Man faces charges after driving tractor through church doors in Watson
Joseph Rongstad, 38, faces burglary and criminal damage to property charges for allegedly driving a small tractor through the narthex of the Watson Lutheran Church. 7:11 pm, Feb. 10, 2021 ×
WATSON A 38-year-old Watson man with a prior history of drug use and odd behavior is facing charges for driving a tractor through the narthex of the Watson Lutheran Church in Watson.
Joseph Mark Rongstad, of Watson, appeared Tuesday in Chippewa County District Court in Montevideo for a bail hearing on felony charges of burglary in the second degree and first-degree criminal damage to property. The court ordered bail set at $50,000 with conditions and $100,000 without conditions.
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January 28, 2021
The Chippewa County Sheriff’s Office arrested Sean Kirkland after a traffic stop.
Kirkland had three warrants out for his arrest and was driving on a suspended license.
When detectives searched his car and home, they say they found a substantial amount of meth along with prescription drugs.
He is charged with seven felonies.
While at Kirkland’s home, police say Daniel Hutte arrived and he was arrested on drug and other charges.
During a previous investigation, detectives also arrested Tony Davis.
Davis was arraigned for drug felonies and fourth degree child abuse.
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West Central Tribune | 8:07 pm, Jan. 15, 2020 ×
MADISON Lac qui Parle County sheriff’s officers responded to a 911 call reporting that a person in a home with a firearm was making personal threats around 2:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Officers responded to a home located in Lake Shore Township between Madison and Louisburg.
Deputies evacuated one person from the home. A few hours later, a second individual was secured and taken into custody without incident, according to a news release from the Sheriff’s Office.
The matter is under investigation by the Sheriff’s Office. No charges have been filed at this time.
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Snowmobiler involved in Chippewa County crash dies at hospital
Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Press Release
Jan. 13, 2021
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A Huron County man who crashed his snowmobile in Chippewa County earlier this month died Jan. 8 at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak.
Richard David Dufty, 55, of Caseville succumbed to injuries he suffered in the Jan. 2 crash along Snowmobile Trail UP 472 (Bobby Gay Truck Trail), in the Hiawatha National Forest, northeast of Trout Lake.
Dufty was riding a 2017 Ski-Doo MXZ XRS 800 E-tec snowmobile within a group of six riders traveling west on the trail.
Michigan Department of Natural Resources Conservation Officer Mike Olesen and Sgt. Calvin Smith were dispatched to the crash site at 3:35 p.m. EST.