A 16-year-old boy was seriously injured in a single-vehicle rollover in rural Redwood County Thursday evening. According to the Redwood County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were called shortly after 6 p.m. October 1st to the area of County State Aid Highway 15 and Justice Avenue. Authorities say a 2001 Ford Ranger had entered the south ditch and rolled onto its driver’s side. The 16-year-old driver was trapped inside the vehicle and had sustained serious injuries. Emergency crews were able to free the teen from the pickup. He was initially transported to CentraCare – Redwood Falls Hospital and was later flown by North Memorial Air Care to North Memorial Hospital for further treatment. The Sheriff’s Office says alcohol is not believed to have been a factor in the crash. Several agencies assisted at the scene, including the Lamberton Police Department and Ambulance, Sanborn First Responders and Fire Department, Tracy Ambulance, and the Walnut Grove Police Department and Ambulance.
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Jackson County Sheriff’s Office reported 30 calls from September 28th to October 1st. Among the most serious was a fatal single-vehicle rollover on the evening of the 30th in Rost Township. Deputies responded shortly after 7 p.m. to County Road 34 near County Road 9. According to the Sheriff’s Office, a 2026 Outlander driven by a 62-year-old William Wood of St. Paul was traveling west when it entered the ditch and rolled onto its hood. Wood was the only person in the vehicle and was pronounced dead at the scene. Lakefield Fire and Ambulance, the Minnesota State Patrol and Warmka Towing assisted. Deputies responded to a a 911 call reporting a missing 3-year-old child in Jackson who had gotten out of the house. The child was located while the caller was still on the phone with dispatch. Other calls during the four-day period included domestic disturbances, child custody and protection issues, threats made toward a local business and a report of a counterfeit one-dollar bill discovered at a Jackson bank. An 18-year-old Jackson woman was arrested for Child Endangerment and Underage Consumption. Deputies also responded to a report of a wrong-way driver on Highway 71 in Jackson. A full listing of all calls for the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department is available by clicking the link below.
Jackson County Sheriff’s Office Report September 28th to October 1st
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September Weather Stats 10/1/2026
The monthly weather statistics have been reported for the city of Windom in September. The information is compiled by local weather observer Dave Fjeld, and reported to the National Weather Service Office in Sioux Falls. It was a much wetter September this year than we saw in 2025. We received five and 14 hundredths of an inch of precipitation for the month compared to two and 35 hundreths in 2025. Even with a wetter September, for the year we are still about two tenths of an inch behind last year with total precipitation for the year at 22 and 62 hundreths of an inch. The high temperature for the month was 91 degrees on September 5th. The low temperature for September was 50 degrees on the 16th of the month.
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The Cottonwood County Courthouse is getting ready for its close-up. If you notice a little extra activity around the courthouse in Windom on Tuesday, October 6th, there’s a pretty interesting reason why. Representatives from Marvin will be spending much of the day at the courthouse for a professional photoshoot featuring the building’s windows. Cottonwood County replaced the courthouse windows last fall, and following the project, Marvin asked the county for permission to photograph the finished installation for the company’s own advertising and promotional use. What may have originally sounded like a few pictures has turned into quite the production. The photoshoot could run from sunrise to sunset, with crews taking photographs of the courthouse windows from both inside and outside the historic building. In preparation, Marvin is also paying to have the courthouse windows professionally cleaned, inside and out. There will be a couple of temporary changes around the courthouse Tuesday as well. Marvin has requested that Third Avenue along the east side of the courthouse be closed for all or part of the day, and the courthouse’s east parking lot will be closed to employees and the public during the photoshoot. So if you see photographers, equipment and a little unusual activity around the Cottonwood County Courthouse Tuesday, don’t worry. Hollywood hasn’t moved into Windom but one of our local landmarks is apparently ready for its close-up.
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