House Fire
At 3:17 Tuesday morning, the Stearns County Emergency Communications Center received a call regarding a large fire in a residential area. The fire location was determined to be 8942 Ivy Road in St. Joseph Township. Upon arrival, deputies located a fully engulfed residential home. Deputies evacuated neighboring houses and secured the area for the fire department. The property owner, 31-year-old Trent Henkel, was not home at the time of the fire. The Stearns County Sheriff’s Office was assisted by the St. Joseph, Waite Park, Cold Spring, Rockville, and St. Augusta Fire Departments. The cause of the fire is under investigation by the State Fire Marshall and the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office.