Sheriff

A recently approved health care contract is expected to save the McLeod County Jail about $16,000 in annual medical expenses.

At least five fish houses were burglarized Wednesday night, according to reports received by the Meeker County Sheriff's Department Thursday.

No one was injured when a single-engine airplane made an emergency landing near Glencoe Wednesday afternoon (Jan. 6).

The McLeod County Police and Peace Officers Association is offering a scholarship for students enrolled in law enforcement or a related field.

Kevin and Kathleen Finstad don’t work in law enforcement, but the McLeod County Sheriff’s Office honored them Friday (Dec. 18) for acting like deputies.

After 23 years, McLeod County sheriff’s dispatcher Sharel Hoops is changing her phone number. She’ll no longer answer when you dial 911.

The sheriff’s office investigated a three-vehicle crash on Babcock Avenue near State Highway 7, south of Winsted, Sunday night.

The Meeker County Sheriff’s Office recently received $39,550 in federal Homeland Security and Emergency Management grant funding for two outdoor warning sirens.

The McLeod County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in halting a rash of thefts in northern McLeod County.

A Silver Lake man reported missing was later found dead Sunday afternoon.