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National Guard Adjutant General Richard Nash visits Montevideo, Minn.

MONTEVIDEO - Major General Richard C. Nash, adjutant general for the state of Minnesota, met with local educational and political leaders, law enforcement officials and business community members in Montevideo...

news / region Sat, Oct 08, 2011 - 5:00am

Windy debate hits Parkers Prairie, Minn.

Nearly 100 people gathered at the Parkers Prairie Event Center Tuesday evening to listen to input on a proposed 70- to 100-megawatt wind energy project that would be built one...

news / region Fri, Oct 07, 2011 - 8:24am

Republicans fight anti-gay marriage measure

ST. PAUL - Some well-known Minnesota Republicans announced Thursday that they will fight the proposed anti-gay marriage constitutional amendment, a proposal their party strongly supports. "I'm Republican because I believe...

news / government / region Fri, Oct 07, 2011 - 8:21am

Highway 28 culvert replacement project east of Starbuck begins Friday

DETROIT LAKES -- Motorists on Highway 28 east of Starbuck will experience delays when a culvert replacement project near Lake Minnewaska begins Friday, Oct. 7. Traffic will detour to Highway...

news / region Thu, Oct 06, 2011 - 9:01am

Highway 27 culvert replacement project near Lake Oscar begins Oct. 5

DETROIT LAKES -- Motorists on Highway 27 between Hoffman and Highway 114 in Douglas County will experience delays when a culvert replacement project near Lake Oscar begins today, Wednesday, Oct...

news / region Wed, Oct 05, 2011 - 12:39pm

Local legislators talk about taxes with city, county leaders in Alexandria, Minn.

ALEXANDRIA - State Representatives Mary Franson, R-Alexandria, and Torrey Westrom, R-Elbow Lake, invited House Tax Chair Greg Davids and Property Tax Chair Linda Runbeck to talk with local and county...

news / region Wed, Oct 05, 2011 - 12:32pm

The Center for Rural Affairs has put together a rough approximation of where new clean energy transmission lines could be constructed. Most of these projects are still in the planning and development stages.

Wind power needs a way to get around

ST. PAUL - The growth of wind-generated power in Minnesota could be seriously stifled due to a lack of transmission lines, according to the Center for Rural Affairs . The...

news / region Mon, Oct 03, 2011 - 10:17am

Capitol Chatter: Kline says debt panel needs to succeed

ST. PAUL - U.S. Rep. John Kline says a committee looking into how to deal with the national debt has no choice but to find a solution. The Minnesota Republican...

news / region Sun, Oct 02, 2011 - 5:00am

State tax shift will hit locally

Almost every taxpayer in the state of Minnesota will face increased property taxes next year - even before any tax changes made by counties, cities and school districts - thanks...

news / region Sat, Oct 01, 2011 - 5:00am

Minor combine fire in Darnen Township

The Morris Fire Department responded to a minor combine fire in Darnen Township at about 4:45 p.m on Monday. Morris Fire Chief Doug Storck said when firefighters arrived the fire...

news / region Tue, Sep 27, 2011 - 11:55am

Third agency lowers Minnesota credit score

ST. PAUL -- The country's third major credit-rating agency has downgraded Minnesota's bond rating, meaning that borrowing money for new construction and repair projects likely will cost state and local...

news / region / government Mon, Sep 26, 2011 - 4:16pm

Fergus Falls Center for the Arts hires Michael Burgraff as new executive director

FERGUS FALLS -- Michael Burgraff, currently the executive director of the Spearfish Arts Center in Spearfish, S.D., has been hired as the new executive director of A Center for the...

news / region Mon, Sep 26, 2011 - 1:51pm

500 remain without service after natural gas outage

Natural gas service has been restored to 3,100 of the 3,600 CenterPoint Energy customers in Morris, Hancock and Benson left without service since Friday afternoon. CenterPoint is down to 500...

news / region Mon, Sep 26, 2011 - 10:42am

Morris resident joins Lake Region Arts Council

FERGUS FALLS -- The Lake Region Arts Council welcomes Kari Adams of Morris to its Board of Directors. Kari graduated from the University of Minnesota, Morris with a BA in...

news / region Mon, Sep 26, 2011 - 10:00am

UPDATE: CENTERPOINT ENERGY RESPONDING TO A NATURAL GAS OUTAGE

CenterPoint Energy is responding to a natural gas outage affecting approximately 3,600 customers in Benson, Hancock and Morris. The outage was caused when a piece of farm equipment hit a...

news / region Fri, Sep 23, 2011 - 3:58pm

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