The Mike and Shannon (Douvier) Walsh family of Glenwood suffered a serious house fire in Glenwood on Thursday night, two nights ago.
Both are recent Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa high school graduates and have two young children, a three-year old and a one-year old.
Fortunately, the family was not home at the time of the fire. One sad note is that they recently adopted a new puppy, Tucker; the puppy died in the fire.
Mike is an employee with the ambulance service for Glacial Ridge Health Systems of Glenwood.
Below is a message posted by Diane Meyer, who is the marketing manager for the Glenwood hospital:
Another co-worker's house burned last night and they lost everything. Glacial Ridge Ambulance is collecting donations for them to re-start w/ the esentials. They need towels, bedding, cleaning agents, food, anything that comes to mind when you think of what you'd need if it happened to your family. Drop them off @ the EMS office in Glenwood (across from the ambulance garage) anytime -always staffed unless out on call - or contact me and I can bring them to work. (They have a home to stay @ already.).....They have a 1 year old boy who wears 24 mo. clothes, needs diapers, crib bedding, toys, books, etc. Their daughter is 3 and wears size 5t. Beside clothing, she needs pull-ups, twin size bedding, toys, books, etc.
I'll post more information on this as I learn it.