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As you all have heard or read by now, Gov. Walz ordered the use of masks in all buildings in his new Executive Order 20-81. Since this announcement I have been contacted by a number of people asking how the Sheriff’s Office would enforce the mask order.  I can tell you that we will continue to do the same enforcement that we have been doing since the Governor started his executive orders. No…

On June 30, 2014, 33-year-old Andrea Boeve was enjoying a bike ride along the shoulder of Highway 270 near Steen with her two daughters, 4 and 1, in a child bike trailer. It was around 11:30 a.m. on a Monday. About that same time, Chris Weber was also traveling eastbound on 270 in a flatbed truck when he picked up his cell phone to complete a bank transaction. His eyes left the road for a second…