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Becker County
April 20, 2018
Authorities identify victims Becker County crash that killed 2, injured 2
SOUTH ROUND LAKE TOWNSHIP, Minn. — Two people were killed and two others were injured Friday, April 20, in an early morning single-vehicle...
news/accidents
April 20, 2018 - 5:28pm
April 18, 2018
Minnesota Supreme Court allows counties to pick financial auditors
ST. PAUL—The Minnesota Supreme Court has upheld a 2015 law that lets counties save money by bypassing the state auditor's office and hiring...
news/government-and-politics
April 18, 2018 - 5:36pm
March 23, 2018
Body of missing northwest Minn. man found
CORMORANT TOWNSHIP, Minn. — The body of a Lake Park, Minn., man who was missing for nearly two weeks has been recovered. The Becker County...
news
March 23, 2018 - 7:52pm
February 9, 2018
UPDATE: Hit-and-run leads to death of northwest Minn. man; 1 held for charges
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. – Authorities have released two of three people taken into custody in connection with a hit-and-run crash that left a...
news/crime-and-courts
February 9, 2018 - 6:02pm
February 8, 2018
Detroit Lakes lights up 30-foot ice palace as 10-day Polar Fest kicks off
DETROIT LAKES, Minn.—Folks showed up in droves for Polar Fest's kick off in Detroit Lakes on Thursday evening, despite sub-zero temps....
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February 8, 2018 - 9:52pm
January 5, 2018
Man sentenced in starvation death of three horses in Becker County
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. — A man accused of letting three horses die from starvation, exposure and neglect has been sentenced in Becker County...
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January 5, 2018 - 2:45pm
December 25, 2017
3 escape Suburban after it plunges into lake on Christmas Eve
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. — Three people escaped a vehicle after it broke through the ice Sunday, Dec. 24, on Little Detroit Lake here. The Becker...
news/accidents
December 25, 2017 - 1:04pm
November 27, 2017
Western Minn. police chief sentenced for helping friend avoid DUI; keeps his job
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. — A small town police chief in western Minnesota has been sentenced on a misdemeanor obstruction of justice charge,...
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November 27, 2017 - 11:06pm
November 21, 2017
Western Minn. man charged with starting family's mobile home on fire
FRAZEE, Minn. — A Frazee man has been charged in Becker County District Court in connection with a fire Saturday morning, Nov. 18, at a...
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November 21, 2017 - 6:31pm
October 27, 2017
No charges expected for Becker County officers involved in September shooting
BECKER COUNTY, Minn. — Two Becker County officers involved in a non-fatal September shooting after a high-speed chase will not face criminal...
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October 27, 2017 - 10:14pm
Shot 8 times by officers in northwest Minn., West Fargo man still in hospital, hit with criminal charges
FARGO — A West Fargo man shot by two Becker County lawmen in September remains hospitalized but now faces criminal charges, and his mother...
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October 27, 2017 - 3:46pm
October 2, 2017
West Fargo man shot by Becker County officers has struggled for decades to overcome addictions, mother says
WEST FARGO, N.D.—Dean Robert Minnerath, a 55-year-old West Fargo man shot by Becker County sheriff's officers on Thursday night, has a...
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October 2, 2017 - 8:48pm
September 29, 2017
Suspect sustains multiple gunshot wounds after shootout in Minn.'s Becker County
AUDUBON, Minn. — A suspect sustained multiple gunshot wounds in a shootout with law enforcement officers that occurred following a high-speed...
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September 29, 2017 - 9:55am
September 24, 2017
Jury trial canceled in Minn. horse starvation case, plea hearing set
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. — A rural Waubun man, charged with three felonies in Becker County District Court for allegedly causing the death...
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September 24, 2017 - 7:24am
August 30, 2017
Are our elections secure? Minnesota's in better shape than most states
DETROIT LAKES, Minn.—With the CIA and the FBI agreeing that Russia attempted to interfere in the 2016 election to help Donald Trump, many...
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August 30, 2017 - 2:20pm
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