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Minnesota attorney general candidate will continue to run without GOP backing, despite pledge

Republican candidate Doug Wardlow is continuing his campaign after political newcomer Jim Schultz won the Minnesota GOP endorsement Friday at the party's state convention in Rochester. Typically, Minnesota Republican candidates honor their party’s endorsement and do not run in the August primary election.

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Report finds little progress reducing violence against Native American women

The Amnesty report calls for full restoration of tribal jurisdiction over crimes committed in Indian country, and increased funding for prosecution, law enforcement and health care.

May 17, 2022 10:48 AM

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Appeals court affirms suspect in west-central Minnesota homicide cold case incompetent to aid in defense

Algene Vossen, arrested after DNA evidence linked him to a 1974 killing in Willmar, has been found by a Kandiyohi County District Court judge to be incompetent to stand trial. The Minnesota Court of Appeals has affirmed that ruling.

May 16, 2022 07:30 PM

Minnesota

Fargo school official named running mate in Minnesota gubernatorial election

Cory Hepola and Tamara Uselman will make public appearances together on Tuesday morning, May 17, in St. Paul and at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Moorhead Public Library.

May 16, 2022 11:31 AM

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Drought forces dairy into difficult selloff decision, but farmer hopes to rebuild

Quaal Dairy in Otter Tail County sold off most of its herd in April. Vernon Quaal says the 2021 drought drastically cut into its feed supply and the rising prices for feed made maintaining the 300 cow herd unstainable. Quaal says many dairies are suffering. But he is determined to build back up, with a crop of bred heifers ready to calve in September.

May 16, 2022 05:30 AM

By Jeff Beach

David Hallberg sits in an examination room at the Rice Rehabilitation Center in Willmar on Wednesday, April 15, 2022. Hallberg's hard work and determination assisted his recovery from long COVID symptoms while working with respiratory therapist Kendra Sandmann.

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Survivor calls long COVID experience surreal, scary

The symptoms that linger after a COVID-19 infection can be puzzling and worrisome. Fatigue, breathing issues and brain fog can last for months. And because the disease has been around for only about two years, no one knows how much longer they may last.

May 15, 2022 10:00 AM

By Linda Vanderwerf

Minnesota

Minnesota GOP backs Scott Jensen for governor

Five candidates for governor sought the party endorsement at the GOP state convention in Rochester. By the ninth round of voting, Jensen, a family practice physician and former state senator skeptical of COVID-19 lockdowns and vaccine mandates, bested former congressional candidate Kendall Qualls.

May 14, 2022 05:57 PM

By Alex Derosier

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LaDuke: When the frogs sing

"As much as we have lost, we still have wild things. The biodiversity of the north country provides a home for the animals and the people, butterflies and frogs. Yet, that biodiversity is being fragmented by government policies, corporations, greed, and downright stupidity."

May 14, 2022 11:00 AM

By Winona LaDuke

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Minnesota GOP endorses political newcomer Jim Schultz for attorney general

The 36-year-old attorney describes himself as a political outsider and law and order candidate. In his acceptance speech, Schultz criticized incumbent Democratic-Farmer-Labor Attorney General Keith Ellison’s handling of the rise of violent crime in the state.

May 13, 2022 08:35 PM

By Alex Derosier

Lightning strikes illuminate the sky over the Middle Fork Crow River near Spicer the evening of Thursday, May 12, 2022. The storm brought down trees and infrastructure, causing multi-hour power outages in the area.

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'Rare and extreme severe weather event' causes extensive damage across west central Minnesota

Storms that swept across South Dakota and western and central Minnesota on Thursday night brought damaging winds that downed trees and power lines and destroyed buildings.

May 13, 2022 05:48 PM

By Tom Cherveny

Minnesota

Disaster, again: Minnesota barn fire that killed about 1,000 goats, litter of puppies echoes 2020 blaze

A fire at the same farm on Christmas Eve 2020 caused the deaths of about 1,000 milking goats, 15 peacocks and a dog.

May 13, 2022 05:05 PM

By David Olson

A woman surveys damage to a silo at a farm outside Blomkest Friday, May 13, 2022. Strong winds associated with a storm Thursday evening caused damage throughout the region.

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Blomkest, Minnesota, volunteer firefighter died Thursday while on his way to storm-watching duty

Ryan Leif Erickson, 63, had been a Blomkest volunteer firefighter since the age of 18. He died in the line of duty Thursday when a large grain bin was blown over by the high winds and fell on him as he was preparing to leave his farm to monitor storms.

May 13, 2022 04:30 PM

By Jennifer Kotila

Minnesota

Motorcyclist dies in west-central Minnesota crash

A 49-year-old Benson man was northbound Thursday on Minnesota Highway 29 when his motorcycle left the road and entered the ditch.

May 13, 2022 02:44 PM

By Forum News Service