GRANT COUNTY – The name of a person who died in a head-on collision on Sunday, Sept. 11 in Grant County has been released.
He is Tyler David Stone of Hoffman, 18, according to a Minnesota State Patrol accident report.
The fatal crash happened at Highway 79 and County Road 21 near Sanford Township at 4:29 p.m. Continue reading at echopress.com →
Hall of Famer Viktor Wilson passed away on August 8th. He was 86 years old. A native of Rochester, Minn., Wilson was a long-time coach at Stillwater High School in Stillwater, Minn.
He was inducted into the Minnesota Wrestling Coaches Association Dave Bartelma Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2010.
Hall of Famer Tom Beyer passed away on July 23, 2022. He was 64 years old. A native of Morris, Minn., Beyer was a long-time coach at Willmar High School in Willmar, Minn. He was inducted into the Minnesota Wrestling Coaches Association Dave Bartelma Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2010 and the Minnesota Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2020.
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“It is with sincere sorrow that we have to announce the loss of one of our Bison family members, as we learned of the tragic passing of Damian over the weekend,” said Kish.
Mendez signed with the Bison in March of 2022. He was set to join the Bison this fall and was intending to major in Sport Management at NDSU.
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