ELBA, Minn. – Sheriff’s deputies responded to a disturbance call in Elba but found the place unusually still – odd for what’s typically a rollicking summer night. It turned out that word had spread quickly at Elba’s two water holes, Tony’s Saloon and Mauer Brothers Tavern, that the cops were on their way – and everybody was too drunk but still sober enough to risk going outside to drive home and risk being stopped for impaired driving. The deputies stood around a while, then it was back to their usual patrols or to end their shifts 22 miles away in Winona.
