worthington Police Department investigated a crash reported at 2:15 p.m. Saturday from the 1500 block of Collegeway....

BEMIDJI, Minn. --A 32-year-old man has been arrested for kidnapping in connection with the disappearance of a 5-year-old Bemidji girl, who was found early Thursday morning in a pop-up camper near Big Fork, Minn. Brittany Balcer was reported missing Wednesday after an overnight fire...

BEMIDJI -- One adult is dead and a 5-year-old child is still reported as missing after a fire destroyed a mobile home in the Hillcrest Manor mobile home park in Bemidji.. The Bemidji Police Department and the Bemidji Fire Department both responded to a report of a fire in the park...

Accidents WORTHINGTON — The Worthington Police Department responded to a minor crash at 4:43 p.m. Friday in the 300 block of Ninth Street. WORTHINGTON — The Worthington Police Department responded to a crash at 5:29 p.m. Friday at the intersection of Nobles County 5 and 35. WORTHINGTON...

Correction A party for retiring hair stylist Judy Gerdes will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday at First Lutheran Church, Worthington. The time was incorrect in Saturday’s Daily Globe. Additionally, the family asks that people’s presence — not “presents” — at the party be their...

WORTHINGTON -- The Worthington Fire Department responded to a report of a fire at 12:13 a.m. today at Bedford Technology, located north of Worthington, just off U.S. 59 at 1180 27th St. A bad connection on an incoming electrical transformer was blamed for the blaze. “They had...

MAPLEWOOD — A dispute with a romantic rival led a woman to throw gasoline on another and set her on fire in a St. Paul apartment, prosecutors said. Laurel Lee Sykes, 32, of Maplewood was charged Wednesday in Ramsey County District Court with first-degree assault. The 28-year-old...

ST. PAUL — A woman was in custody Monday in St. Paul after allegedly dousing another woman with gasoline and then setting her on fire. The doused woman suffered severe burns over much of her body. Police were called about 12:25 p.m. to the 700 block of Conway Street and found the...

WILLMAR — Willmar Fire Chief Frank Hanson on Wednesday said there will be no further investigation into the cause of a pickup truck fire the night prior that damaged Willmar’s American Legion. The cause of the fire is undetermined, Hanson said. The pickup truck was completely...

ST. PAUL — The number of people killed by fires in Minnesota last year were up nearly 30 percent from 2014 figures, a state Department of Public Safety release said. Fifty-seven people died in fires in Minnesota in 2015, the highest total since 2002, according to numbers released...

Correction District 518’s refinancing of the bond for Worthington Middle School will result in a taxpayer savings of approximately $1.5 million. The amount was incorrect in Wednesday’s Daily Globe. Accident DUNDEE — The Nobles County Sheriff’s Office investigated a rollover...

Accidents WORTHINGTON — The Worthington Police Department responded to a pick-up and deer collision at 11:10 p.m. Sunday at the intersection of County Road 3 and 4. WORTHINGTON — The Worthington Police Department responded to an accident at 12:18 p.m. Monday at the 1100 block...

Ambulance WORTHINGTON — The Worthington Ambulance was dispatched at 4:28 p.m. Tuesday to the 1800 block of College Way to assist a female possibly having a stroke. Fire WORTHINGTON — The Worthington Fire Department was dispatched at 4:18 p.m. Tuesday to a vehicle fire at Nobles...