HOUSTON, Minn. — Deputies from Houston and Winona counties broke up a teen-age beer party up Sather Valley Road near the county line. Deputies estimated 40 to 50 kids, mostly from LaCrescent 16 miles away, were partying at a barn. Most fled into the woods when the deputies pulled up about 10 p.m. Some didn’t run fast enough or hid in the barn, where deputies rounded hem up. Ten were cited for underage boozing. Their parents were called to pick them up, which added to the mayhem. Farmers in the area were calling 911 about suspicious vehicles circling backroads. It was the parents lost in the dark trying to find the remote barn where deputies were holding their drunk kids. The deputies, two from each county, hung around long enough to transfer the kids over to their parents. Meanwhile, a couple dozen other party-goers, probably more, stayed in the woods to wait out the cops, who eventually left. The deputies saw no adult host, although some boozers were in the were in the 18 to 20 age range.
