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Remembering John Liebenstein
Remembering John Liebenstein
Remembering John Liebenstein
Rice County Deputy John Liebenstein badge #115 was lost on this day (May 3) back in 1996. On the Officer Down Memorial Page, it states that he was killed by a vehicle that rammed his patrol car at 90 mph during a pursuit.
Extra DWI Patrols
Extra DWI Patrols
Extra DWI Patrols
Rice County Towards Zero Deaths announced there will be increased patrols looking for impaired drivers this St. Patrick's Day holiday weekend. It’s the second-leading holiday for DWI arrests per hour, only behind Labor Day. And because this year St...
Hutchinson Man Arrested In Lonsdale
Hutchinson Man Arrested In Lonsdale
Hutchinson Man Arrested In Lonsdale
In a press release Saturday afternoon, Lonsdale Police Chief Jason Schmitz stated that around 2:30PM, Lonsdale officers were checking on a suspicious vehicle at TCU Elementary in Lonsdale. When they entered the lot, the vehicle headed toward an exit...
House Fire In Lonsdale
House Fire In Lonsdale
House Fire In Lonsdale
About 11:27 Saturday morning the Rice County Sheriff's Office received a report of a garage on fire at 11840 Falls Trail in rural Lonsdale. Fire units and deputies responded and they found on arrival that the fire had spread to the attached house...

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