ALBERT LEA, Minn. – Three live grenades were found at the Freeborn County history museum. Police summoned the St. Paul bomb squad to take them away. Stephanie Kibler, the museum director, said she had one of grenades on her desk – a paperweight of sorts. It had been around for years, she said. When she realized it might be loaded with explosives , she called police and began a check of records for other grenades either on exhibit or in storage. In all, there were three. All were believed of World War II vintage, two of them looking to to be of German origin. Kibler said they were donated in the 1960s but declined to say whom or whether they might have been aware of the danger
Novel paperweight. All’s well now. It’s been disposed of. Also two others.