By Lori EhdeA Beaver Creek man was sentenced Monday in Rock County District Court to serve 58 months in prison for manufacturing methamphetamines.Marvin James Kolsrud was arrested June 19 when authorities executed a search warrant of his home — a rented acreage a couple miles south of Beaver Creek.Kolsrud, 50, told law enforcement that he had "cooked a batch" of meth the previous night and intended to "cook another batch" that evening after stealing anhydrous ammonia from the elevator in Beaver Creek.He said he usually "cooks a batch" once a week, or "whenever he needs some money." Each "batch" results in 8 to 10 grams of finished meth, worth about $800.Kolsrud at one time was a trucker, but he was unemployed at the time of the arrest.He entered a guilty plea in an Oct. 27 hearing. In Monday’s sentence hearing, Judge Timothy Connell ordered Kolsrud to serve two-thirds of his time in prison, and he is allowed on supervised release for the remaining one-third (or about 19 months).The informant that provided the tip on Kolsrud’s meth production also alerted police that Kolsrud kept a loaded sawed-off shotgun in the house.Assisting with the arrest were six Rock County deputies, one BCA agent from St. Paul, two South Dakota officers, and a deputy from Lyon County.Kolsrud was the fifth person arrested in the Beaver Creek and Valley Springs area on drug charges in the past few years. Law enforcement speculates that low-cost rental acreages and the proximity to the South Dakota border may be common denominators.
