Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News

MOUNTRAIL COUNTY, N.D.- Tragedy struck on April 14 as a Stanley, North Dakota resident, 37-year-old Dale Christopher, lost his life in a crash in Mountrail County, according to the North Dakota Highwa...

BEMIDJI, Minn. - As Minnesota braces for the bustling planting season, the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) emphasizes vigilance on the roads, warning travelers to be mindful of farm equ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. - St. Paul police are investigating a sexual assault that occurred after a man broke into a home in the Macalester-Groveland neighborhood. Police responded to a report of a sexual assa...

POLK COUNTY, Minn. - A 36-year-old Grand Forks man was injured after his vehicle collided with a BNSF train on Monday around 4:20 PM. The incident occurred at a railroad crossing on the Highway 75 byp...

FARGO, N.D. - Seventh-grader Kaylee Trana's artwork has been chosen by the city of Fargo to be featured on a MATBUS for one year. The city had invited middle and high school students to submit origina...

MINNEAPOLIS - Bobbi Jo Johnson, also known as Bobbi Jo Kingbird, a 46-year-old resident of the Red Lake Indian Reservation, was convicted last week in federal court of abusing a boy who was in the fos...

GRAND FORKS, N.D. - Alexander Gothberg, a Grand Forks man, has been sentenced to ten years in prison after his two-year-old daughter overdosed on fentanyl while in his care. Gothberg pleaded guilty to...

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Senate Democrats in Minnesota have introduced a bill that could legalize women going topless in public spaces. The proposed legislation, presented on Monday, seeks to remove criminal...

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. - M State's Workforce Development Solutions, in collaboration with the American Cancer Society, is hosting a Cancer Care Conference for healthcare professionals on Friday, May 17, ...

FARGO, N.D. - A man may face charges after telling a woman he had thrown his daughter over the Main Avenue Bridge into the Red River. The Fargo Police Department received the report just before 4:20 a...