High temperatures, strong winds spark fire danger in state
Weather conditions with high wind gusts Tuesday created a high fire danger in the Northland and lakes area. 5:00 am, May 27, 2021 ×
The Pillager Fire Department Tuesday, May 25, responded to a barn fire, west of the Huntin Shack in Pillager. Photo by Klistie Shingledecker
Mother Nature appeared to be of two minds when it came to temperatures this week.
Though it’s spring, in the Brainerd lakes area the thermometer bounced between temperatures more associated with summer and fall.
This week started around 50 degrees Sunday, May 23, then featured two days of temperatures in the 80s before falling back down to the 50s Wednesday. The weather in-between, especially Tuesday, also created a higher fire danger.
Two teens were injured just after 2:20 a.m. Saturday after colliding with a tree and a home on West Seventh Street, according to a Hopkinsville Police Department report.
The report states, Kenji White, 15, Hopkinsville, had taken his motherâs keys and was driving her vehicle without permission.
According to the report, White was driving east at around the 900 block of West Seventh Street between South Fowler Avenue and South McPherson Street when he left the roadway, crossing the opposing lane a struck a sidewalk before continuing and striking several bushes and then a tree in the yard of 922 W. 7th St.
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May 23, 2021 | 7:35 AM
Two teenagers were injured Saturday morning after their vehicle left West Seventh Street and struck a tree a and a home.
A few minutes after 2:30 a.m. an eastbound vehicle driven by 15-year old Kenji White of Hopkinsville left West Seventh between South Fowler Avenue and South McPherson Street, according to the Hopkinsville police collision report.
The car went over the sidewalk, struck bushes and hit a tree, causing a large portion to fall onto the roof of a home.
The vehicle then struck the corner of a home at 922 West Seventh.