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By Tom Robertson, MPR News 91.3 FM CASS LAKE – Fred Isham sits near a blazing fire just outside Cass Lake on the Leech Lake Indian Reservation. The 37-year-old tribal...

My second DUI is newsworthy? In the words of my wonderful, intelligent sister, when I told her of the Pioneer story, “This is not something that should be shameful. A...

HELGA TOWNSHIP – The Hubbard County attorney declined to file charges against former Helga Township board member Silas Hooker, 10 months before the current board released a written statement that...

The following cases were heard July 16-19 by Beltrami County District Court Judge John Melbye: -- Richard David Harris, 26, of Bemidji, was sentenced for gross misdemeanor domestic assault. He...

BEMIDJI - The owner of the Got-R-Dunn Saloon in Tenstrike was sentenced last week for stealing pull-tab proceeds from the Blackduck American Legion Post. Renee Marie Dunn, 56, of Tenstrike,...

BEMIDJI - A Cass Lake woman has been sentenced for providing alcohol to teenagers. Angela Lee Jacobs, 32, was convicted of gross misdemeanor liquor - purchase/sell/barter/furnish/give to someone under the...

The following cases were heard July 16 by Beltrami County District Court John Melbye: E David Lee Kingbird, 22, of Cass Lake, was given a stay of imposition for felony...

The following cases were heard by Beltrami County District Judge Paul Benshoof on July 9: Tanya Michelle Sanders, 29, of Bemidji, was given a stay of adjudication for felony fifth-degree...

The following cases were heard by Beltrami County District Judge Paul Benshoof: Ronald Eugene Brown Jr., 44, of Bemidji, on June 18 was given a statutory stay of adjudication for...

The following cases were heard by Beltrami County District Judge John Melbye on June 25: John David Iverson, 32, of Wilton, was sentenced for felony possession of burglary or theft...

The following cases were heard by Beltrami County District Judge John Melbye on June 8: Joel Clarence Velisek, 46, of Bemidji, was sentenced for felony theft. He was sentenced to...

The following cases were heard by Beltrami County District Judge Shari Schluchter on June 11: Scott Lesley Miettinen, 21, of Pennington was sentenced for gross misdemeanor giving a peace officer...

The following cases were heard by Beltrami County District Judge John Melbye: Dietrich Arntson Drauden, 43, of Blackduck, was sentenced June 4 for gross misdemeanor domestic assault. He was sentenced...

The following cases were heard by Beltrami County District Judge Paul Benshoof on May 29: Michael Andrew Cutbank, 20, of Cass Lake, was sentenced for gross misdemeanor financial transaction card...

The following cases were heard by Beltrami County District Judge Shari Schluchter on May 21: Auralia Marie Major, 32, of Bemidji, was sentenced for gross misdemeanor DWI. She was sentenced...