Tractor, truck crash injures one

A driver of a pickup was seriously injured Monday night when his 2014 GMC Sierra collided with a trailer of corn pulled by a tractor in Silver Brook Township, forcing a closure of the highway to clean up the corn and clear the vehicles.

A 911 call about the accident came into the Carlton County Sheriff’s Office at 9:30 p.m. Monday. The accident report says Kyle Leveau, 26, of Wrenshall, was driving the tractor east on Carlton County Road 4 southeast of Wrenshall and attempted to turn into a driveway when the pickup hit the trailer. Pickup driver Caleb Schillo, 25, of Wrenshall, was hurt when t...