Weekly CO report
District 12 - Princeton area
Last updated: 2025-04-28CO Tshungtsim Thao (Buffalo) spent time checking turkey hunters on public lands with most hunters having no success. Time was also spent checking anglers. Violation?s encountered included take fish without a license. Miscellaneous wildlife calls were handled as well.
CO Blong Lor (Center City) spent the week working anglers. He worked turkey hunters as well. Time was also spent investigating a trapping issue.
CO Mike Krauel (Mora) spent the week checking anglers and turkey hunters. CO Krauel also attended K9 training. CO Krauel and K9 Bolt also assisted other officers and the local sheriff?s office with the search for a missing child. The child was located and reunited with his parents.
CO Koleby Dingmann (Sauk Rapids) spent the week working sport fishing and turkey hunting activity. ATV activity was monitored in the area. CO Dingmann attended the foley high school career day event.
CO Justin Frisch (Cambridge) spent the week monitoring angling in the area. The bite has slowed on some lakes and picked up on others. Frisch also checked a few turkey hunters. A law talk was given at an ATV Safety class in Cambridge.
CO Trent Seamans (Big Lake) focused patrols on angling and recreational vehicle activity. Additional time was spent investigating multiple TIP calls and handling camping related complaints in the Sand Dunes State Forest. Enforcement action for the week included fishing without a license, taking a northern pike in the closed season, operating a watercraft with expired registration, and driving a vehicle off road in a closed state forest.
CO Emmitt Winkels (Milaca) focused on fishing and watercraft violations this week. CO Winkels also dealt with a large number of TIPs as weather improves. Time was also spent with ATV violations.