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Thursday, July 15
Suspicious vehicle, County Road 82 SE.
Suspicious vehicle, Voyager Drive.
Fire, garbage truck load fire, County Road 3 SE/Hope Road SE, Osakis.
Court ordered transport, 17th Avenue E.
Suspicious activity, caller reported older man pounding at door and trying to get in, Little Norway SE.
Traffic escort, County Road 6 NW, Garfield.
Motorist assist, Beaver Dam Drive SW/State Highway 27 W.
Assist other agency, County Road 15 SW/Kittleson Road SW, Kensington.
Theft, caller reported belongings stolen from trailer, County Road 65 NE, Miltona.
Warrant, 7th Avenue W.
Public assist, Douglas Street, Evansville.
Suspicious activity, caller reported suspicious vehicle, Willow Drive.
Motorist assist, County Road 42 NE.
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Southern Illinois was hit by two lines of strong and severe thunderstorms Thursday afternoon. The region was placed under a severe thunderstorm watch. During the second round of storms, tornado warnings were issued for southeastern Clay and northeastern Wayne County during the 4 p.m. hour after emergency management spotted a funnel cloud two miles south of Flora. The cell that prompted the tornado warnings produced funnel clouds and landspout tornadoes in Altamont and the Tower Hill area in central Illinois.
The Fairfield Police Department is reminding citizens that Rosewood Lane is closed. FPD has received multiple calls of vehicles ignoring the road closure signs, as-well-as reports of people driving through yards to avoid the road closed signs. The public is asked to adhere to the posted signage and take alternate routes.
There s no word yet on what may have caused the crash that killed the pilot and left two injured. The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating.
EDEN â Investigators from the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board were busy analyzing the crash site and wreckage here Thursday after a Duke Energy Bell 429 helicopter crashed Wednesday, killing the pilot and injuring the two other men on board. We have two investigators down there today, examining the scene, looking for mechanical issues, structural damage, fractures or fatigue of the metal â things that are obvious to the eye that may have contributed to the accident, said Keith Holloway, a NTSB spokesman in Washington, D.C.