3+ hour, 30+ min ago   (175+ words) Johnson said he decided to forgo a traditional campaign kickoff event in light of recent somber state events. "I remain humbled and deeply honored to serve our district, and I believe this moment calls for focus, steadiness, and continued work…...

4+ week, 17+ hour ago   (1433+ words) McALESTER, OK " It took 17 years to kill Roger Dale Stafford. One appeal after another, an earlier stay of execution, the 43-year-old mass murderer " who killed at least nine people during Oklahoma's "bloody summer" in 1978, including a North Dakotan family of…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (201+ words) Our newsroom occasionally reports stories under a byline of "staff." Often, the "staff" byline is used when rewriting basic news briefs that originate from official sources, such as a city press release about a road closure, and which require little…...

3+ mon, 3+ day ago   (751+ words) DULUTH " In an unusual turn of events, a Hermantown official has asked the Duluth City Council to censure one of its own members for negative comments she made about him online. Chad Ronchetti, Hermantown's economic development director, appeared before the…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (217+ words) ST. CLOUD " A Catholic priest with the St. Cloud diocese has been accused of sexual misconduct with a woman while being her spiritual adviser. Aaron John Kuhn, 47, of Wadena, was charged with third-degree criminal sexual conduct on Monday, Oct. 6, in…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (683+ words) MITCHELL, S.D. " Nearly 141 years ago, John Tyler Pierce, city marshal for Mitchell, South Dakota, was dispatched to a local saloon to arrest the shopkeeper in charge. Though not necessarily an unusual assignment, after it was all over, Pierce was dead from…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (947+ words) PARK RAPIDS, Minn. " Long before the arrival of tweets, texts, posts and chats, travelers recounted their vacations with family and friends by mailing postcards. Lead interpretive naturalist Connie Cox recently shared the postcard collection, dating from the 1900s through 1960s, of Itasca…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1483+ words) ST. CLOUD, Minn. " Mark Lee Erickson hoped his brother was joking. Talking about becoming a vampire cult after watching the new blockbuster movie "The Lost Boys" was one thing, but killing someone for their blood was something entirely different. It…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago   (676+ words) ST. PAUL " The Minnesota House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Committee held a hearing on Tuesday, July 8, where representatives grilled Department of Human Services leadership on Medicaid fraud and how the agency oversees it. DHS currently oversees $18.5 billion in…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago   (235+ words) Our newsroom occasionally reports stories under a byline of "staff." Often, the "staff" byline is used when rewriting basic news briefs that originate from official sources, such as a city press release about a road closure, and which require little…...