{"id":357634,"date":"2025-08-19T20:30:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T20:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/357634\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T20:30:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T20:30:10","slug":"authorities-community-team-up-to-find-missing-new-london-minnesota-man-west-central-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/357634\/","title":{"rendered":"Authorities, community team up to find missing New London, Minnesota, man – West Central Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"

SUNBURG<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 A 76-year-old man was treated and later released after a drone located him Monday evening in a wooded area in rural Sunburg.<\/p>\n

According to a news release from the <\/p>\n

Kandiyohi County Sheriff\u2019s Office,<\/a><\/p>\n

the <\/p>\n

New London<\/a><\/p>\n

man was out checking deer stands with his 77-year-old friend from <\/p>\n

Spicer<\/a><\/p>\n

when their all-terrain vehicle became stuck.<\/p>\n

His friend went to find assistance and the two became separated. A missing persons report was made shortly after 6 p.m. Monday<\/p>\n

Deputies learned the New London man had been missing for more than three hours and had a medical condition.<\/p>\n

A search of the area \u2014 in the 9900 block of Minnesota Highway 9, east of Sunburg \u2014 was quickly organized and included ATVs, drones, K-9 units, a helicopter and people searching on foot.<\/p>\n

At around 8:40 p.m. the man was located by a drone. Searchers on an ATV were guided to his location and brought him to medical personnel waiting at the scene. He was transported by ambulance to CentraCare \u2014 Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar where he was treated and later released.<\/p>\n

The Sheriff\u2019s Office was assisted by the Sunburg Ambulance, Sunburg Fire Department, New London Fire Department, Lakes Area Rural Responders, Minnesota State Patrol Air Wing and troopers, and civilian volunteers.<\/p>\n

In a written statement, Sheriff Eric Tollefson wrote, \u201cThe Sheriff\u2019s Office extends its appreciation to all who contributed to the search and is thankful for the successful outcome.\u201d<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"Dale<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

Dale Morin is a reporter with the West Central Tribune. He covers public safety and breaking news beats.<\/p>\n

Dale can be reached at dmorin@wctrib.com or by phone 320-214-4368. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SUNBURG \u2014 A 76-year-old man was treated and later released after a drone located him Monday evening in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":357635,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,125896,125897,393,4884,257,125898,125899,83159,59819,125900,125895,125901,16,15,125902],"class_list":{"0":"post-357634","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-community-bands-together","10":"tag-dale-morin","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-london","14":"tag-man-lost-in-woods","15":"tag-missing-man","16":"tag-mn","17":"tag-sheriffs-office","18":"tag-stuck-atv","19":"tag-sunburg","20":"tag-to-find-missing-new-london-man","21":"tag-uk","22":"tag-united-kingdom","23":"tag-willmar-mn"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115057329707819757","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=357634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357634\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/357635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}