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Two inmates who escaped Becker County jail are back in custody
Two Becker County jail inmates are back in custody after a short-lived escape Saturday.
Monday, April, 22, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

Serving a community while serving a sentence
The Institution Community Work Crew (ICWC) program is a two-pronged enterprise: It benefits communities while helping inmates transition back into normal life. Since being founded in 1998, ICWC has provided more than 400 inmates with the opportunity to work in communities for low wages.
Wednesday, August, 15, 2012 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

Project allowing e-mail printouts to prisoners expands
A pilot project that allows inmates to receive printouts of e-mail messages from family and friends is expanding from Shakopee and Oak Park Heights to all Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) prisons.
Wednesday, July, 04, 2012 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

Letter - Leaders should stop pandering to bureaucracy and special interests
Thomas Jefferson admonished us to “… a crusade against ignorance…” yet today we find ourselves mired in that ignorance and the putrescence of a society that once valued education and our youth.
Friday, July, 13, 2012 - Alexandria Echo Press - Opinion

Commissioner cautious of clutter in Douglas County
Permit applications, donations, and bid contracts rounded out a fairly routine Douglas County board meeting on May 14. Inquiries from a first-term commissioner added a few points.
Wednesday, May, 22, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

Two pictures worth 1,401 words
Facebook reaction to June stabbing suspects’ mug shots triggered a word war on diversity.
Wednesday, July, 25, 2012 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

County board briefs: Sheriff's office and jail, Miltona housing expansion and Red Willow Arts Coalition
Staff at the Douglas County Jail is preparing to be compliant with the national Prison Rape Elimination Act and the next generation of 911 service is progressing at the sheriff's office. The Red Willow Arts Coalition will once again grace the courthouse lawn with groovy tunes and a housing expansion is planned in Miltona.
Tuesday, April, 02, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

News Briefs: Truck driver given jail time for fatal crash
Editor's note: The following is a collection of news briefs from Forum Communication Company newspapers in North Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Tuesday, May, 14, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

Grant awards, applications highlight county board meeting
Awarded grants and grant requests topped the topics at the Douglas County commissioners’ meeting on August 14.
Thursday, August, 23, 2012 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

New legislation combats mental health problems in criminal justice system
This week, U.S. Senator Al Franken (D-Minnesota) and U.S. Representative Richard Nugent (R-Florida) said they will be introducing bipartisan legislation with 25 cosponsors that will make communities safer by improving access to mental health services for people in the criminal justice system who need treatment.
Saturday, January, 26, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

New laws take effect August 1
Electric utility companies have the right to build, own and maintain new electric transmission lines that have been approved for construction under a regional planning process. It also lays out the procedure for utilities to accept or reject their right to build the new power lines.
Friday, August, 03, 2012 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

In 30 minutes or less: Douglas County commissioners approved 2013 budget and levy
In what might have been the shortest tax hearing in Douglas County history, commissioners passed both the levy and budget for 2013. About a dozen people, mostly department heads, attended the half-hour meeting at Public Works on the evening of December 12.
Thursday, December, 13, 2012 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

In 30 minutes or less
In what might have been the shortest tax hearing in Douglas County history, commissioners passed both the levy and budget for 2013. About a dozen people, mostly department heads, attended the half-hour meeting at Public Works on the evening of December 12.
Wednesday, December, 19, 2012 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

Turning men's lives around
This Saturday, from 2 to 5 p.m., members of the community will have the opportunity to support a cause while enjoying live music, fresh food and good company at the LifeRight Outreach center in Alexandria.
Friday, August, 24, 2012 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

News Briefs: Search on for missing woman
Editor's note: The following is a collection of news briefs from Forum Communication Company newspapers in Minnesota, North Dakota and Wisconsin.
Thursday, December, 13, 2012 - Forum Communications Company - News

Rebuilding, repaving and recovering in Douglas County
Rebuilding Recycled Plastics in Garfield, a new speed limit in Osakis, paving the Services Center parking areas and recovering money were discussed at last week's county board meeting.
Wednesday, October, 03, 2012 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

News Briefs: Seal who escaped Duluth zoo euthanized
Editor's note: The following is a collection of news briefs from Forum Communication Company newspapers in Minnesota, North Dakota and Wisconsin.
Tuesday, March, 05, 2013 - Forum News Service - News

It's Our Turn - You're indispensable
We honor moms on Mother’s Day for their hard work, sacrifices, and ability to shape the next generation. They deserve our praise for all these things and more. However, we often seem to expect less of dads.
Friday, June, 15, 2012 - Alexandria Echo Press - Opinion

A lot of hay over zoning in Douglas County
Pups in Millerville Township have a new spa but horses in Hudson won’t be gaining ground. Douglas County commissioners approved a conditional use permit for John and Kathleen Bakken to operate a water therapy and grooming business for dogs in Millerville. The planning and zoning commission was unanimously not in favor of a conditional use permit to allow horses in the residential shoreland zoning district on Susan and Bennie Hedstrom’s property in Hudson.
Saturday, December, 29, 2012 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

A closer look into sentencing of a murderer
Confessed murderer Jeffery Allen Brooks, 54, Alexandria, was sentenced to 35 years in prison June 12 for the killing of Diane Fortenberry, 51, of Osakis.
Wednesday, June, 20, 2012 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

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