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    June 18, 2018
    Willmar man, a minimum-security inmate, escapes custody in Becker County
    DETROIT LAKES, Minn.. — An arrest warrant has been issued for a minimum-security inmate who walked away from a community work assignment...
    news/crime-and-courtsJune 18, 2018 - 5:41pm
    May 14, 2018
    Christopher Paul Elliott
    Alexandria man charged with dangerous chase, fight with officers in Detroit Lakes
    DETROIT LAKES, Minn.—An Alexandria man has been charged in Becker County District court after he allegedly led a deputy on a dangerous...
    news/crime-and-courtsMay 14, 2018 - 10:04pm
    Alexandria man arrested after high-speed chase ends with crash
    DETROIT LAKES, Minn. -- An Alexandria, Minn., man was arrested Saturday, May 12, after a high-speed chase through Becker County. According to...
    news/crime-and-courtsMay 14, 2018 - 12:17pm
    May 4, 2018
    One person hurt after crash in Becker County
    Becker County, Minn.-- One person is hurt after a crash in Audubon at just after 5 p.m. on Thursday, May 3. 22-year-old Maty Monson of Detroit...
    news/accidentsMay 4, 2018 - 6:56am
    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/accidentsApril 20, 2018 - 5:28pm
    April 18, 2018
    State Auditor Rebecca Otto, pictured here in a file photo from 2017, sued three Minnesota counties for using outside auditing services. Don Davis / Forum News Service
    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-politicsApril 18, 2018 - 5:36pm
    March 23, 2018
    Eric Sheldon Hambleton.
    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...
    newsMarch 23, 2018 - 7:52pm
    February 9, 2018
    Bruce Allen Basswood
    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-courtsFebruary 9, 2018 - 6:02pm
    February 8, 2018
    A sculpture garden sits in the Detroi9t Lakes park, near the rest of the festivities. Kaysey Price / Forum News Service
    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....
    newsFebruary 8, 2018 - 9:52pm
    January 5, 2018
    Michael Erwin Dahl. File photo
    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...
    newsJanuary 5, 2018 - 2:45pm
    December 25, 2017
    The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources warns people should always assume ice might break. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources illustration
    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/accidentsDecember 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,...
    newsNovember 27, 2017 - 11:06pm
    November 21, 2017
    Michael J. Strehlow
    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...
    newsNovember 21, 2017 - 6:31pm
    October 27, 2017
    Dean Robert Minnerath, 55, of West Fargo, was shot and wounded by Becker County sheriff's officers on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017, near Audubon, Minn. Special to The Forum
    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...
    newsOctober 27, 2017 - 10:14pm
    Dean Robert Minnerath, 55, of West Fargo, was shot and wounded by Becker County sheriff's officers on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017, near Audubon, Minn. Special to The Forum
    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...
    newsOctober 27, 2017 - 3:46pm
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