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Breckenridge Police Say Teen Who Ran Away From School Found Safe

UPDATE OCT. 1, 2002 — FOUND – The juvenile runaway has been found and is safe.   **ORIGINAL STORY BELOW** BRECKENRIDGE, Minn. — Police in Breckenridge are looking for a teen that they say is a runaway. Police say 13-year-old Maksim England left school in Breckenridge Tuesday morning around 11:45 and hasn’t been seen since. Maksim is 5’7″ tall, about…

U.S. Senate Candidate Loses Argument Over COVID-19

.@LewisForMN sued @GovTimWalz’s Administration in May arguing his #Covid19 restrictions on public gatherings violated Lewis’ constitutional rights to campaign. I asked him if that decision was selfish. #MNSen pic.twitter.com/CACa8N1yff — Austin Erickson (@AEricksonKVRR) September 4, 2020 ST. PAUL, Minn. — A federal judge dismisses a challenge by Republican U.S. Senate candidate Jason Lewis to Minnesota’s coronavirus restrictions. Judge Donovan Frank…

Woman Killed While Walking On Highway 34 Identified

OTTER TAIL CO., Minn. — Minnesota State Patrol has released the name of a Wadena woman who died after she was hit by a car early Tuesday morning. They say 27-year-old Amber Gorentz was walking on Highway 34 when she was hit shortly before 2 a.m. west of Dunvilla. The patrol hasn’t said why Gorentz was on the highway. Categories:…

Health officials: Cass Co. sees highest number of active Covid-19 cases since May

FARGO-MOORHEAD – Sanford Health officials say Fargo hospitals have the highest level of patients for the coronavirus since May, but they say there is still plenty of capacity. Active COVID-19 cases in Cass County are at about 550, the same peak they were in late May in early June according to Fargo Cass Public Health. Clay County has about 200…

North Dakota reports 447 new COVID-19 cases and eight deaths Wednesday

Cass County accounts for 5,334 of the total positive cases and 77 of the total deaths.

CASS COUNTY, N.D.–The North Dakota Department of Health reports 447 new COVID-19 cases and eight new deaths on Wednesday. Forty-one counties report new cases. Burleigh County reports the most new cases with 84 and Cass County the second most with 82. Four men and four woman from four counties died. All eight people had underlying health conditions. North Dakota’s COVID-19…