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MINNEAPOLIS — A semi truck driver was killed Monday morning after he exited his vehicle and was hit by a truck on Interstate 35W. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, Robert J. Passow, 47, of Fort Dodge, Iowa, had gotten out of his truck after sideswiping an unidentified passenger...

WILLMAR — Ex-Savor Rene Cruz pleaded guilty Tuesday to a charge of second-degree attempted murder for stabbing his stepgrandmother in June at her Willmar home. Cruz's stepgrandmother, Maria Garcia, 64, of Willmar, suffered four stab wounds to the neck and shoulder during the June...

BRAINERD — A man was killed Tuesday when the apartment he rented in downtown Brainerd was destroyed by fire. The Brainerd Fire Department was called just after 3 a.m. to the fire at a building that housed a law office on the main floor and two apartments on the second floor. There...

BEMIDJI -- The Council of Indian Students will hold its last fry bread taco and soup sale fundraiser from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 18 in the American Indian Resource Center on the BSU campus. The menu will include frybread for $7, chicken wild rice soup for $4, blueberry delight...

BEMIDJI -- The city of Bemidji’s Parks and Recreation Department has become a registered Safe Sitter teaching site and is offering the training for children 11 years of age and older. Classes will be offered from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Tuesdays from April 7 to April 28 at the Public...

BEMIDJI -- The Northwest Minnesota Women's Fund is seeking nominations for its "Community Builders" awards. Since 1998, the Northwest Minnesota Women's Fund has honored 45 women who have demonstrated leadership for improving the quality of their own lives or those around them, making...

BEMIDJI -- A crash between a semi-trailer carrying an "explosive" agent and a car resulted in serious injuries to a Cass Lake woman on Tuesday and closed U.S. Highway 2 for a time. The accident occurred at about noon Tuesday at mile marker 131 near Cass Lake, according to the Minnesota...

GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- Jennifer Elliott says she was on the phone with police minutes before a University of North Dakota police officer opened fire on her husband's pickup, peppering the truck with several bullet holes and leaving her husband hospitalized. "They shot an unarmed...

BEMIDJI -- The Beltrami County Historical Society is seeking community input for a new "Good Sports of the North" exhibit, scheduled to open July 16. The exhibit is funded in part by the George W. Neilson Foundation. The exhibit will highlight local sports moments and personalities...

BEMIDJI -- The Bemidji Fire Department's telephone rang more than 2,000 times last year. Bemidji Fire Chief David Hoefer just released the department's 2014 annual report, which includes a decline in fire calls, equipment upgrades and plans for a new fire station in 2016. Hoefer...