On March 22nd, a note was sent off to fire departments in Southeast Minnesota asking for fire and rescue gear to send off to Ukraine. Well, that got forwarded and now, donations are coming in from all over the state!
Fire departments are often recognized as rescuing cats from trees, and other animals/pets caught in buildings that may be on fire, or in need of evacuation due to some emergency. One Southern Minnesota fire department ended up rescuing a duck after it got stuck inside of a chimney.
Faribault Fire Chief Dusty Dienst told those gathered at the Faribault City Council meeting Tuesday night he's looking forward to working for many years with four newly sworn paid-on-call firefighters.
Taking the oath were Brandon Ableman, Bryan Brazil, Jonathon Vargo and John Wunderlich...