Officials from the Texas Department of Transportation (TXDOT) released information on various lane closures and updates due to ongoing projects: On Monday, June 24, expect various lane closures on Spur 591 in Potter County for patching operations. On Monday, northbound traffic will either be detoured from Fillmore Street over to Buchanan Street or from Buchanan […]
Authorities in Fillmore were investigating two gunfire incidents in the city Tuesday. The shots were heard around 2 p.m., said Ventura County Sheriff’s Capt. Ken Truitt, although investigators remained at the scene as of 7:45 p.m. The sheriff’s office is contracted to provide police services in Fillmore. The sheriff’s major crimes unit had set up […]
Attempted robbery at Fillmore bank leads to 1 arrest A 19-year-old man was arrested in connection with a May 28 attempted robbery of a Fillmore Wells Fargo bank. The Fillmore man walked into the bank in 600 block of Ventura Street at 12:30 p.m. and handed a note to a teller demanding money, according to […]
May 31—PRESTON, Minn. — Three students from Winona Middle School were injured in a school bus rollover crash on Friday, May 31, 2024. The sixth-grade class was on a field trip to Forestville/Mystery Cave State Park when one of the buses “ended up on its side” on 212th Street near Preston, according to Winona Area […]
May 2—ST. PAUL — A fugitive with ties to southeast Minnesota was captured Tuesday, April 30, 2024, in Michigan. William Guy Amick III was taken into custody by U.S. Marshals in Milan, Michigan, according to an update from the Minnesota Department of Public Safety Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. He is awaiting extradition to Minnesota. Amick […]
(COLORADO SPRINGS) — Crews continue to work on the I-25 project to add acceleration and deceleration lanes between Fillmore Street and Garden of the Gods Road, and overnight lanes closures are planned for late February. According to the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), there will be overnight single-lane closures on I-25, in both northbound and […]
Feb. 23—BEAVER TOWNSHIP, Minn. — Fifteen dogs were seized from a property in southwestern Fillmore County on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024. The Fillmore County Sheriff’s Office and Animal Humane Society completed the search warrant animal rescue around 10 a.m. on Thursday in Beaver Township, near LeRoy, according to a statement from the Sheriff’s Office. The […]
Here’s a roundup of recent incidents and announcements from Ventura County agencies: Pedestrian killed in hit-and-run identified The name of a pedestrian fatally struck in a hit-and-run collision on Harbor Boulevard in Ventura last week has been released by authorities. Peter Bashkiroff was 75, according to the Ventura County Medical Examiner’s Office. Bashkiroff was described […]
One person was pronounced deceased at the scene after Topeka police were called just before 6 p.m. Friday to the site of a shooting in the 600 block of S.W. Fillmore, said police Lt. Ron Ekis. The homicide was under investigation, he said. No arrests had been made. The victim’s name, age and gender weren’t […]