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Death in Zumbro Falls under investigation

Jul 8, 2020

Information remains scarce about a death involving a gunshot in rural Zumbro Falls reportedly under investigation by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. Acccording to the Wabasha County Sheriff’s Office, the office responded to a call of an unresponsive 34-year-old woman just before 11...

Be honest about your symptoms: Emergency responders

Jun 3, 2020

Citing instances of people withholding symptoms of COVID-19 when calling for emergency medical assistance for fear that an ambulance wouldn’t come, last week the Wabasha County Sheriff’s Office encouraged people to be honest. “All of the ambulance services in Wabasha County will respond to all...

Sheriff shares perspective on potential jail closure

Apr 23, 2020

Editor’s note: Wabasha County Sheriff Rodney Bartsh posted the following letter last week as news spread that the county would consider closing its jail. The upcoming meeting he refers to took place Tuesday, April 21. To our citizens, Yesterday the news broke about the possibility of our jail...

Leads sought in rural Mazeppa horse slaying

Apr 15, 2020

The Wabasha County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public for tips as it investigates a horse shooting near Mazeppa. On April 9 at 1:30 p.m., Deputies from the Wabasha County Sheriff’s Office were called to a rural Mazeppa address on a report of a horse that was killed by a single gunshot to the...

911 outage in Wabasha County

Jan 22, 2020

911 lines in Wabasha County were down for hours the night of Sunday, Jan. 19, according to the Wabasha County Sheriff’s Office. “The Wabasha County Sheriff’s Office is confirming that on Jan. 19 at approximately 2311 hours the 911 emergency lines went down and were not working. The 911 caller...

Pursuit ends in arrest

Sep 26, 2019

A police pursuit passed through Lake City on Monday night, Sept. 23. According to the Lake City Police Department, which assisted in the pursuit, Wabasha County Sheriff’s Deputies requested help as the suspect they were pursuing approached Lake City. The driver evaded law enforcement in the city...

Officials: Darkness, drinking sent pontoon over the edge

Aug 29, 2019

No one was seriously injured when a pontoon carrying three people went over the power dam on Lake Zumbro on Saturday, Aug. 24, according to the Wabasha County Sheriff’s Department. The driver of the boat, Bradley Borowski, 51, was arrested for driving a boat under the influence in connection the...

Wabasha County Sheriff's Office partners with Crime Stoppers

Jan 17, 2019

Crime Stoppers, a non-profit organization that collects anonymous crime tips and pays rewards up to $1,000 for eligible tips, has announced a partnership with the Wabasha County Sheriff’s Office. Tips have the potential to save money for law enforcement and speed up investigations, Crime Stoppers...

Remains matched to boater missing since April

Sep 13, 2018

Human remains discovered on the Mississippi River near West Newton on July 14 have been identified as those of David John Sheridan, a sailboater reported missing on April 29, according to the Wabasha County Sheriff’s Office. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension matched the remains to...

More human remains found on Mississippi

Aug 22, 2018

On Aug. 20, the Wabasha County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that human remains had been discovered on the Mississippi River and that those remains are believed to be associated with remains discovered July 14 in West Newton. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is doing DNA tests on the...