REGIONAL NEWS

Names of victims in fatal bus crash near Austin released

The Minnesota State Patrol today released the names of the two victims killed and the 20 injured in Wednesday afternoon’s bus crash on I-90 near Austin, Minnesota.

November 19, 2009

Gate City Bank CEO named to lead NDSU president search

The CEO of Gate City Bank will lead a search committee to recommend finalists for the next North Dakota State University president.

By Amy Dalrymple , November 19, 2009

PLANE CRASH UPDATE: Officials ID body of missing pilot in northwest Minnesota

The body of Andrew Lindberg was found this morning with his downed plane in a remote, wooded area about 24 miles east and 6 miles south of Mahnomen, Minn.

By Stephen J. Lee , November 18, 2009

Missing 16-year-old Dilworth girl found safe at Walmart

A 16-year-old Dilworth girl who had been missing since Monday afternoon was located Tuesday night at a Walmart in Detroit Lakes.

By Dave Olson , November 18, 2009

Airport service from St. Cloud to Chicago considered

Here’s a chance to have a voice in the future of St. Cloud air service. The St. Cloud Regional Airport has launched an air service survey, collecting data on local travel patterns that will be shared with prospective airlines to support new flight routes.

November 18, 2009

Grand Forks mom convicted of drunken breastfeeding gets three months

A Grand Forks mother convicted of breastfeeding while drunk was sentenced Monday to three more months in jail for slashing a tire on an acquaintance’s pickup — a crime committed the evening of Aug. 7, just hours after she was sentenced for child neglect.

By Archie Ingersoll , November 17, 2009

Search fruitless so far for missing pilot

The Minnesota Civil Air Patrol search for former Hallock, Minn., man Andrew Lindberg continued full-bore again for the third day Monday, but there’s still no trace of the missing pilot, a patrol spokesman said.

By Stephen J. Lee , November 17, 2009

Moorhead police seize seven pounds of marijuana, $11,000 in cash

Moorhead police arrested three men in Dilworth on Monday night, seizing 7½ pounds of marijuana and $11,000 in cash, police said.

November 17, 2009

95-year-old Oklee man hospitalized after suffering hypothermia

Carl Larson, 95, the last of four Swedish bachelor brothers who raised horses and farmed near Oklee, Minn., remains hospitalized in Thief River Falls after suffering hypothermia when he walked away from the farmstead last week.

By Chuck Haga , November 17, 2009

Clay County sheriff seeks help in finding missing 16-year-old girl

DILWORTH – Authorities in Clay County will be asking for assistance in finding a 16-year-old rural Dilworth girl who has been missing for a day. Clay County Sheriff Bill Berquist said he’s planning to hold a news conference at 3:30 p.m. in rural Dilworth, outside the home of the girl’s family. Further details will be released then, the sheriff said. The girl’s father called authorities at 7:48 p.m. Monday to report that his 16-year-old daughter was upset and had run into a cornfield northeast of Dilworth about 3 p.m. and hadn’t come out yet. He said he was concerned about how long she was out there, and that she wasn’t wearing a jacket, according to the police dispatch log. Bergquist said that Clay County deputies searched for the girl with a bloodhound for several hours on Monday and continued the search today.

November 17, 2009

Fire destroys several barns near Verndale

A Wing River Township farm was severely damaged by fire last Thursday night, according to Deputy Bryan Savaloja of the Wadena County Sheriff's Office.

By Steve Schulz , November 17, 2009

Search is on for missing Farmington pilot

Search crews are back at work today looking for Andrew Lindberg, the Farmington man whose plane disappeared Friday night.

November 16, 2009

Lutheran camp in Henning plans creation-science learning center

According to the book, the Earth is about 6,000 years old, evolution is wrong and Noah’s flood accounts for all of the world’s fossils. The book is the Bible.

By Dave Olson , November 15, 2009

From posh to just unique, deer stands vary greatly

Minnesota is smack dab in the middle of the 2009 deer hunting season. For many hunters, that means perching precariously on a small, cold seat high in the trees waiting for a big buck to stroll by.

By Brian Basham , November 15, 2009

New president named at Lund Boat Co.

Brunswick Corp. has named a new president of Lund Boat Co. in New York Mills.

November 14, 2009