By Tyler Trieglaff

Notes from the Chief

Notes from the Chief…I would like to thank those that helped with and those who brought their kids to the Bike Rodeo on Saturday, May 3. I would say we had a pretty successful first run. We had about 20 kids show up throughout the event. 

We took the kids through on a couple different obstacle courses with cones and stop signs, using hand signals and showing how to scan for traffic. There also was a turtle race; whoever ever finishes last without putting a foot down, wins. I will definitely be back next year to defend my title!  

We also had some volunteers helping with minor bicycle repair and proper tire inflation as well as talking about proper helmet fit and bicycle size for kids. We had hot dogs, chips and juice boxes for the kids as well. We gave away three new bicycles of various sizes. We also gave away several helmets and front and rear lights for the bikes.  

Notes from the Farm…57 is the magic number this week. This leaves us with about 20 to go. I will get a closer count this week. We separated all the mamas with babies so the ones that have not calved, (not calfed), are in their own pasture making things easier to manage.  

The bulls are also with the pregnant cows as some of the first ones to calve could be coming into heat soon. We don’t want to have any bull to cow contact until July if at all possible. It always seems that one will jump the fence, but we try to keep them separated as best we can.   

Numbers show that we had about 75 percent of the herd calve in the first heat cycle, I will take those numbers every year.  

Our spring field work is done and our huge corn crop of 40 acres is in the ground along with about five acres of food plots for the deer. Soon it will be time to get the haybines out of the shed for their annual maintenance check and the round baler will be right behind that.

Have a good week!

Thursday May 1

11:24 p.m. Assist with a fire at Acorn Lake Trailer Park.

Friday May 2

1:46 p.m. Vehicle unlock.

2:55 p.m. Disturbance on Cherry Ave over property.

5:23 p.m. Assist with a welfare check on St Hwy 87.

6:03 p.m. Traffic complaint on Chilton Rd.

10:12 p.m. Assist with a suicide related call.

Saturday May 3

9:30 a.m. Bicycle Rodeo at the Frazee Police Department

4:17 p.m. Traffic stop for a dog riding on drivers lap.

4:50 p.m. Issue between neighbors as to where one was throwing dog feces. Unknown exactly the property line was.  

6:23 p.m. Male party wanting to get property back from an ex as she has a restraining order on him now. 

Sunday, May 4

1:28 a.m. Traffic stop for a vehicle squealing its tires two times. Teen male driver told the officer that the first time it was an accident. Officer replied with, “Not in a Chevy Impala.” Driver and his friends were pleasant so officer suggested a better place to squeal tires at this time of night was the DL City Park.

6:18 p.m. 911 hang-up on Lake St N. All ok.

6:30 p.m. Report of a loose dog on Main Ave E. Dog was returned to owner through the power of social media.

Monday, May 5

8 a.m. Traffic stop for stop sign violation.

8:16 a.m. Traffic stop for stop sign violation.

1:07 p.m. Loose dog on Main Ave E. Owner notified.

1:40 p.m. Disturbance between niece and aunt over family issues.

3:24 p.m. Traffic stop for driving after revocation.

4:59 p.m. Complaint that a neighbor works late on his ATV’s and other equipment and revs the engines. Also a complaint that the male stands naked in his window. Officer asked that the complainant call when the issues are going on.  

5:04 p.m. Traffic complaint on Lake St. S.

6:02 p.m. Complaint of tailgating on St Hwy 87 coming into Frazee.  UTL.

Tuesday, May 6

12:05 a.m. Assist with a funeral escort.

5:51 p.m. Warrant arrest of Christopher Mills, 36, Frazee.

Wednesday, May 7

9:41 a.m. Traffic stop with warning for speed.

1:59 p.m. Parent asked that an officer talk with a 6-year-old about hitting kids and adults at school.

8:23 p.m. Traffic stop for speed.

8:44 p.m. Assist with identification of a gas drive off.

10:23 p.m. Assist folks at the gas station with a flat tire.

Thursday, May 8

7:58 a.m. Traffic stop for speed.

8:38 a.m. Assist male at the PD with locating an address for his relatives.