A potential tragedy was averted, recently, when a visitor at Island Park came upon a loaded handgun in Island Park, a place frequented by local children.
According to Windom Assistant Police Chief Cory Hillesheim, the gun was discovered laying in the grass. Officers took custody of the firearm, storing it in a safe place. Police did not identify the type of handgun that was found.
For more details on the past weeks worth of crime in Windom and throughout the county, see the July 28 edition of the Cottonwood County Citizen and Citizen eEdition.
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