STOCKTON, Minn. – A sheriff’s investigator began assessing possible assault charges for a fight outside the Stockton City Hall over grass clippings. An irate homeowner and a city employee had come to blows. The homeowner suffered a small cut above one eye, the investigating deputy said. The city employee claimed he struck the blow in self-defense. This was about 11:45 a.m. At issue, according to the homeowner, was that grass clippings had been blown into his lawn. It escalated into pushing and shoving and then, wham, blows were exchanged.
