MENAHGA, Minn. — It’s a day not many get to see in their lifetimes. “I turned 100 today,” Lorraine Madsen of Menagha, Minnesota says with a smile. She may have just turned 100, but Lorraine says she doesn’t feel a day over 75. “It feels great. It feels great!” She adds, “I feel honored and special, and all my kids and…
CASS CO., N.D. — A St. Joseph, Minnesota man is stopped and arrested for taking a vehicle from the parking lot of C & I Bar in Hunter, North Dakota. Cass County deputies spotted 30-year-old Marshall Strand heading down highway 18 north of Casselton around 2:40 this morning. They eventually got him to stop and arrested him on multiple charges…
Minnesota has 10 more COVID-19 deaths and 1,450 new positive cases. All of the deaths come from southern Minnesota in people 45 and older. Three lived in assisted living facilities, while seven lived in private residences. North Dakota records 3 more COVID-19 deaths and another 640 positive cases. The deaths include two men and a woman, all over 70 with…
BARNESVILLE, Minn. — A single vehicle crash on I-94 near Barnesville Saturday morning left one dead and injured three others. It happened around 8:15 when a truck driven by 61 year old Brian Smoker of Leesburg, Indiana went off the road and into the median striking the bridge pier head on. 59-year-old David Smoker also from Leesburg died at the…
BARNESVILLE, Minn.- The City of Barnesville is applying experimental polymer to a road after years of dust complaints. Keith Jackson has been living between 12th and 13th Street Southeast in Barnesville for almost half a decade. When he first saw the home they knew it was the family’s “dream home.” It was everything he could imagine and more, ut there…
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. — Charges are filed against a Fergus Falls man who led Otter Tail County deputies on a deadly chase through part of the city last Friday night that killed a Fergus Falls couple. 30-year-old Cody Freitag is charged with criminal vehicular homicide and fleeing. A mini-van driven by Freitag struck a car killing 72-year-old Steven Christianson and…
We’ve been talking all week long about Fat Bear Week. And even though we announced the winner Wednesday — Congratulations, 747! — you might find yourself with a craving for more bears. We have a great one for you, although this one’s not quite ready for hibernation yet. Bear the pit bull comes to us from Homeward Animal Shelter, with…
MOORHEAD, Minn. – Pastor Joe Larson with St. Mark’s Lutheran Church along with several other volunteers put the finishing touches on the Dorothy Day mosaic. After starting the project last November, the team is finally putting the last dye on the grout and framing the piece as a homage to a leading women helping feed people in need. With the…
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. – Twenty-nine Minnesota Firefighters are back home after battling Oregon wildfires. The firefighters from Brainerd, Fisher, Bemidji, Eden Prairie, Motley, Crosslake and Spring Lake Park/Blaine/Mounds View spent two weeks on the frontlines of the Slater fire. They were assigned to Cave Junction, a small city about 25 miles from the California border. The firefighters were split into…
OTTER TAIL CO., Minn. — An unusual call for state troopers on Highway 108 east of Pelican Rapids. Two females were attempting some nearly nude modeling and photography on the side of the road. One was covered in blue paint and just partially clothed. No citations were issued but the state trooper advised the pair on the dangers of standing…
