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Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Single rollover crash sends driver to hospital, charged after incident
MONTROSE, Colo. (KREX) – A driver who swerved his vehicle into an electrical box and a large tree was sent to the hospital and, ultimately, charged after the crash. Colorado State Patrol said the single rollover crash recently happened on 40350 Highway 15 in Montrose. The driver of a Subaru Impresa was traveling northbound on the highway before allegedly drifting right, across the shoulder and into the dirt. The driver reportedly swerved back across both lanes and onto the left dirt shoulder before striking an electrical box and a tree. The driver, Kevin Haskin, 40, was transported to the hospital but did not have any injuries, according to CSP. Haskin was charged with careless driving. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Residents survey the damage after tornado touches down in Bennett
BENNETT, Colo. (KDVR) — First responders and residents are surveying the damage after a tornado caused serious destruction in parts of Bennett. Ronnie was outside of her home in Bennett on Sunday afternoon when she noticed an alert on her phone. Tornadoes touchdown in NE Colorado, egg-sized hail reported: Photos, NWS data 'There was no wind, you think that there's going to be this precursor, this like, earth-shattering event to let you know that there's another event coming,' Ronnie said. 'The only warning I had was my phone went off, and it sounded like an Amber Alert or something. And I checked it out, and it was one of those weather alerts.' Right after the weather alert, footage Ronnie shared with FOX31 captured what rolled in. 'There's just this wall of this like tsunami of brown material headed my way,' she said. 'We occupied the safest room and it was just here. And I remember being shocked at how long it was here. Then I came back out and saw it, and it was just a beautiful day except for the war zone.' Rampart Search and Rescue deployed to the Bennett area to assist on Sunday. 'There was quite a bit of devastation, and so you feel for the folks that, you know, have lost everything,' David Haskin, chief of Rampart Search and Rescue, said. 'The house behind me, we just found out that the house was just sold. I don't know if the new people are here in town or they're out of town, but that will be a little bit of a shock for them when they find out the devastation of it. Haskin and the volunteer search and rescue team flew drones to help the damage assessment team, helped to block roads with downed power lines and responded to homes to make sure residents were not stuck under debris. 'A family didn't have power, so they were looking at a way that they could get water for their livestock,' Haskin said. 'We reached out to the Adams County Public Works Department to see if they could bring a tender in to fill up their water bales.' At least 20 structures damaged by tornadoes in eastern Colorado on Sunday Ronnie said community members and volunteers came out quickly to help in the midst of the chaos. 'The community really kicked in,' Ronnie said. 'There was probably about, I would say, easily 30 plus people out here last night, late into the night.' Adams County's emergency notification process is managed by AdCom-911 using the CodeRed system. The sheriff's department tells FOX31 that residents also receive notifications from the National Weather Service through the Emergency Alert System. You can learn more about these systems here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
27-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Ice-out contest for White Bear Lake, Bald Eagle Lake, gets underway
While winters in Minnesota are often unpredictable, count on the return of the ice-out contest for White Bear Lake and Bald Eagle Lake this year. As with previous years, participants can submit one entry per person with an ice-out date for one or both lakes. Entries must be submitted by March 3 before midnight and there is no fee. For more information and to make a prediction go to Participants are encouraged to mention their favorite local business and multiple winners will be declared and drawn at random from those who guess the correct date. People can also participate on Facebook leading up to the ice-out dates by guessing the ice measurements on specific dates. Prizes include gift cards to local businesses which can be claimed at the contest's ice-out party at Washington Square Bar and Grill at 4736 Washington Square in White Bear Lake. Haskins said he's going after the title of the largest ice-out contest in the country this year. He said he started the contest to support local businesses during the pandemic. 'And my goal was to bring as much attention to the local community, the business community, as I could. You know, just to help give as much benefit and boost to exposure to them. And that's really still at the core of what the contest is about,' Haskins said. Sponsored by Nimble Impressions – Haskin's marketing agency in White Bear Lake – and Rally WBA, the contest includes prizes and gift cards donated by local businesses. Multiple winners will be declared after the White Bear Lake Conservation District makes the ice-out official. The conservation district is responsible for declaring an ice-out on White Bear Lake, Haskins said, while he will handle declaring ice-out on Bald Eagle Lake. According to the state Department of Natural Resources, the definition of a lake ice-out can vary by lake, such as when a lake is 90%, or completely, free of ice or when it is possible to navigate from certain points on the water. If a person could drive a boat 50 feet off-shore around the perimeter of the lake without running into ice and middle sections of the lake are free of large ice masses, it would be considered an ice-out, according to the Rally WBA website. Last year's ice-out date for both lakes was March 8. However, by mid-February last year, the ice only measured at seven inches for Bald Eagle Lake. As of Feb. 23 this year, that measurement was 22 inches. The latest ice-out date for Bald Eagle Lake was May 2, 2018; for White Bear Lake, the latest ice-out was May 4 in 2018 and 1950. Meanwhile, the it's important to remember lake ice can be dangerous. On Thursday a car reported to have submerged into White Bear Lake in late January was removed by a private towing company, according to the Ramsey County Sheriff's Office. The driver told Ramsey County deputies at the time of the report that he was crossing the lake when his front wheels broke through the ice and water started coming through the floorboards. He was able to exit the car through the front driver's side window before going home. Local News | White Bear Lake assistant fire chief tapped to be Mahtomedi chief Local News | White Bear Lake tattoo artist sentenced to federal prison for buying and selling stolen body parts
