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HELGA TOWNSHIP – The temporary restraining order prohibiting Doug Crosby from excavating his fields has been dissolved, per a judge’s order. Hubbard County District Judge Robert Tiffany issued an order...

The following cases were heard Aug. 27 by Beltrami County District Court John Melbye: -- Arlen James Stately Jr., 40, of Bemidji, was sentenced for felony third-degree burglary. He was...

HELGA TOWNSHIP – The Hubbard County attorney has reaffirmed his position that criminal charges are not being pursued against a former Helga Township board member. County Attorney Donovan Dearstyne sent...

The following cases were heard Aug. 13 by Beltrami County District Court Judge Shari Schluchter: -- Pamela Dawn Stillday, 41, of Ponemah, was sentenced for gross misdemeanor third-degree DWI. She...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jurors are being picked in Hennepin County to hear a civil case filed by a man who claims he was injured by a Sartell police officer. Brian...

The following cases were heard between July 30 and Aug. 7 by Beltrami County District Court Judge Paul Benshoof: -- Brandon Joseph Rossbach, 27, of Bemidji, was sentenced on two...

By Tom Robertson, MPR News 91.3 FM CASS LAKE – Fred Isham sits near a blazing fire just outside Cass Lake on the Leech Lake Indian Reservation. The 37-year-old tribal...

My second DUI is newsworthy? In the words of my wonderful, intelligent sister, when I told her of the Pioneer story, “This is not something that should be shameful. A...

HELGA TOWNSHIP – The Hubbard County attorney declined to file charges against former Helga Township board member Silas Hooker, 10 months before the current board released a written statement that...

A judge gave preliminary approval Wednesday to a settlement capped at $1.5 million to be divided among as many as 53,500 drivers to resolve the lawsuit involving Fargo's illegal traffic...

UMM Police Philip Thomas Fraley, North Mankato, 5/9/09; possession of drug paraphernalia, $135. MN State Patrol Jacob Vernon Boelz, Blackduck, 5/4/09; speeding, $145. Philip Harmon Hein, Benson, 5/25/09; speeding, $125...

FOLEY -- Frazee hog farmer Robert Briard was found innocent of second degree criminal sexual conduct today in Benton County District Court. A 12-person jury deliberated for roughly an hour...

DETROIT LAKES - Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson filed a lawsuit Thursday against a West Fargo man accused of charging Minnesota farmers and small businesses at least $265,354 for the...