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THIEF RIVER FALLS — Tanya Kazmierczak was last seen alive talking to Jedidiah Dean Troxel after a party, witnesses say. According to a criminal complaint filed Tuesday, Kazmierczak, 40, was...

WANNASKA, Minn. -- Authorities in Roseau County of northern Minnesota were searching Tuesday for an escaped prisoner. According to the sheriff’s department, Kevin Leigh Martin Jr., 32, escaped Monday morning...

Unseasonably high temperatures and a lack of rain have combined to create high fire-danger ratings in northwest Minnesota, the state Department of Natural Resources said. Expected hot, windy weather this...

THIEF RIVER FALLS -Investigators have made an arrest in the murder of a Thief River Falls woman. Agents with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension early Monday evening arrested Jedidiah...

FARGO – Police are investigating a stabbing that occurred at about 10:30 p.m. Sunday outside a downtown Fargo bar. Sgt. Jared Crane said an argument escalated into a fight and...

FARGO – American Red Cross Minn-Kota Region emergency response vehicles based in Fargo and East Grand Forks, Minn., will deploy this week to assist with Red Cross efforts in Louisiana...

Forum Communications Sulfates are ions containing sulfur that can come from decaying plants and animals as well as from industrial processes such as mine discharges, mine stockpiles and waste piles,...

By John Myers Forum Communications Even if scientists, regulators, politicians and industry leaders find common ground on how much sulfate is too much for wild rice, the issue of sulfate...

ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) — A 40-year-old man has been charged with murdering his mother in St. Cloud. Chad Matthew Pulju was charged Friday in Stearns County with second-degree murder...

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. – The Minnesota Department of Agriculture and Hoffman Town & Country Meat Market of Detroit Lakes issued a consumer advisory Thursday for whole-muscle turkey jerky after state...

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. – The International Red River Board will host an open house at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Holiday Inn. The purpose of the meeting is to present...

HALLOCK, Minn. -- The detour on U.S. Highway 75 between Kennedy and Hallock starts Monday as crews replace a culvert, the Minnesota Department of Transportation said Thursday. The detour in...

By SAM COOK Forum Communications DULUTH — John Steitz remembers having a dream while he was napping along the Superior Hiking Trail Tuesday afternoon. A very vivid dream. Steitz, 26,...