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    July 12, 2017
    Detroit Lakes crash causes boat to fall off trailer on highway
    DETROIT LAKES, Minn. —— A woman was taken to the hospital here Wednesday, July 12, after crashing into a truck hauling a boat that was knocked off the trailer while travelling on Highway 59. Around 3:15 p.m., the Minnesota State Patrol reported that Lavonne Molacek, 61,...
    NewsJuly 12, 2017 - 10:19pm
    July 5, 2017
    EMBARGOED UNTIL 12:01 A.M. MONDAY, JAN. 9, 2017 -- Rebecca Otto is interviewed at her home in Marine on St. Croix on Friday, Jan. 6, 2017. (Pioneer Press: Jean Pieri)
    Auditor's lawsuit against county goes to MN Supreme Court
    DETROIT LAKES, Minn. — Becker County taxpayers can expect to pay perhaps another $18,500 to defend the county against a lawsuit filed...
    NewsJuly 5, 2017 - 1:48pm
    July 2, 2017
    5 juveniles injured when UTV rolls in Becker County
    SHELL LAKE TOWNSHIP, Minn. — Five juveniles were injured — two of them seriously enough to require being airlifted to a Twin Cities hospital — after a UTV crash near Bass Lake in Shell Lake Township on Sunday, July 2, the Becker County Sheriff's Office reported....
    NewsJuly 2, 2017 - 7:45pm
    May 25, 2017
    Grand Forks man dies, another injured in head-on crash in Becker County
    DETROIT LAKES, Minn. -- One person died in a head-on collision on Highway 34 near Becker County 29 on Wednesday afternoon, May 24. According...
    NewsMay 25, 2017 - 10:04am
    May 15, 2017
    3 felonies filed in horse starvation case
    A rural Waubun, Minn., man has been charged with three felonies in Becker County District Court for allegedly causing the death of three horses...
    NewsMay 15, 2017 - 11:22am
    Blake (Mastin) Sundvor
    Western Minnesota man's history of scams takes another turn
    FRAZEE, Minn.—A Frazee man who previously hoaxed two Twin Cities TV stations and was convicted of scamming Hummer owners has been sentenced...
    NewsMarch 15, 2017 - 4:21pm
    March 12, 2017
    Oak Crossing nursing home in Detroit Lakes. Meagan Pittelko / Forum News Service
    GOP plans for Medicaid could put the hurt on nursing homes
    DETROIT LAKES, Minn.—A game-changing Republican plan to quit fully funding Medicaid has caught the attention of a nursing home administrator...
    NewsMarch 12, 2017 - 10:03am
    March 10, 2017
    Home damaged after runaway Suburban creates propane explosion in neighbor's yard
    BECKER COUNTY, Minn. — If the neighbors around East Munson Lake Drive weren’t awake yet Friday morning at 6:47 a.m., they would be soon,...
    NewsMarch 10, 2017 - 2:01pm
    March 9, 2017
    State Auditor Rebecca Otto
    Minnesota counties clash with state auditor over authority
    ST. PAUL — The Minnesota Appeals Court will decide whether a 2014 law unconstitutionally took away some of the state auditor's authority....
    NewsMarch 9, 2017 - 4:31pm
    February 14, 2017
    Officers make arrests minutes after Valentine’s morning robbery at Audubon convenience store
    AUDUBON, Minn. -- A clerk at Orton’s Convenience Store in Audubon reported being robbed by two males wielding knives just after 1 a.m. on Valentine’s...
    News/regionFebruary 14, 2017 - 4:57pm
    January 28, 2017
    The three horses in November, before winter set in at their pasture near Strawberry Lake in western Minnesota. Submitted photo.
    Minn. tribal police looking into starving death of 3 horses, including great-granddaughter of famed racing horse Secretariat
    MAHNOMEN, Minn.—White Earth Tribal police are looking into the deaths of three horses that apparently starved to death over a period of...
    NewsJanuary 28, 2017 - 4:59pm
    January 16, 2017
    Fargo boy injured in Becker County snowmobile accident
    ROUND LAKE TOWNSHIP, MINN.—A 12-year-old Fargo boy was injured in a snowmobile accident here on Saturday, Jan. 14.According to a release from the Becker County Sheriff's Office, the accident happened around 2:18 p.m. The boy was driving a snowmobile near Ice Cracking Lake when his...
    News/regionJanuary 16, 2017 - 10:30am
    December 28, 2016
    Feds tighten restrictions on meds for farm animals
    FRAZEE, Minn. — Since antibiotics came into general use in the 1930s and 1940s, they have been widely available to American farmers to use on their livestock at their discretion. Until now, antibiotics for food animals have been easily obtained at feed stores, fleet supply...
    NewsDecember 28, 2016 - 7:19pm
    Tubers braved the frosty, cold conditions Tuesday evening in exchange for a wide-open ride down the hills of the Detroit Mountain Recreation Area.
    Riding on air: It's downhill all the way at Detroit Mountain's new tubing area
    DETROIT LAKES, Minn. — Thanks to a lot of work done over the summer, there's plenty of room for tubing now at Detroit Mountain. A new...
    News/regionDecember 28, 2016 - 12:19pm
    December 26, 2016
    1 killed, 1 critically injured when vehicle strikes pedestrians near Frazee
    FRAZEE, Minn.—One person died and another was critically injured when a vehicle struck two pedestrians early Sunday, Dec. 25, on Highway 29 about five miles north of Frazee, according to a report released by Becker County Sheriff Todd Glander.According to the report: A vehicle driven...
    News/regionDecember 26, 2016 - 11:22am
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