Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News

RUGBY, N.D. - A former corrections officer at the Rugby jail, Anthony Aadland, faces felony charges for allegedly sexually assaulting two female inmates. State prosecutors charged him with two C-felon...

FARGO, N.D. - The North Dakota Republican convention faced turmoil during the endorsement of a U.S. House candidate. Public Service Commissioner Julie Fedorchak and Alex Balazs were nominated, but man...

ST. PAUL, Minn. - A young boy was injured in a shooting incident in St. Paul on Saturday night, according to the St. Paul police. The incident occurred around 11 p.m. on the 1400 block of Case Avenue ...

NEW BRIGHTON, Minn. - As legislation to ban TikTok gains momentum in the U.S. Senate over national security concerns, some Minnesotans are raising objections, emphasizing the platform's crucial role i...

A collaborative effort between several North Dakota law enforcement agencies led to the seizure of hundreds of suspected Fentanyl pills from a residence in Mandan. On Thursday, March 28, officers from...

The Frazee Fire Department has issued a Red Flag Warning for Becker County and 31 other counties in western border, west central, and southwest Minnesota. Effective from 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Satu...

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. - The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) has announced an overnight closure of the Interstate 35 and Interstate 494 interchange in Bloomington and Richfield. The closure...

The Fergus Falls Public Library is offering an online poetry writing class titled "Seven Line Breaks in Poetry," taught by award-winning poet Michael Kleber-Diggs. Kleber-Diggs, known for his work "Wo...

  ST. PAUL, Minn. - The implementation of the READ Act in Minnesota schools, aimed at improving reading instruction with evidence-based programs like phonics, has been met with concerns from teac...

MINNEAPOLIS - Minneapolis police are investigating a shooting that resulted in the death of a man on Friday night. The incident began when individuals inside a vehicle flagged down officers at the int...