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Crash injures Onamia woman
The Minnesota State Patrol reported it was unknown if she was wearing her seat belt and alcohol was involved.
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ONAMIA A 52-year-old Onamia woman was injured Wednesday, June 30, when the vehicle she drove crashed south of Mille Lacs Lake in Mille Lacs County.
The Minnesota State Patrol was called at 9:22 p.m. to a crash where a Volkswagen Passat was traveling west on Highway 27 near 100th Avenue when it drifted slightly off the road to the right, overcorrected and went off road to the left.
Tammy L. Miller suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was transported to Mille Lacs Health System in Onamia. The state patrol reported it was unknown if she was wearing her seat belt and alcohol was involved.
Driver and passenger were taken to the hospital as a precaution.
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PAGE A Dodge Grand Caravan struck a deer Tuesday night, April 27, along Highway 169 in Mille Lacs County, sending the driver and a passenger to the hospital.
The Minnesota State Patrol responded at 9:40 p.m. to the crash on Highway 169 near 250th Street in Page Township. A 79-year-old woman and an 81-year-old man were taken by ambulance to the Mille Lacs Health System in Onamia as a precaution due to airbag deployment and their age, the state patrol reported.
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The winter storm caused power outages over the lakes area and Brainerd Public Schools chose to go two hours late Thursday because of weather conditions.
Power outages
About 9,400 Minnesota Power customers including in Crosby and Pequot Lakes lost power after heavy, wet snow knocked down trees onto power lines.
“Our crews worked through the night and by 6 a.m., had restored power to all but 500 customers,” Amy Rutledge, communications manager at Minnesota Power, stated in an email. Minnesota Power was down to about 44 customers without power by 11 a.m. and only two by 4:30 p.m.
Walz orders flags at half-staff in honor of paramedic who died on duty
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Toby Rowan, a paramedic, suffered a medical incident at the scene of a call and passed away.
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) - Governor Tim Walz is ordering flags to be flown at half-staff at federal and state government buildings on Thursday in honor of a Minnesota paramedic who died while on duty last week.
Toby Rowan was responding to a medical call when he collapsed at the scene and later passed away, according to the Mille Lacs County Sheriff s Office. Rowan worked as a paramedic for the Mille Lacs Health System in Onamia and Cuyuna Regional Medical Center in Crosby.