An Oakdale teen was killed Saturday afternoon when he crashed his motorcycle on Highway 132/Yosemite Boulevard east of Roberts Ferry, according to the California Highway Patrol. The crash was reported at about 2:25 p.m. The rider of a 2006 Suzuke was eastbound when he tried to make a left turn onto Crabtree Road but lost […]
A 22-year-old Maplewood man was killed in a car crash Sunday morning on Interstate 694 in Oakdale when he stopped his vehicle in the middle of the freeway and was rear-ended by another vehicle. According to the State Patrol, the accident occurred at 5:55 a.m. on I-694 south just south of 10th Street. The driver, […]
A 36-year-old man has received a 13-year term for fatally hitting another motorist while he fled in a stolen SUV from police in Oakdale. Scott David Hardy, of Wadena, Minn., was sentenced Friday in Washington County District Court after pleading guilty to fleeing a peace officer in a motor vehicle resulting in death in connection […]
Seven years ago, police investigated disturbing sex and drug allegations against an Oakdale doctor, who’s been free to continue seeing patients as additional investigations took place. Now, the Medical Board of California has taken disciplinary action against Dr. Mark Daniel Cook, who is accused of molesting his stepdaughter and prescribing dangerous combinations of drugs to […]
Mar. 15—After a six-year criminal and civil legal battle stemming from a complaint by her father, Danielle Kolashuk of Oakdale says she’s finally been vindicated. The New London County State’s Attorney’s Office last month dropped first-degree larceny and third-degree larceny charges against the 55-year-old mother of three. Norwich police, who investigated the case, alleged Kolashuk […]
A man accused of shooting at police during an hours-long standoff in Oakdale was charged on Wednesday with attempted murder and assault. Devione Leeante Malone, 25, of St. Paul was charged in the Monday night standoff. He’s now facing seven charges in Washington County District Court, including two counts of attempted murder of an officer […]
As Oakdale officers converged on Devione Leeante Malone, he told a woman who was with him and her young granddaughter that he would rather die than go back to prison. Malone soon fired a shot at an officer’s squad outside the woman’s house, then several more from a window of the home, according to Wednesday’s […]
As part of Metro Transit’s Gold Line bus rapid transit construction, parts of Interstate 694 in Oakdale will be closed overnight this week and next. The interstate will be closed between 10th Street and Interstate 94 in a single direction while crews begin removal of sections of the Fourth Street bridge in Oakdale. Overnight closures […]