WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – On Sunday afternoon, Austin Pederson went into the water at O.J. Watson Park to retrieve a ball his niece had kicked in. He did not come back alive. Austin had just used his last paycheck to buy his marriage license, intending to marry on Father’s Day. His fiancé, Tommi Speer, said […]
Jan. 13—MONTEVIDEO — Law enforcement in Chippewa County started efforts to make contact with Joseph Rongstad on Wednesday, or roughly a full day before he became the focus of a tense standoff in the community of Watson. Social media posts he made Wednesday, while not containing explicit threats, led law enforcement to suspect that he […]