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Crews scramble to aid ice fishermen

For the second time in five days, emergency crews scrambled Tuesday to Upper Red Lake on a report of ice fishermen in distress. A call from Roger's Campground, 49690 Rogers...

news / region / outdoors Wed, Dec 07, 2011 - 12:00am

Santa and Mrs. Claus (Steve & Julie Ballou from Break On The Lake Resort) came to Cass Lake on Saturday, to participate in the "Shacks On Second" Parade. The event kicked off the celebration welcoming winter to Cass Lake. There were 10 participants in the parade including Miss Cass Lake, Kit Rousou, Mayor LaDuke and various ice shacks decorated for the holiday season. After the parade Coyote 102.5 entertained the crowd at the Big Tap with music followed by the American Legion in Cass Lake hosting the loc...

Santa and Mrs. Claus take part in Cass Lake Parade

Santa and Mrs. Claus (Steve & Julie Ballou from Break On The Lake Resort) came to Cass Lake on Saturday, to participate in the "Shacks On Second" Parade. The event...

news / local / region Sun, Dec 04, 2011 - 12:00am

Pharmacists go to Washington: Bemidji's Paul Iverson part of delegation protesting Express Scripts/Medco merger

Grand Rapids pharmacist Mike Brandt is so alarmed by the proposed merger between two major pharmacy-benefit managers that he took his case to Washington. So did Andrew Feld, a student...

news / local / region Thu, Dec 01, 2011 - 12:00am

Cost of being broke: Snowballing financial woes can be hard to escape

A late rent payment turns into an extra $100 deficit in overdue fees. A medical emergency leads to big bills and valuable days of work lost. A payday loan may...

news / region Sun, Nov 27, 2011 - 12:00am

Jason Wohlman of West Fargo ties his new Christmas tree to the roof of his vehicle Friday after shopping at the Holy Cross Catholic Church Men's Club lot in West Fargo. Forum Communications Photo/David Samson, The Forum

A tree-mendous decision: Shoppers split on whether to get real, artificial trees

WEST FARGO - Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but for Katie and Jason Wohlman, when it comes to buying a Christmas tree, the choice also leans...

news / region Sun, Nov 27, 2011 - 12:00am

'Significant' drug bust in Park Rapids leads to 3 arrests

PARK RAPIDS - Three men appeared in Hubbard County District Court Wednesday in what the county attorney is calling "one of the most significant" drug busts in recent memory. Darrol...

news / region Fri, Nov 25, 2011 - 12:00am

Briannan Gahner plays with her children Hunter, right, and Alexis, left, at Lindenwood Park in Fargo, N.D. on October 26. Carrie Snyder / The Forum

Moms talk about how work choices affect their marriages

FARGO - Briannan Gahner doesn't want her husband to help her clean the house. The Fargo, N.D., stay-at-home mom said her husband helps with their 4-year-old daughter and infant son...

news / region Fri, Nov 25, 2011 - 12:00am

Colleen Lanners picks up her children, James, 5, and Grace, 7, from afterschool care at Hope Lutheran Church North Campus on Oct. 24. Michael Vosburg / Forum Photo Editor

Finances factor high in working or staying home with children

FARGO - For Kari Dahlen, money was the only issue when it came to deciding between working and staying home with her 2-year-old son. "I love to stay busy and...

news / region Fri, Nov 25, 2011 - 12:00am

Both stay-at-home and working mothers feel social pressures

FARGO - Carrie Stange works full time, has a 2-year-old son and is pregnant. Some days the Fargo, N.D., woman wants to be a stay-at-home mom, but she says she...

news / region Thu, Nov 24, 2011 - 12:00am

Pluses, minuses for children at home or in day care

FARGO - Kimbra Amerman looks at how well-behaved and kind her daughters are, and she knows she made the right decision in staying home with them. Amerman of Kindred, N.D.,...

news / region Thu, Nov 24, 2011 - 12:00am

A parenting conundrum: Moms sound off on decision to work or stay home with their kids

FARGO - After working as a nanny, Kimbra Amberman knew she wanted to stay home in Kindred, N.D., with her daughters who are now 8 and 5 years old. "I...

news / region Thu, Nov 24, 2011 - 12:00am

U.S. Postal Service: Local mail processing moving to St. Cloud

The U.S. Postal Service has decided to move mail processing operations from Bemidji to St. Cloud. In a press release issued Monday afternoon, the Postal Service said it has decided...

news / local / region Tue, Nov 22, 2011 - 12:00am

Rodney Lieberg (front), Marshall County Commissioner Sharon Bring and Dennis Hjelle at the site of the test tower on Hjelle's land west of Newfolden, Minn. Forum Communications Photo/ John Stennes

Marshall County awaits 'economic boon' of wind farm

NEWFOLDEN, Minn. -- The owner of farmland just east of the Red River Valley, Rodney Liedberg has claimed that he's "15 miles from the good land." His property may not...

news / region / business Sun, Nov 20, 2011 - 12:00am

Blackduck School Board chairman back home after ATV accident

Dale Compton, 53, of?Tenstrike, is back home following the Monday crash on his ATV. Compton, the chairman of the Blackduck School Board, was injured when his ATV was struck by...

news / region / education Fri, Nov 18, 2011 - 12:00am

N.D. big enough for OPEC: State producing as much oil as cartel member

GRAND FORKS, N.D.

news / region Fri, Nov 18, 2011 - 12:00am

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