KITCHENER The Summer Solstice Crawl returned this weekend, after taking a year off due to the pandemic. The event is a local initiative aimed at supporting small businesses. “This is something that we’ve done for many years in Uptown [Waterloo],” says Tracy Van Kalsbeek, the executive director of the Uptown Waterloo BIA. “We encourage people to come and visit restaurants in Uptown and do basically a pub crawl, but it’s more like a food crawl.” Participants will be visiting 14 different restaurants over the next few weeks. Each location is featuring a different item for the tour. “Arugula salad from Prohibition Warehouse, Dana Shortt and her shortbreads are amazing,” says Van Kalsbeek. “There’s ice cream as well at Scoop du Jour.”
Jennifer Lewerenz
(KNSI) – Two people were hurt when a home in rural Stearns County caught fire.
The sheriff’s office says the fire started in an upstairs bedroom at 35274 County Road 4 in St. Wendel Township, about three miles northwest of St. Joseph, around 2:30 on Saturday afternoon.
When firefighters arrived, they found 70-year-old Dana Crosswhite outside the house sitting in her car.
She told officials that her son, 47-year-old Theodore Dirks of St. Joseph, was still inside on the main level.
Deputies and firefighters got him out of the home, and he was taken by ambulance for treatment. Paramedics also took Crosswhite to the hospital.
Fire Crews Respond to House Fire Near St. Joseph Saturday
The incident happened Saturday around 2:30 p.m. at 35274 County Road 4 in St. Wendel Township.
Fire crews arrived to find 70-year-old
Dana Crosswhite, of St. Joseph, outside the house sitting in her car. She told authorities her son, 47-year-old
Theodore Dirks, was still inside.
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Firefighters were able to find Dirks and got him to safety. He was evaluated at the scene before being taken to St. Cloud Hospital for further treatment.
A second ambulance also arrived to take Crosswhite to the hospital. Authorities say neither person suffered life-theatening injuries.