Sartell News

It could be a week or longer before Verso officials can complete an assessment of the damage done to its Sartell paper mill from a Memorial Day explosion and fire that killed one employee and injured four others.

Tim O'Driscoll gives a speech as people in the bleachers and band members listen during the Memorial Day ceremony in Sartell's Veterans' Park.

Virtually everyone who knew Jon Michael Maus describes him in glowing terms as an outstanding community member, a loving husband and father and a very hard-working man.

Boys and girls will have a chance to polish their softball/baseball skills, with the help of professional experts, at a skills clinic set for Sartell.

Eight Forest Service workers faced down death last year in BWCA fire Star Tribune : "A dramatic new post-mortem on last summer's Pagami Creek forest fire acknowledges that eight U.S. Forest Service employees feared for their lives when trapped by a surprise surge of the inferno and recommends several changes in fire-management tactics to prevent ... (more)

A former U.S. Army Special Forces officer in Dubai says he won't come back to the United States despite a court order to return his 1-year-old daughter because his wife needs to return to the United Arab Emirates to face a charge of adultery that he has lodged against her.

Efforts to fully extinguish a fire at the Verso Paper mill in Sartell are expected to be done Friday, Fire Chief Ken Heim said today.

Firefighters and emergency personnel gather as they fight a fire following an explosion Monday, May 28, 2012 at the Verso Paper Co.

Authorities are seeking answers after an explosion rocked a century-old paper mill in central Minnesota this week, leaving one worker dead, the facility precarious, and a major local employer in jeopardy.

Gov. Dayton is pledging state support to help the burned Sartell paper mill. A coalition targets farmers to clean up river sludge.

Sartell will get a new office park development near Minnesota Highway 15. Sartell City Council on Tuesday approved granting a conditional use permit within the planned unit development for a property at Dehler Drive and LeSauk Drive to allow mixed-use development.

The Mississippi River city of Sartell plans to bring in a structural engineer to check the integrity of a paper mill as it begins investigating the cause of an explosion and fire that killed one person and injured five others.

One person was killed and four were injured in an explosion that caused a large fire at a paper mill in Sartell, Minn.

Just over a day after an explosion rocked the Verso paper mill in Sartell killing one worker and hurting five others, Governor Mark Dayton and area lawmakers are voicing their concerns on whether the plant will be rebuilt.

The Verso Paper Corp. operation in Sartell may have been brought to its knees with Monday's explosion and fire, but there was perhaps a growing feeling today that it hasn't been put down for the count.

SARTELL, Minn. - Authorities have identified the person killed in Monday's explosion and fire at a paper mill in central Minnesota.

It's the biggest fire in Sartell history. It required firefighters to recall their hours of training, to try new firefighting tactics and work across municipal boundaries.

St. Cloud's Apollo High School has announced its top 10 students for 2012. * John Brennan, son of Kevin and Nancy Brennan of St.

SARTELL, Minn. -- One person is dead and five others have been injured after an explosion in the Verso Paper mill Monday morning.

Officials say one person was killed and four hurt in the explosion and subsequent fire at the Verso Paper Plant in Sartell.