Authorities rescue 3 young kayakers
Cass County Sheriff Tom Burch stated in the news release that the water temperature was 45 degrees and the safe outcome of this incident was the use of life jackets by all three juveniles.
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WALKER The Cass County Sheriff’s Office was called Saturday, May 1, to a water rescue involving three juvenile kayakers on Leech Lake in Walker.
The 911 call came in at 4:58 p.m. and kayakers were on Leech Lake, west of Minnesota Island and were caught in the wind and taking on water, with one juvenile being in the water. Winds were gusting up to 23 mph, according to the weather data at the Walker Municipal Airport. Deputies responded and located the three female kayakers, who were unable to paddle their partially submerged kayaks that had taken on water. One of the girls was in the water for several minutes, the sheriff’s office reported.
Wise Road motorcycle crash critically injures man
According to the sheriff’s office, a group of five motorcyclists was traveling westbound on Wise Road when the first two in the group attempted to pass a truck hauling a trailer.
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Emergency personnel are on the scene of a crash on Wise Road Sunday, May 2, 2021, in Brainerd. Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch
A crash involving multiple motorcycles Sunday, May 2, on Wise Road left an East Gull Lake man critically injured.
The Crow Wing County Sheriff’s Office received a report of the crash at 3:41 p.m. Sunday and temporarily closed the road north of Brainerd to allow for emergency response.
Both drivers suffered non-life-threatening injuries and were transported to Essentia Health-St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Brainerd.
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NISSWA Emergency personnel responded to a two-vehicle personal injury crash Sunday, May 2, at the intersection of Highway 371 and Nisswa Avenue in Nisswa.
The Minnesota State Patrol was called at 12:45 p.m. to the crash involving Mariah Jo Hines, 28, Breezy Point, who was driving a Honda Pilot north on Highway 371 in the left lane, and Gary R. Fredrickson, 80, Minneapolis, who was driving a Ford Taurus west on Nisswa Avenue.
The two vehicles collided. Nisswa Avenue is a one-way allowing eastbound traffic only, the state patrol reported.
A lifesaving decision: Baxter man’s decision to head to the gym saved his life
“I was talking to Laurie and . she was going to run some errands and I told her I was going to go home and eat the homemade beef and broccoli my wife made over the weekend and that was it. I picked up my shoes, sat down on the chair from what I can remember, and over I went, the Baxter man said. 3:27 pm, Apr. 27, 2021 ×
Anytime Fitness employee Mark Fussy (left) embraces Les Lodewyck of Baxter Monday, April 26, after a presentation of several Heartsaver Awards presented by North Memorial Health Services in Brainerd at the Anytime Fitness center in northeast Brainerd. The Heartsaver Award is given to individuals who participate in the successful resuscitation of a patient in cardiac arrest. Fussy along with several others received the award Monday for their part in saving Lodewyck s life when he went into cardiac arrest at the fitness center. Steve Kohls / Brainerd Dispatch
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