Crime & Safety

Central Minnesota Deputy's Bloodhound Finds Missing 75-Year-Old Man Stuck On River Bank

A man missing from a central Minnesota medical center is safe thanks to a deputy and her quick-moving K-9.

(WCCO)

June 25, 2026

A man missing from a central Minnesota medical center is safe thanks to a deputy and her quick-moving K-9.

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Investigators say the 75-year-old man wandered away from a facility Monday evening in St. Cloud and his medical condition put him at higher risk of getting hurt.

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Stearns County Deputy Laura Berg and her bloodhound K-9, Storm/Hailey Harris/WCCO

Stearns County Deputy Laura Berg and her bloodhound K-9, Storm, rushed to help. Storm tracked the man's scent through the woods and found him stuck on a steep bank of the Sauk River.

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