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Thief River Falls Man Drowns Swimming in Gravel Pit Pond

  PENNINGTON COUNTY, Minn. -- The sheriff of Pennington County is warning swimmers to stay away from gravel pit ponds after a drowning. Forty-year-old Myron Sunram of Thief River Falls was pulled from one of the ponds and later died.…

Funeral Arrangements Set for Breckenridge Pilot

  BRECKENRIDGE, Minn. -- Funeral arrangements have been set for Mark Yaggie. The 41-year-old pilot was killed in a plane crash near the Moorhead airport on Sunday. According to the Joseph Vertin and Sons Funeral Home in Breckenridge, a visitation…

Minnesota Man Adding to His Long List of Driving Offenses

ELK MOUND, Wis. -- A Minnesota man gets picked up for drunk driving, which would be his 10th offense, if convicted. A state patrol trooper stopped Lawrence LaPole of Rosemount at around 10:00 last night in Elk Mound, Wisconsin. The…

Gov. Dayton Hoping to Improve Minnesota's Water Quality

  ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Governor Mark Dayton wants to hear from people throughout the state on how best to improve Minnesota's water quality. Dayton's office announced 10 town halls throughout the summer to help develop water strategies throughout the…

Prepping for a Tradition: MSUM's Big Fireworks Show

MOORHEAD, Minn. -- MSUM will be hosting their annual fireworks show at Nemzek Field, complete with a Post Traumatic Funk Syndrome concert. A dynamite fireworks show is no simple task and MSUM's firework production…

One Person Dead After ATV Crash in Becker County

  BECKER COUNTY, Minn. -- One person is dead after rolling an ATV in Becker County. Authorities responded to the crash on South Elbow Lake Road in Round Lake Township this morning. Anthony Ortiz, Sr., who is 47-years-old from Washington,…

Moorhead Man Injured in Rollover Crash Near Pelican Rapids

  PELICAN RAPIDS, Minn. -- A Moorhead man is hurt after a crash near Pelican Rapids. Authorities say 28-year-old Brandon Arion was taken to a hospital in Fargo with non-life threatening injuries. They say Arion rolled his pickup into the…

Stabbing Over Facebook Fight Lands Brandon Man in Jail

BRANDON, Minn. -- A Facebook feud led to a stabbing Sunday night in Brandon, Minnesota. It was around 11 p.m. when the Douglas County Sheriff's Office received a report of a male that had been stabbed. When deputies arrived on…

Man Killed In Trench Collapse Identified

BECKER CO., Minn. -- We now know the name of a man killed in a trench collapse in Becker County on Friday. Authorities say he was 25-year-old Donovan Weber of Ogema. Weber became trapped in the trench at a farm…

People Rescued From Boat Fire On Maple Lake

POLK CO., Minn. -- Some boaters on Maple Lake got a big scare on Saturday when their boat started on fire. The Polk County Sheriff's Office had a patrol boat on the lake and responded to the fire. They brought…

Minnesota Hits 50 Year Low in Crime Numbers

  MINNESOTA -- The crime rate in Minnesota has dropped to the lowest level in 50 years. The BCA released a report that states overall, crimes of homicide, rape, robbery, arson and human trafficking are occurring only half as much…