ELBA, Minn. – An Owatonna mother said her teen-age daughter came home injured from a fight at the mega-beer bash overnight in a remote coulee downriver from Elba. In a call to the Winona County sheriff’s office, the mother said the attackers — two other girls — punched her daughter in the face, pushed her to the ground and kicked her. The injured girl, age 16, didn’t require medical attention. The fight was not witnessed by the three deputies who had been dispatched the scene at 12:02 a.m. The fight apparently occurred before deputies arrived but who knows for sure. An estimated 300 revelers werev spread out a quarter mile in the dark along a remote narrow road with lots of confusion and turmoil.
Seeking assailants
The injured Owatonna teen said she didn’t know her attackers except by first name. A social media check after she got home led her to believe that they were from Freeborn County and that one is 18 years old. Owatonna is in Steele County and 20 miles north of the county line. Both counties are a 70-mile drive from the bash near Elba. In Winona after the mother called, investigators began tracking the assailants with remote assistance from Owatonna and Albert Lea authorities but with little initial success,