Tuesday, March 17, 2009

ARMED ROBBERY

2009-03-17

13:16:47

ARMED ROBBERY

Authorities in the International Falls area are searching for a lone male suspect in connection with an armed robbery at the Rainy Lake One Stop.The incident occurred Saturday evening around 9 o'clock.The Koochiching Sheriff's Office says a white male wearing a black ski walked into the store on Highway 11, showed the clerk a gun in the waist band of his pans and ordered to show him the safe.He made off with an undisclosed amount of money.The suspect was also wearing a red "Stearns" type jacket, blue jeans and athletic shoes.He's described as being 5-foot 11-inches - weighing 165 pounds.

Train Derailment

 

2009-03-17

10:19:20

DERAILMENT

C-N Rail crews continue the clean-up today of a train derailment in the Rainy west of Emo.About eleven cars containing grain left the tracks around the noon hour yesterday in the area of Rainy River First Nation.

No one was injured, but a C-N official says the cause of the incident is still under investigation.