Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News

**Legislative Expiration**: The city's authorization for the sales tax, granted in 2023, expires after 2024. Minnesota law requires that the election for imposing the tax occur within two years of aut...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has provided updates on deer harvest tracking and an alert regarding invasive species.   For hunters, the DNR's deer reports and statistics page now ...

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison has reached a settlement with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota to improve mental health care access across the state. Following a 2019 investigation, th...

Efforts to improve healthcare access across Western Minnesota are making headway with new initiatives and legislative support to better serve rural communities. In Wabasso, a partnership between Wabas...

Authorities in Bagley, Minnesota, are investigating a propane explosion that left six people injured Monday afternoon. According to initial reports, a propane leak inside a storage unit ignited when a...

  **Amber Alert: Urgent Search for Missing Woman and Children Near Brainerd** Authorities have issued an Amber Alert for a pregnant woman and her four children, abducted early this morning from a...

In what started as a potentially disturbing discovery, investigators were called to the Otter Tail River near Fergus Falls on Wednesday evening after a report of possible human remains. Around 6:30 p....

A Minnesotan home cook has won Campbell's holiday side dish recipe contest with a unique twist: Everything Quiche. Campbell's, known for its Cream of Mushroom Soup, held a nationwide contest asking fo...

A Wadena woman was injured in a semi-truck crash near Verndale on Wednesday afternoon. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, 65-year-old Terri Jean Kangas was traveling east on Highway 10 when her ...

A Lake Park resident is out $400 for a missed jury duty summons. The fine was $400. But, that was a scam. In fact, the caller told the resident payment would NOT be accepted at the sheriff's office. T...