Police reports: Jan. 15-16

Tuesday

—Deputy dispatched to Pet Watchers for an alarm, but later canceled.

—Female picked up on a Mower County warrant, placed in jail.

—Deputies assisted Grand Meadow Ambulance at the 200 block of Second Street SE.

—Officer responded to a stalled vehicle at Highway 218 and 18th Avenue NW.

—Officers dispatched on a medical at the 300 block of First Avenue NE.

—Community Service Officer removed a dead deer from a yard at the 1900 block of 10th Place NE.

—Officers assisted with a subject who fell at the 1900 block of Third Avenue NW.

—Keys retrieved from a vehicle at the 900 block of 10th Avenue SW.

—Officers dispatched on a verbal domestic in the 800 block of Ninth Avenue SE.

—Animal complaint in the 900 block of Ninth Avenue SW.

—Lift assist in the 400 block of 24th Street SW.

—Officers assisted Gold Cross in the 1800 block of Eighth Avenue SW.

Wednesday

—Animal complaint on Highway 56, half-mile west of County Road 6.

—Medical in the 800 block of Main Street West, Adams.

—Lift assist in the 400 block of 24th Street SW.

—Officers assisted Gold Cross in the 1800 block of Eighth Avenue SW.

—Suspicious activity in the 400 block of Eighth Place NW.

—Report of a loose dog in the 1600 block of First Avenue NE.

—Riverland College theft report.

—Suspicious activity in the 2200 block of Seventh Avenue NW.

—Medical in the 1400 block of 15th Avenue NW.

—Officers dispatched for property damage report in the 700 block of 19th Street NW.

—Report of a loose dog near Skinner’s Hill.

—Complaint of kids playing on the ice on Eastside Lake.

—Property damage report in the 200 block of First Avenue NW.

—Harassment reported in the LEC lobby.

—Medical in the 600 block of 11th Street NW.

—Officers dispatched for lift assistance in the 500 block of Fifth Avenue NW.

—Keys locked in a vehicle at the 1400 block of 14th Street NW.

—Officers and Gold Cross dispatched for a medical in the 3600 block of Fourth Avenue SW.

—Officers and Gold Cross dispatched for a medical in the 1900 block of Eighth Street NE.

—Officers dispatched for a lift assist in the 300 block of First Avenue NE.

—Officers assisted Gold Cross in the 1400 block of Sixth Avenue NW.

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