Detroit Lakes, MN — Troopers around the Detroit Lakes area are responding to several crashes w/ icy roads. Highway 59 North of DL-1 there’s a vehicle rollover with no injuries. Vehicles have slid off the road on Highway 10 and Highway 34. Minnesota State Patrol Sgt. Jesse Grabow is asking drivers in the area to slow down. Categories: Minnesota News,…
SHAKOPEE, Minn. — Former Detroit Lakes Principal, Rod Thompson, who resigned as the superintendent for the Shakopee School District last June, has been arrested. Thompson is accused of abusing his district-issued credit card by making personal purchases such as airfare, hotels, electronics, sports memorabilia and flight upgrades. He even used the district’s credit card to allegedly buy a pair of…
MENAHGA, Minn. — Two men found dead of gunshot wounds Monday at a house in Menahga have been identified. They are 82-year-old Carl Albin and 67-year-old Michael Callahan, both of Menahga. Wadena County authorities say the deaths appear to be a murder-suicide. They responded to a 911 call shortly after midnight Monday and found the bodies which were transported…
ST. CLOUD, Minn. — St. Cloud police say a 3-year-old boy shot himself after finding a loaded gun at his home. Authorities say the boy is in stable condition. They are looking for the 28-year-old father of the child who could face charges of negligently storing a firearm and being a felon in possession of a gun. Police were…
There’s a movement afoot to take small acts of kindness and see how far they can spread. It started years ago in the Fargo metro area, according to officials from the United Way of Cass-Clay, and now it’s gone clear across both North Dakota and Minnesota. Heck — it even got its own week this year in the state of…
MENAHGA, Minn. — Family members are grieving after a series of tragedies, the latest being a murder-suicide in Menahga, Minnesota. Authorities said two bodies were found with gunshot wounds in a house just after midnight. Police wouldn’t tell concerned family members the names of two men found dead at 814 Oak Avenue Northeast. Sherrill Johnson is certain it was…
HARWOOD, N.D — One man has been arrested after a standoff in rural Harwood, North Dakota following shots fired early Tuesday morning. Shortly after midnight, a man called dispatch wanting to make a complaint about an incident that happened at a West Fargo bar. Cass County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the man’s location in rural Harwood. “Our office had started…
MOORHEAD, Minn. — Moorhead Mayor Del Rae Williams has decided that a five year long term was long enough. Mayor Williams says although there are a ton of things she is proud to have been a part of; she is excited to be involved in the community in other ways. Some of the projects under her legacy are the Moorhead…
RED LAKE, Minn. — More help is needed to find two missing fishermen on the Red Lake Indian Reservation. The Northeast Regional Water Rescue Team and the Stutsman County Dive Team will begin searching Lower Red Lake on Tuesday. The Grand Forks Regional Team will provide airboats since conditions on the lake have changed since the fishermen went missing…
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — Police have identified the man arrested after a botched robbery and stabbing last night inside the Mall of America. He is 20 year old Mahad Abdirahaman of Minneapolis. He is accused of sneaking into a men’s fitting room at Macy’s and trying to take a customer’s belongings while he was modeling clothes for his family. Abdirahaman…
