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A Red Wing man was sentenced in federal court Tuesday to 135 months in prison for receiving child pornography. Ronald Lee Rainwater, 42, pleaded guilty to one count of receipt...

WALKER - Cass County Sheriff's deputies seized 120 marijuana plants from a grow operation on county property in Beulah Township near Outing. A news release from Sheriff Tom Burch said...

EAGLE LAKE (AP) — The head football coach at Minnesota State, Mankato, is in custody on charges related to child pornography. Todd Hoffner was booked into the Blue Earth County...

DULUTH -- Carlton County Attorney Thom Pertler returned to work in his office Monday after receiving treatment at Hazelden alcohol and drug addiction treatment center in Center City, Minn. A...

GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. -- A Keewatin woman pleaded guilty Monday in Itasca County to stabbing a man during a domestic dispute after a day of drug use and drinking earlier...

WILLMAR, Minn. — A Cokato man will make his first court appearance Tuesday on charges of criminal vehicular homicide for a crash that killed three people Friday east of Willmar...

MINNEAPOLIS – Four people face federal murder charges for the death of a couple on New Year’s Day 2011 on the Red Lake Indian Reservation. Prosecutors filed an indictment Monday...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal magistrate has ordered Minnesota to create a task force to explore less-restrictive custody options for sex offenders in the state's civil commitment program who rarely...

GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- A Grand Forks man was sentenced Tuesday to 17 years in prison on charges of possessing and receiving child pornography, U.S. Attorney Timothy Purdon’s office announced...

WINONA, Minn. (AP) — A man accused of striking and killing an elderly woman walking to church in Winona is charged with vehicular homicide. Prosecutors say 20-year-old Robert John Tofstad...

As his girlfriend was being loaded into an ambulance, the man accused of throwing her off a second-floor apartment balcony told medics, "Take her away -- I don't ever want...

BEMIDJI - A $4,000 grant has been awarded to the Bemidji Police Department for a crackdown on underage drinking. Police Chief Mike Mastin said the grant, from the Invitation Health...

BEMIDJI - The director of a local nonprofit has been sentenced for driving while impaired. Sarah Jane Einerson, 50, of Bemidji, on Aug. 6 was sentenced for gross misdemeanor second-degree...

BEMIDJI - A 73-year-old Bemidji woman has pleaded not guilty to felony criminal sexual conduct. Janet Verjean Kern pleaded not guilty Aug. 7 to fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct with a...

BEMIDJI - Beltrami County residents are being warned about a property deed scam circulating the area. The Beltrami County Recorder's Office recently was contacted by homeowners who have been the...