Posted August 7, 2003
THE SUN (Osceola): An Osceola man faces felony charges relating to a Star
Prairie bar incident March 28 that left a man hospitalized and potentially
blind. David Scott Kammerud, 30, Osceola, allegedly badgered Keith Brown of
Deer Park to an arm-wrestling challenge at Fonda's Bar in Star Prairie, and
then allegedly forcibly kissed his opponent's wife after the match. Upset
with Kammerud's actions, Brown reportedly demanded an apology, to which
Kammerud complied. However, as Brown was walking away, Kammerud allegedly
"sucker punched" Brown twice in the face, knocking him out and causing
serious, immediately visible damage to the man's face and eyes. The following
day, Brown's wife was unable to wake him and called an ambulance. He
eventually underwent surgery at Regions Hospital in St. Paul for a broken
cheekbone and orbital socket fracture.