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Southwestern Minnesota communities looking to support 3 friends recovering from severe burns in bonfire accident Three close friends are recovering in the Hennepin County Medical Center burn unit after sustaining extensive burns when a flammable liquid was poured on a bonfire on April 11. Efforts are underway to help the three and their families with the expenses ahead. 12:51 pm, Apr. 18, 2021 × MINNEAPOLIS — They’re often called the “three amigos” or the “thre...

The three friends were transported by air ambulance to HCMC. Two others, Carter Timm, 20, of Echo and Jacob Lymer, 18, Wood Lake, were treated at the Avera Granite Falls hospital. They had all joined around the bonfire to share memories and console one another over the loss the preceding day of their friend and fellow Lakeview graduate, Parker Viaene, 20. Viaene had died in an ATV accident on April 10. While Viaene’s loss is being grieved, many are looking for ways to assist the three young m...

Courtesy-CPD FB page COLUMBUS, Ind. – Columbus Chief of Police Michael Richardson recently awarded five Columbus Police Department (CPD) officers letters of commendation for their actions in safely resolving a call involving a mentally ill man armed with a knife. On July 31, 2020, CPD Sgt. Oscar Olmeda was checking the welfare of a man with a history of mental health issues. While Olmeda spoke with him, the man produced a knife and threatened to harm the officer, who then retreated and reques...