updates

MINNEAPOLIS - A jury found a 60-year-old Red Lake man guilty Tuesday of sexually abusing two girls. Dean Earl Wilkens was found guilty of four counts of aggravated sexual abuse...

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. - A Pelican Rapids, Minn., man who pleaded guilty Friday to second-degree manslaughter in connection with the November death of his girlfriend's 5-month-old son will serve 57...

CROOKSTON, Minn. -- A Grand Forks, N.D., man who was drunk when he caused an accident on U.S. Highway 2 near Fisher, Minn., killing a Crookston woman, was sentenced to...

WILLMAR, Minn. -- Lowell Lundstrom, founder of Lowell Lundstrom Ministries and Celebration Church, died Friday at age 72 after a long battle with Parkinson's disease. Lundstrom was among the pioneers...

FARGO - A Minnesota man pleaded guilty Monday to trying to sell cocaine to an off-duty Cass County sheriff's deputy on March 14 outside a downtown Fargo bar. Fargo police...

FARGO -- The former director of the Spirit Lake Vocational Rehabilitation Program has been sentenced in federal court for her part in an embezzlement scam. Martina Kazena, of Fort Totten,...

LYTHAM ST. ANNES, England (AP) -- Still in shock over winning the Brit-ish Open, Ernie Els walked onto the 18th green to collect the claret jug. He looked at thousands...

BEMIDJI - Brad Swenson, 57, former political editor of the Bemidji Pioneer, died unexpectedly Sunday. Swenson, who started working in the Pioneer's editorial department in May 1980, retired last July...

MINNEAPOLIS - A Park Rapids doctor's license has been disciplined by the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice. According to a news release, Dr. Vern E. Erickson has been reprimanded for...

WORTHINGTON, Minn. - A two-part series on race and racism scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday at Minnesota West Community and Technical College, Worthington campus. The Culture Corner - a collaboration...

LITTLE FALLS -Bemidji and Little Falls earned berths in next week's Legion district baseball tournament in St. Cloud by defeating Brainerd Thursday in the sub-district meet. In Thursday's opener Little...

BEMIDJI -- Crews completed the bridge work on the Highway 2 bypass over the Mississippi River Wednesday, opening both the east and westbound lanes to traffic. The Highway 2 bridge...

BEMIDJI - The gates to Diamond Point Park have been opened. Diamond Point Park has been closed since the July 2 storm due to extensive damage from high winds. More...

CASS LAKE - Leech Lake Tribal College has selected the director of the American Indian Resource Center at Bemidji State University as its next president. Donald Day will take over...