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Victims identified in Cass County fire
LONGVILLE, Minn. -- The identities of two people who died early Friday morning in a house fire in rural Longville were released on Saturday....
 News/region July 22, 2017 - 9:10pm
Despite being attacked by something -- perhaps a fish -- in Island Lake on Wednesday afternoon, 11-year-old Maren Kesselhon was doing well on Thursday. "She's not too shaken," said her father, Ryan Kesselhon of Duluth. Ryan Kesselhon photo
'She could feel her foot in its mouth': Minn. girl bitten 25 times in lake, possibly by muskie
DULUTH, Minn.—Ryan Kesselhon couldn't figure out what was happening to his 11-year-old daughter, Maren. One minute, Maren had been peacefully...
 News July 20, 2017 - 7:52pm
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Hamline student was raped after house party last year, charges say
ST. PAUL — When a Hamline University student prepared to leave a house party in May 2016, her sister's roommate offered to walk her back...
 News July 22, 2017 - 4:37pm
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A lifeflight unit lands at the scene of a fatal vehicle accident Friday morning about a mile north of Menahga on U.S. Highway 71. (Kevin Cederstrom/Enterprise)
UPDATED: Man, 66, killed in head-on collision near Menahga
One person is reportedly dead and another flown from the scene with serious injuries following a two-vehicle crash Friday morning one mile north...
 News/region July 22, 2017 - 11:47am
Barb Housey says there's something for everyone in Poopsie's Unique Boutique in Thief River Falls. Janelle Vonasek / Forum News Service play button
After loss of her husband, woman opens Poopsie's, her dream shop, to showcase art
THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn. — For some people, shopping is an event to experience all its own. For others, it's a necessary evil reserved...
 News/business July 22, 2017 - 8:08am
Kenlea Osen, 3, smiles in the middle of her colorful and glitter-filled craft project at the Watermark Art Center Family Activity Tent during Art in the Park on Saturday. (Micah Friez | Bemidji Pioneer)
Park full of art: Annual Art in the Park celebrates 50th anniversary
BEMIDJI -- Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox have overlooked Library Park in downtown Bemidji for decades, and for every summer the past 50 years,...
 News/local July 22, 2017 - 9:29pm
Minnesota daycare provider found guilty; child suffered brain damage
EAGAN, Minn. -- An Eagan daycare provider has been found guilty of seriously injuring a 13-month-old boy who has permanent brain damage. A Dakota County jury deliberated for about five hours Thursday before convicting Mariel Alexandra Grimm, 33, of first-degree assault for injuring...
 News July 21, 2017 - 10:08pm
Kenneth "Kenny" John Kraeplin
Kenneth "Kenny" John Kraeplin March 13, 1963 - July 20, 2017 HIBBING, Minn. - Kenneth "Kenny" John Kraeplin, 54, Big Falls, Minn., and Debs, Minn., died Thursday, July 20, in Fairview Range Medical Center. Visitation will be from 1-2 p.m., followed by the celebration of life at 2...
 July 22, 2017 - 9:29pm
Birdsfoot trefoil grows wild in ditches. Michael Vosburg / Forum News Service
Yellow-flowered street-side plant identified
Q: What can you tell me about the tiny yellow flowers that I'm seeing this year? They're low-growing and smell so nice. I see them along the...
 News July 22, 2017 - 7:35am
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'Bro, you scared to see a dead person?': Teens filmed, mocked man as he drowned, police say
About seven seconds into the video, a teenager raises the specter of death. "Get out the water, you're gonna die," one of the teens shouts to...
 News July 21, 2017 - 6:53am
Andrew Israelson chips onto the green at hole No. 13 during the Men's Championship Final of the 92nd annual Birchmont Golf Tournament at the Bemidji Town and Country Club in July 2017. Israelson beat Jim Foss 4-and-3 to win the championship title. (Pioneer File Photo)
Birchmont full for third straight year: Israelson siblings highlight field of returning champions
BEMIDJI -- The field for the 93rd Annual Birchmont Golf Tournament is bursting at the seams as golfers prepare to converge on Bemidji Town and...
 sports July 22, 2017 - 10:28pm
Fr. Llewelyn Troska
Fr. Llewelyn Troska Fr. Llewelyn Joseph Troska, 59, Fargo, ND, passed away Wednesday, July 20, 2017, at Sanford Health in Fargo, after a long,...
 July 22, 2017 - 9:39pm
UND plans to continue playing unique, showcase hockey games
GRAND FORKS — By the time that University of North Dakota men's hockey tickets sold out in a mere seconds for the game against rival Minnesota in Las Vegas, officials already started brainstorming. The outdoor game at Omaha's T.D. Ameritrade Park in 2013 was a hit. The showdown...
 sports July 22, 2017 - 6:31pm
Two dead after Cass County house fire
LONGVILLE -- Two people died early Friday morning during a house fire in rural Longville, about 26 miles east of Walker. According to a news...
 News/region July 21, 2017 - 4:17pm
Minneapolis Chief of Police Janee Harteau takes part in a round table discussion on ways to reduce gun violence during a visit to the Minneapolis Police Department Special Operations Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. on February 4, 2013. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
After latest police shooting, Minneapolis mayor faces calls to resign: 'You have failed us'
Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges stepped to the microphone Friday night to announce the latest development in the most recent killing by an area...
 News July 22, 2017 - 2:55pm

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