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Three cars crash on Highway 61

A slew of emergency vehicles rushed to the intersection of U.S. Highway 61 and Northwest Fourth Avenue shortly after 6 p.m. after a three-car crash that left the involved vehicles severely damaged. When The Times was on the scene, it appeared that the vehicle occupants had already been extricated from the vehicles, but according to Forest Lake police, one person was transported to Regions Hospital with serious injuries (but was expected to survive) while two others had less severe injuries and were transported to Fairview Lakes Medical Center in Wyoming.broadstreet.zone(48036);
Roughly 15 emergency vehicles were counted at the scene of the crash around 6:30 p.m. Law enforcement had blocked both north and southbound Highway 61, though southbound drivers were being diverted to a side street that quickly brought them back onto 61 south of the crash.
One passenger car involved in the crash ended up in the ditch between the north and

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Injured vet gifted with mortgage-free Forest Lake home

Photo by Jason DeMoeStaff Sgt. Marko Milosevic walked the red carpet with his family in tow as they headed to check out their newly renovated Forest Lake home. Milosevic is a decorated war veteran with 12 tours to his credit.
U.S. Bank and veteran service organization Freedom Alliance presented the keys to a newly renovated, mortgage-free home in Forest Lake to medically retired Army Staff Sgt. Marko Milosevic and his family on the morning of Nov. 21. A large crowd of supporters and local dignitaries were gathered at the home to cheer for the family as the surprise was revealed.
“I am incredibly blown away and humbled to even have been considered for this program,” Milosevic said. “I know many people do not get a break like this, and I am hoping I can use this blessing as a platform to reach other veterans who are also healing mentally and physically.”broadstreet.zone(48036);
Milosevic was

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Man killed in snow plow accident

A 60-year-old Forest Lake man was killed the day before Thanksgiving after he was run over by a snow plow truck in Roseville.
According to law enforcement, Kirk Almendinger was also plowing snow in a separate truck in a FedEx parking lot on Long Lake Road in Roseville Nov. 23 around 4:20 a.m. He got out of his truck to talk to Ronald Chrast, the man he was plowing the lot with, and when the men finished talking, Chrast reportedly put his truck in reverse and accidentally ran over Almendinger, trapping him under the vehicle. Paramedics used a jack to remove the truck from him.broadstreet.zone(48036);
Almendinger, who was also a dentist in Wisconsin, died later that day at the Hennepin County Medical Center. A memorial service for him will be held at 6 p.m. Dec. 3 at Mattson Funeral Home in Forest Lake.

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