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Lake Pulaski is a lake located in Wright County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota.Lake Pulaski was named for Casimir Pulaski, a Polish military commander and American Revolutionary War hero.

On February 9, 2021, a mass shooting and bombing occurred at a medical clinic in Buffalo, Minnesota, United States. Just before 11:00 a.m. CST, Gregory Paul Ulrich, a 67-year-old man, shot five people at Allina Health's Buffalo Crossroads facility. One victim, Lindsay Overbay, died, and three others were critically injured from gunshot wounds. All of the victims were medical clinic staff. During the attack, Ulrich discharged three improvised explosive devices, one of which failed to detonate. He surrendered to police who were dispatched to the clinic, and he was taken into custody. He admitted to authorities that he fired on people inside the clinic and set off bombs.Ulrich faced several charges before the Wright County District Court: first-degree premeditated murder, four counts of first-degree attempted premeditated murder, and discharge of an explosive or incendiary device. Police investigators and prosecutors believed Ulrich's motive for the attack was in retaliation for his dissatisfaction with treatment at the clinic, and at the doctors that had stopped prescribing opioid painkiller medication for him. Several warning signs about Ulrich's past behavior and possible motives were not sufficient to prevent the attack from being carried out. Controversially, the Buffalo police department issued Ulrich a permit for the gun he used to carry out the shooting, despite Ulrich having a restraining order against him for past threats at the clinic and his previous criminal offenses.At his trial in 2022, Ulrich admitted that he purchased the gun, assembled pipe bombs, and carried out the attack as retaliation against clinic staff. A jury convicted him on all charges and a judge sentenced him to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Buffalo Lake is a lake in Wright County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota.Buffalo Lake was named for its former abundance of buffalo fish.

Chatham Township is a township in Wright County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,162 at the 2000 census. Chatham Township was organized in 1868, and named for William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham.

Maple Lake Township is a township in Wright County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 2,128 at the 2000 census. Maple Lake Township was organized in 1858, and named after Maple Lake.

The David Hanaford Farmstead is a historic farm in Monticello Township, Minnesota, United States. It was first settled in 1855 and features a farmhouse built in 1870 and a barn from around the same time. The farmstead was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 for having local significance in the themes of agriculture and exploration/settlement. It was nominated for being "an excellent example of an early Wright County farmstead developed by a pioneer family from New England."

Dean Lake is a lake in Wright County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota.Dean Lake was named for an early settler.

Crawford Lake is a lake in Wright County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota.Crawford Lake was named for an early settler.

Maple Lake is a lake in Wright County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota.Maple Lake was named for groves of sugar maple trees near its shores.Maple Lake is located in Maple Lake township

Wright County is a county in the East Central part of the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 141,337. Its county seat is Buffalo. The county was founded in 1855. Wright County is part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area. In terms of population, Wright County is the tenth-largest county in Minnesota and the fastest growing.

Dickinson is a ghost town in Wright County, Minnesota, United States.

Monticello Township is a township in Wright County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 4,139 at the 2000 census. Monticello Township was organized in 1858. The David Hanaford Farmstead, with surviving buildings from the 1870s, is on the National Register of Historic Places.