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The Alexandria Cardinals celebrate in the end zone after a touchdown in the second quarter against the Willmar Cardinals Friday night in Willmar. (Briana Sanchez | Forum News Service)
Football: Christenson runs wild in win at Willmar
WILLMAR — The Willmar defense did a solid job bottling up Alexandria running back Micah Christenson in the first half Friday, holding him to...
 sports / Cardinals 15 hours 3 min ago
Brandon-Evansville junior running back Jake Hintermeister cuts up the sideline and gets CGB junior Cedric Barnes off balance during a 70-yard touchdown run by Hintermeister on Friday night in Brandon. (Eric Morken | Echo Press)
Football: B-E dominates in first-ever win over CGB
The Brandon-Evansville football team did something it has never done in program history, and did so in dominant fashion. Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley...
 sports / Chargers September 24, 2016 - 12:16am
Firefighters from Brandon and Alexandria work at the scene of a grain elevator fire in downtown Brandon Friday night. (Celeste Edenloff | Echo Press) play button
Update: Fire reported at grain elevator in Brandon (w/video)
The Brandon Fire Department was called to a fire at the Brandon Pro Ag Farmers Elevator shortly before 10:30 p.m. Friday night. There was a fire...
 News September 24, 2016 - 12:14am
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Osakis senior Logan Wolf attempts to wrangle Wadena-Deer Creek junior Preston War-ren after a second-quarter catch at home on Friday night. The Silverstreaks responded after their first loss of the season last week with a convincing 46-6 district victory. (Will Benson | Osakis Review)
Football: Osakis gets back on track with commanding win over Wadena
The Osakis football team suffered its first loss of the season at Staples-Motley last week. Friday’s night Week Four test with district foe...
 sports / Silverstreaks September 23, 2016 - 11:02pm
Law enforcement blotter: Thursday, Sept. 22
DOUGLAS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE Thursday, Sept. 22 Civil matter, issues with a brother and an estate they are overseeing, Kensington. Public...
 News September 23, 2016 - 2:03pm
Grand jury indicts Fergus Falls man for father’s murder
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. — A state grand jury has indicted a man on first-degree premeditated murder for the death of his father in Fergus Falls earlier this year. The indictment, filed Tuesday, Sept. 21, in Otter Tail County District Court, is in addition to a second-degree murder charge...
 News September 23, 2016 - 10:18am
Attorney says civil commitment process has failed mentally ill
Over the course of the last 10 years, there has been a drastic rise in mental health-related issues. Law enforcement officers have seen a rise in the number of cases they deal with that are mental health-related and the number of cases processed at the county attorney's office also...
 News September 23, 2016 - 12:00am
This artist rendering depicts what the exterior of the Kensington Rune Stone Park Visitor Center will look like. (Courtesy of JLG Architects)
Rune Stone Park plans taking shape
The $1 million Kensington Rune Stone Park Visitor Center could be open by this time next year. Brad Bonk, Douglas County park superintendent,...
 News September 23, 2016 - 12:00am
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources provided this image of zebra mussels that were found in Lake Andrew.
Zebra mussels found in Lake Andew
Zebra mussels have invaded another Douglas County lake -- Lake Andrew. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources confirmed today new reports...
 News September 22, 2016 - 11:55am
Law enforcement blotter: Wednesday, Sept. 21
DOUGLAS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE Wednesday, Sept. 21 Suspicious activity, male party will not leave her kids alone when they are outside, suspect is approaching neighborhood kids as they walk by, some of the things he says are not age appropriate, advised complainant to obtain an...
 News September 22, 2016 - 10:21am
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Alumni Hall of Fame inductees to be honored
The Alexandria Education Foundation will induct four individuals into the Alumni Hall of Fame: Kathryn (LeRoy) LeBrasseur, William Flaig, Thomas...
 Life / features September 21, 2016 - 12:00am
UPDATE: Five injured in boat crash in Pope County
Five people were injured in an airboat crash in Pope County Wednesday night. At 6:40 p.m., the Pope County Sheriff's Office received a report of a watercraft accident in Outlet Creek in White Bear Lake Township, near Krueger Farms and County Road 18, southwest of Starbuck. At the...
 News September 22, 2016 - 2:20pm
Local House, Senate candidates to debate tonight
Candidates for Minnesota House and Senate positions in the Douglas County area will debate on Pioneer Public Television tonight, Thursday, September 22 from 7 to 10 p.m. The scheduled debates include: 7 p.m. -- House District 8A, C.J. Holl, DFL-Pelican Rapids and Bud Nornes, R-Fergus...
 News September 22, 2016 - 8:47am
Sandra Grazzini-Rucki of Stillwater was sentenced Sept. 21, 2016, to 233 days in prison after being found guilty of deprivation of parental rights in Dakota County District Court. (Photo courtesy Dakota County sheriff's office)
Mom who hid daughters on western Minnesota horse farm going to prison for 8 months
ST. PAUL—A Stillwater woman who took her two daughters to western Minnesota to keep them from their father in Lakeville will serve nearly eight...
 News September 21, 2016 - 10:49pm
Girl stopped on state highway by fake officer
WILLMAR, Minn.  -- A teenage girl was reportedly stopped on Minnesota Highway 23 on Tuesday night by a man posing as a law enforcement officer, authorities say. The man, driving a sedan-like vehicle with red and blue lights in the grill, reportedly told the girl he had stopped her...
 News September 21, 2016 - 6:24pm

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Torren is available for adoption through the LAHS.

The Echo Press and the Lakes Area Humane Society (LAHS) in Alexandria present this week’s “Pet of the Week” – Torren.

Torren is a 1 to 2 year old male ...

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