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Police and fire report for May 16

Sheriff’s Report The Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office responded to the following calls: Assist 30100 block of Clearline Road Southwest in Solway. A 29-year old man facing charges of felony second-degree...

news / local Wed, May 15, 2013 - 11:57pm

Community garden plan to be presented next week

BEMIDJI — The final plan for the Bemidji Community Food Shelf’s community-garden project will be presented next week. Students from the University of Minnesota’s College of Design will present the...

news / local Wed, May 15, 2013 - 11:55pm

Senate legacy funds debate turns rural-urban

ST. PAUL — Rural and urban Minnesota senators battled Wednesday night about how to divide outdoors and arts program funding. Rural senators won, but just barely. Sen. Scott Newman, R-Hutchinson,...

news Wed, May 15, 2013 - 11:47pm

Minnesota state Rep. Mary Murphy of Hermantown goes over paperwork during a break in House work on Wednesday. Don Davis | Forum News Service

Tax, budget work continues as session nears end

ST. PAUL — Taxes remain a key issue as the Minnesota House, Senate and governor’s office negotiate a final budget deal in the last days of the 2013 legislative session...

news Wed, May 15, 2013 - 11:41pm

Legislative Notebook: Record Senate debate on single bill ends with unionization approval

ST. PAUL — Minnesota senators set a modern-day record for debating a single bill Tuesday night and Wednesday morning before voting to give childcare providers and personal care attendants the...

news Wed, May 15, 2013 - 11:36pm

A helicopter scoops up water near the wildfire north of Menahga Wednesday afternoon. Jean Ruzicka | Enterprise

Red Lake wildfires under control, but much work remains at Green Valley fire

BEMIDJI — While wildfires raged out of control in the Menahga and Park Rapids areas Wednesday, firefighters on the ground northwest of Red Lake made significant progress. So much so...

news / local Wed, May 15, 2013 - 6:36pm

Man found dead in St. Cloud garage fire

ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) — St. Cloud police are investigating the death of a man found inside a burning garage. Police say the man found inside the detached garage Tuesday...

news Wed, May 15, 2013 - 3:43pm

Quirk in health law may affect some American Indians in Minnesota

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A wrinkle in the federal Affordable Care Act that could affect tens of thousands of people who consider themselves Native Americans nationwide isn't expected to hit many...

news / region Wed, May 15, 2013 - 1:02pm

Dorset Mayor Robert Tufts indicates he got three bean bags in the hole Friday, May 10, 2013, during a game at the community picnic in downtown Park Rapids, Minn. The mayor is becoming a national sensation after a video of him went viral. (Anna Erickson/Park Rapids Enterprise)

Minnesota town’s 4-year-old mayor draws national attention

DORSET, Minn. -- Dorset’s Mayor, Robert “Bobbie” Tufts, has become a national sensation after a WCCO TV interview went viral over the weekend. Robert is no ordinary mayor. The 4-year-old...

news / region Wed, May 15, 2013 - 11:24am

Mail carrier accused of stealing checks sentenced

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A former Duluth mail carrier has been sentenced to probation for stealing rebate checks and other items from residents along his route. Forty-nine-year-old Giang Nguyen, of Superior,...

news Wed, May 15, 2013 - 11:06am

Community garden plan to be presented next week

BEMIDJI — The final plan for the food shelf’s community-garden project will be presented next week. Students from the University of Minnesota’s College of Design will present the final project...

news / local Wed, May 15, 2013 - 10:53am

Minn. Senate passes day care unionization bill

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Senate has passed a bill allowing the unionization of home child-care workers in Minnesota after an all-night debate that saw Republicans trying to...

news Wed, May 15, 2013 - 10:27am

Group files lawsuit over N.D. abortion law

FARGO -- Legal counsel for North Dakota’s sole abortion clinic has filed suit against Cass County and the state over one of four anti-abortion measures recently passed by the Legislature,...

news Wed, May 15, 2013 - 9:40am

Rescue workers surround the scene of a train versus pickup accident Tuesday, May 14, 2013, east of Mapleton, N.D. The driver was killed in the accident. (Forum News Service)

1 killed when train hits car in West Fargo, N.D.

WEST FARGO, N.D. -- At least one person is dead after a train and pickup collided about 1:45 p.m. Tuesday near West Fargo. Detective Joel Stading of the Cass County...

news / region Wed, May 15, 2013 - 9:34am

Male body found near Williston in N.D.'s Oil Patch

WILLISTON, N.D. – Authorities discovered a man’s body seven miles east of Williston on Tuesday while executing a search warrant, said the Williams County Sheriff’s office. The body was found...

news / region Wed, May 15, 2013 - 9:29am

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