Dispatch Online
Area News
Area Sports
Auto
Business
Church
Classified Ads
Food
FYI
Golfing
Health
Living
National News
National Sports
Neighbors
News Archives
North Country
Obits
Opinion
People
Technology
Tempo
Up North
What's Doing?
Weather
The Best Comics

Features
Area Movie Schedules
Area TV Listings
Ultimate Yellow Pages
Personal Connections
Website of the Week
"Fargo" - The Movie

Information
Dispatch Web Cams!
'Not Quite Virtual' Tour!
Subscribe
Contact us

Links
Gamers Edge
Morris News Network
Cool Sites
Minnesota Websites
World Websites
Kid Stuff
Area Churches
Area Schools

Web posted Tuesday, April 11, 2000   A Brainerd firefighter doused a hot spot in the inside of a barn Monday at the Mark and Deborah Rudningen farm in southwest Baxter. The barn was destroyed in the fire. Several goats and chickens died. Deborah Rudningen was treated at St. Joseph's Medical Center for smoke inhalation. (Dispatch Photo by Clint Wood) Barn burns Woman is hospitalized By MATT ERICKSON Staff Writer A fire Monday afternoon in southwest Baxter left a barn in ashes and sent a woman to St. Joseph's Medical Center. The Brainerd Fire Department reported that the barn of Mark and Deborah Rudningen was a total loss. Damage was estimated at $30,000. The cause of the fire is still under investigation by the Brainerd Fire Department, but Fire Chief Kevin Mahle said it appears as if a heat lamp was tipped over in the barn, starting some hay on fire. "That's the way we're leaning, but nothing is set in stone yet," he said. The Rudningens lost several goats and chickens in the fire. Mahle said the Rudningen's son apparently tried to gain entry into the barn during the fire, but he was unable to because of the amount of smoke and high heat coming off of the fire. Deborah Rudningen was treated at St. Joseph's Medical Center for smoke inhalation.

E-mail this story to a friend!

More lakes area news!