news briefs

The following is a collection of news briefs from Forum Communication Company newspapers in Minnesota and North Dakota. NORTH DAKOTA/MINNESOTA NDSCS student died from gunshot wound to head, autopsy finds A college student found dead in the Red River near Breckenridge,...

The following is a collection of news briefs from Forum Communication Company newspapers in Minnesota and North Dakota. MINNESOTA Woman charged in girl’s exposure death found incompetent BEMIDJI, Minn. -- The woman charged with manslaughter in her 6-year-old cousin’s...

The following is a collection of news briefs from Forum Communication Company newspapers in Minnesota, North Dakota and Wisconsin. NORTH DAKOTA Men that died in car accident with cow identified MANDAREE, N.D. -- Two men that died Friday night after their car hit a cow...

The following is a collection of news briefs from Forum Communication Company newspapers in Minnesota and North Dakota. MINNESOTA Duluth man gets 25 years in sex trafficking case MINNEAPOLIS -- A man convicted of prostituting an underage girl throughout the Upper Midwest...

The following is a collection of news briefs from the Forum News Service and the St. Paul Pioneer Press. MINNESOTA Minnesota Chamber of Commerce names interim president ST. PAUL -- The Minnesota Chamber of Commerce board of directors has named Bill Blazar interim president,...

The following is a collection of news briefs from Forum Communication Company newspapers in Minnesota and North Dakota. Victim in fatal crash near Regal identified REGAL, Minn. –– The victim of a fatal two-vehicle crash Saturday afternoon near Regal has been identified....

The following is a collection of news briefs from Forum Communication Company newspapers in Minnesota and North Dakota. Victim in fatal crash near Regal identified REGAL, Minn. –– The victim of a fatal two-vehicle crash Saturday afternoon near Regal has been identified....

The following is a collection of news briefs from Forum Communication Company newspapers in Minnesota and North Dakota. MINNESOTA Minnesota woman accused of taking son is arrested in Ohio A Minnesota woman suspected of taking her son in violation of a court order has been...

The following is a collection of news briefs from Forum Communication Company newspapers in Minnesota, North Dakota and Wisconsin. MINNESOTA Woman’s body was found in tent, relatives say MENAHGA, Minn. -- The body of a woman whose death is under investigation in Menahga...

The following is a collection of news briefs from Forum Communication Company newspapers in Minnesota, North Dakota and Wisconsin. MINNESOTA Man dies after being pinned by tractor BRAINERD, Minn. -- An 86-year-old rural Brainerd man died Tuesday after apparently being...

The following is a collection of news briefs from Forum Communication Company newspapers in Minnesota and North Dakota. MINNESOTA Company fined for pollution violations PERHAM, Minn. -- A metal coating company will pay a $60,000 fine and make improvements to its Perham...

The following is a collection of news briefs from Forum Communication Company newspapers in Minnesota and North Dakota. MINNESOTA Man hospitalized after near-drowning MORRIS, Minn. -- A 43-year-old Wahpeton, N.D., man is hospitalized after a near-drowning in Morris on...

The following is a collection of news briefs from Forum Communication Company newspapers in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota. MINNESOTA Driver arrested in fatal bike-truck collision STEEN, Minn. — A truck driver involved in a southwest Minnesota collision that killed...

The following is a collection of news briefs from Forum Communication Company newspapers in Minnesota, North Dakota and Wisconsin. MINNESOTA Woodbury police identify jewelry store gunman WOODBURY, Minn. -- Police on Wednesday identified a 54-year-old Minneapolis man as the...