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28-May-2026

Homeless Man Sentenced For Child Porn

A homeless man from St. Cloud has pleaded guilty and was immediately sentenced for having child sexual abuse material. A Stearns County judge sentenced 45-year-old Matthew Monson to 10 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to four counts of possessing child sexual abuse material while being a registered predatory offender. Nine other counts were dismissed at the settlement conference and sentencing. Monson also pleaded guilty to a different charge for failing to fulfill registration requirements as a predatory offender. His sentence on that charge will be served at the same time as his child pornography sentence. According to the charges, Google flagged several images and videos of child sexual abuse material coming from two IP addresses at a Holdingford rehabilitation center. Court records show Monson lived at the facility and is linked to a customer "cloud storage" account where the images were stored. An investigator with the Stearns County Sheriff's Office met with Monson in January and confiscated his phone. The officer conducted an extraction on Monson's phone and allegedly found more than 1000 images and videos involving the sexual exploitation of children. Court records show Monson's criminal history includes two convictions for criminal sexual conduct in both Stearns County and Roberts County, South Dakota.

 

 

 

 

 

28-May-2026

One Vehicle Rollover

A Randall man was injured after rolling his SUV on Saturday morning. The Stearns County Sheriff's Office says they received a call around 10:40 a.m. about a crash near the address of 35733 County Road 10 in Albany Township. The Sheriff's Department says when they arrived, the driver of the SUV, 43-year-old Michael Ninow Jr.of Randall, told them that he had served to miss a deer and then went into the ditch, struck a driveway, and rolled the vehicle. Ninow sustained minor injuries. Albany Fire & Rescue and Melrose Ambulance assisted.

 

 

 

 

 

27-May-2026

ATV Accident

A woman is seriously hurt after falling out of an ATV. The Morrison County Sheriff's Office says the incident happened on Saturday at about 1:20 p.m. on Sage Road, about five miles southeast of Hillman. Nineteen-year-old Dylan Batien of Milaca was diving a side-by-side on Sage Road, traveling about 40 miles an hour.  Nineteen-year-old passenger Izabella Roffe of Milaca fell out of the side-by-side while it was moving and suffered severe injuries.  Roffe was not wearing a seatbelt or helmet. She was airlifted to North Memorial Hospital by North Air Care.

 

 

 

 

27-May-2026

ATV Crash

Two people suffered minor injuries after an ATV and a vehicle crashed near Litchfield on Monday. The incident happened at the intersection of Meeker County Road 1 and 608th Avenue just before Noon. The sheriff's office says 33-year-old Dean Nystrom of Litchfield was driving the machine illegally on County Road 1 when he failed to signal his turn and collided with another vehicle. Nystrom and his passenger, 27-year-old Austin Wieling of Willmar, were both taken to Meeker Memorial Hospital with minor injuries. The driver of the car, 18-year-old MacKenzie Straumann of Cosmos, and her passenger, 18-year-old Kenna Lund of Litchfield, were not hurt. Nystrom was also cited for Driving After Revocation.

 

 

 

 

 

27-May-2026

Burglary

A juvenile is in custody after an early-morning break-in at a Cenex gas station in Battle Lake. Deputies were called just after 1:00 a.m. on Monday, May 25 for a burglary alarm at 36879 State Highway 210. Upon arrival, officials say they found a door had been forced opened. Investigators later determined several items had been stolen from the business. Officials say a male juvenile was identified, and later located and arrested. He was taken to the West Central Regional Juvenile Center in Moorhead on suspicion of third-degree burglary, possession of burglary tools and first-degree criminal damage to property. The case remains under investigation.