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By Don Davis Forum News Service ST. PAUL -- Gov. Mark Dayton wants Minnesota to collect and spend more than $40 billion from state taxpayers in the next two years, without a general tax increase. As always for Dayton, key in his budget proposal he was releasing today...

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. – A woman has pleaded guilty in Becker County District Court to the murder of a man found dead on a road 160 feet from his Ogema home last year, the Minnesota Department of Public Safety said on Monday. Jessica Marie Kilde, 33, of Ogema, will be sentenced...

NEW HOPE, Minn. -- Two police officers were injured by a gunman outside a New Hope City Council meeting on Monday night. The gunman was fatally shot by police, authorities said. The incident happened outside the council chambers after two new officers were sworn in. The new officers,...

BEMIDJI -- Ten local high-schoolers just this week began working toward becoming certified nursing assistants. That newly resurrected program came on the heels of a celebration that recognized eight other high-school students who earned a total of 15 certificates in mechatronics. This...

WALKER -- A Bemidji man pleaded guilty in Cass County Court to felony assault and robbery for his involvement in the August stabbing and kidnapping of a man in Cass Lake. Travis Richard Paquette, 18, pleaded guilty to first-degree assault and simple robbery on Jan. 16. Paquette...

ST. CLOUD -- A robotics team from Heartland Christian Academy in Bemidji finished in the top 10 teams that competed at a state-level robotics tournament held over the weekend in St. Cloud. The "Heartland Christian" team made it as far as the semifinals in the championship round...

WALKER -- The Cass County Sheriff's Office responded to four incidents of vehicles going through thin ice during the weekend. There were no serious injuries reported in the incidents, according to a release from the sheriff's office Monday. Sheriff Tom Bursch said minimal snow...

Sheriff's Report The Beltrami County Sheriff's Office responded to the following calls on Friday: Disorderly conduct 3:19 a.m. A 20-year-old woman was arrested on a warrant during a disorderly conduct call to the 2100 block of Roosevelt Road SE. Drugs 9:32 a.m. An 18-year-old...