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The Moorhead Fire Department's Hazardous Materials Chemical Assessment Team leaves the scene of a truck accident Wednesday morning after being called in to assist in the cleanup after a truck hauling hydrochloric acid struck a herd of cows on state Highway 64 early Wednesday morning. (Sarah Smith/Enterprise)

Chemical spill closes section of Highway 64 for nine hours

A 4-mile stretch of state Highway 64 south of Akeley was blocked off early Wednesday morning after a driver carrying hydrochloric acid came over a hill and struck some cows...

news / region Wed, Sep 23, 2009 - 11:17am

Fargo men charged with attempting to kidnap 14-year-old girl

BOWLING GREEN, Ky.

news / region Wed, Sep 23, 2009 - 8:41am

Appeals court affirms Alfonso Rodriguez' death sentence

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- A federal appeals court on Tuesday affirmed the death sentence of a convicted rapist in the 2003 kidnapping and death of a University of North Dakota student...

news / region Tue, Sep 22, 2009 - 11:01am

From right, White Earth Band of Ojibwe District I Representative Irene Auginaush, tribal police officer Shane Auginaush and Chairwoman Erma J. Vizenor present the White Earth tribal flag to President Barack Obama Saturday, Sept. 12, at the Target Center in Minneapolis. The three travelled to the Twin Cities to listen to the President speak on health care reform. Submitted Photo

White Earth presents flag to President Obama

From right, White Earth Band of Ojibwe District I Representative Irene Auginaush, tribal police officer Shane Auginaush and Chairwoman Erma J. Vizenor present the White Earth tribal flag to President...

news / region Sat, Sep 19, 2009 - 12:00am

Akeley settles with woman who sought police investigation of sexual assault

AKELEY, Minn. - City officials here have settled a lawsuit filed by a rural Akeley woman who claimed Akeley police did not investigate when she reported being sexually assaulted by...

news / region Fri, Sep 18, 2009 - 1:18pm

Thief River Falls native to donate 90,000 pounds of fresh produce

A Thief River Falls native who is a potato broker in Michigan will give away more than 90,000 pounds of fresh produce Saturday in his hometown. Don Armstrong and his...

news / region Wed, Sep 16, 2009 - 3:19pm

Drug bust on Iron Range nets 2,000 pounds of marijuana

A Side Lake, Minn., man has been charged with growing marijuana that law enforcement officers say would have been worth more than $1 million if it had made it to...

news / region Wed, Sep 16, 2009 - 3:17pm

Reconstruction is underway for the Big Fish in Bena, which was listed last spring as an endangered species of Minnesota roadside attractions. Owners Paul and Linda Reimers are doing the work with a donation from former Bena resident, Gary Kirt. Submitted Photo

Big Fish: Endangered roadside attraction undergoing resuscitation

The Big Fish in Bena, listed in May as one of the Preservation Alliance of Minnesota's 10 Most Endangered Historic Places, has a new lease on life. With a $10,000...

news / region / outdoors Wed, Sep 16, 2009 - 12:00am

Adeline Bakken, right, makes a cone Monday at the downtown Moorhead Dairy Queen with the help of Diane Deleon. Bakken, who turned 100 in March and lives in an apartment on her own, operated a Dairy Queen in Cass Lake, Minn., during the 1960s and was recently wondering if she could still make the curly "Q" on the top of a cone.
Michael Vosburg / Forum Photo Editor

Former Cass Lake woman can still make perfect cones at age 100

Adeline Bakken, right, makes a cone Monday at the downtown Moorhead Dairy Queen with the help of Diane Deleon. Bakken, who turned 100 in March and lives in an apartment...

news / region Tue, Sep 15, 2009 - 11:46am

Traffic restricted on Waskish bridge

A Waskish bridge was restricted to three-ton or less traffic Saturday night after it was found deficient. The Beltrami County Sheriff's Office of Emergency Management was notified of a potential...

news / local / region Sun, Sep 13, 2009 - 12:00am

Sen. Klobuchar bill regulates formaldehyde

A consumer-protection measure introduced Friday by U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar could affect wood products manufacturing. Klobuchar, DFL-Minn., and Sen.

news / local / region Sun, Sep 13, 2009 - 12:00am

Chippewa National Forest cabin owners seek fee relief

Enormous annual fee increases - sometimes of several hundred percent - have motivated cabin owners with leases on national forest land to begin legal proceedings against the U.S. Forest Service...

news / local / region Sat, Sep 12, 2009 - 12:00am

Bomb squad investigates suspicious package in Crow Wing County; foul play not suspected

On September 9, 2009 at approximately 1:45 p.m. the Crow Wing County Sheriff's Office responded to a report of a suspicious package located along a bike trail near the 20000...

news / region Thu, Sep 10, 2009 - 12:36pm

North Dakota driver injured in cow-car accident

At 10:39 p.m. Wednesday, Schuyler J. Watchorn, 25, of Walcott, N.D., was driving a 2006 Dodge Caravan west on U.S. Highway 2 near the Bagley Livestock Exchange. According to the...

news / region Thu, Sep 10, 2009 - 9:58am

Akeley mayor, council member submit resignations

Newly elected Akeley mayor Scott Vettleson and recently appointed council member Jon Johnson have notified the city they will be resigning their positions. Vettleson is resigning due to "an unexpected...

news / region Wed, Sep 09, 2009 - 3:54pm

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