accidents

TOWN OF TRENTON -- An unknown medical condition may have caused a Minnesota man to lose control of his truck and crash into a ditch Thursday, Sept. 15. Police were called to the one-vehicle accident at 1:50 p.m. near the intersection of Highways 35 and 63 in the town of Trenton. Glen...

A Twin Cities man was hospitalized Saturday after a motorcycle crash in rural Pierce County. Pierce County sheriff’s deputies said 46-year-old Ross A. Sletten was taken by ambulance to Mayo Clinic Health System-Red Wing after a crash reported at 3:29 p.m. on County Road O in the...

TOWN OF UNION -- A rural Plum City woman’s vehicle vaulted over a private driveway, sending her to the hospital Tuesday morning. Pierce County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a one-vehicle accident on County Road S in the town of Union about 1.25 miles west of 370th Avenue at...

TOWN OF TRIMBELLE -- A Hudson man had to be extricated from his vehicle after being rear-ended by a semi in the town of Trimbelle Tuesday night. The Pierce County Sheriff’s Office responded to the two-vehicle crash at 7:37 p.m. at the intersection of Hwy. 65 and 650th Avenue between...

River Falls firefighters were called to a house fire at 3:22 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 10, at W10415 860th Ave., town of River Falls. Jeanne M. Johnson, 47, had been up getting ready for work when she smelled smoke, according to River Falls Assistant Fire Chief Mike Moody. “She found...

TOWN OF DIAMOND BLUFF -- A River Falls man was airlifted to the hospital after rolling his vehicle multiple times during a traffic stop attempt by law enforcement late Tuesday night near Diamond Bluff. A Pierce County Sheriff’s deputy tried to conduct a traffic stop on a southbound...

TOWN OF MARTELL -- A crash Monday morning in the town of Martell near the Red Barn sent an elderly Spring Valley woman to the hospital. The Pierce County Sheriff’s Department was called to the scene of the two-vehicle crash at about 10:55 a.m. Police determined a southbound vehicle,...

TOWN OF CLIFTON -- A 35-year-old Baldwin man was ejected from his motorcycle in the town of Clifton late Tuesday night and taken to Regions Hospital with undisclosed injuries. According the Pierce County Sheriff’s deputies, Joshua William Richie was heading northbound on County...

An Ellsworth man was airlifted to a Twin Cities hospital Saturday after the vehicle he was driving slammed into a power pole near River Falls. The Pierce County Sheriff’s Office identified the victim as 24-year-old Geordan D. Godwin. He was taken to River Falls Area Hospital, where...

TOWN OF CLIFTON -- A River Falls teen died last night after a fiery crash in the town of Clifton. Tyler James Orpen, 16, was pronounced dead at River Falls Area Hospital after being taken there by ambulance. He is the son of December and Shawn Orpen of River Falls. A 61-year-old St....