UTICA, Minn. – Deputies checked on a blue plume at a farm south of Utica and found the source — a tire, plastic and feed bags bound in bail netting. All are prohibited items even with a burn permit. Joyce Ellen Buckbee, 58, produced a burn permit and said there was no need to call fire-fighters and that she said would extinguish the fire herself. This was about 9:30 a.m. She was ticketed. Eleven hours later, about 8:50 p.m., deputies were called back. The debrs was burning again and unattended. This time Kevin James Buckbee, 60, was ticketed. This was at 28000 County Road 33.
