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ST. PAUL — Synthetic drugs will be a bit easier to fight beginning today. They can be handled much like other illegal drugs under one of dozens of Minnesota laws that will take effect today. The drug law classifies any substance that mocks an illegal drug as also being illegal,...

GRAND MARAIS — The Cook County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Thursday to remove County Attorney Tim Scannell from office, six days after his conviction on two felony sex crimes. The five-member board made the decision at a special meeting. The vote came after discussion...

DULUTH — Bail was set at $500,000 Thursday in District Court in Duluth for a man accused of killing his 14-month-old daughter by suffocation. Christopher Peterson, 29, allegedly suffocated the girl in an attempt to get her to stop crying at bedtime so he could smoke marijuana,...

Sheriff’s Report The Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office responded to the following calls on Thursday: Warrant 11:44 a.m. A 24-year-old woman was arrested on a warrant and cited following a traffic stop on the 25400 block of Highway 89 NW. Burglary 12:12 p.m. A seasonal cabin...

The Bemidji Fire Department responded to the following calls on Thursday: 12:20 p.m. Fire investigation on the 400 block of Swenson Road NE.

The following people were booked into the Beltrami County Jail Wednesday. The charges listed here do not necessarily reflect the nature of the counts that may be levied against them by the Beltrami County Attorney's Office. Celeste Jean Davis, 27 M-SENTENCED-609.52.2(a)(1) COMMITMENT-Theft-Take/Use/Transfer...

DULUTH -- A 30-year-old Duluth man was charged with second-degree unintentional murder in district court Wednesday in the suffocation death of his 14-month-old daughter this month. Christopher Peterson was in the St. Louis County Jail after his arrest Wednesday morning,...

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. -- A Detroit Lakes man faces two felony charges in Becker County after allegedly exchanging nude pictures with a 15-year-old girl via Facebook. Dallas Dale Petree, 19, is charged with possessing pornographic work-computer disk/electronic/magnetic/optical...

PINE RIVER - A 21-year-old Backus woman was killed in a two-vehicle broadside crash reported at 6:30 a.m. Thursday on 24th Street and 16th Avenue Southwest in Pine River, reported the Minnesota State Patrol. The woman killed, Caitlyn E. Daudt, was a passenger in one of the vehicles. Ryan...