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By Robin Huebner / The Forum FARGO – The 1-year-old Hitterdal, Minn., boy still hospitalized after swallowing part of a laundry detergent packet last week is slowly getting better, family members said Thursday. Alexander Rohde is listed in “critical but improving”...

A couple of years ago, retired Grand Forks businessman Judd McKinnon recorded some of his favorite songs to give to his children and grandchildren. That went so well that he's just released another CD, this one called "Country Memories." "He reminds me of Mr. Smooth," said Gary Emerson...

Criminal charges could be possible in the death of a man struck during a series of crashes on Interstate 94 during a Dec. 30 blizzard, a state trooper said Tuesday. Troopers from the North Dakota Highway Patrol are done with the investigation of the massive pileup on I-94, which...

Minnesota's new human services commissioner promises to spend a lot of time outside the Twin Cities. Lucinda Jesson, a Hamline University law professor, said she and her husband like traveling the state, but she has missed three northwestern Minnesota counties and a few other areas...

A truck apparently taken from a Cromwell home where two people were killed was found burned on Saturday in the Saginaw area. Authorities are asking for information from anyone who might have seen the truck before or during the fire. It is a red 1999 Chevrolet Z-71 extended-cab, short-box...

Bemidji city councilors and Beltrami County commissioners agreed Monday evening that no matter which stance prevails, both the city and the county should have the same bar closing time. The two governmental bodies met in a rare joint session at City Hall to discuss their viewpoints...

A Waubun man is facing criminal vehicular operation and driving after cancellation charges after running over three pedestrians in the Walmart parking lot Saturday afternoon. According to Detroit Lakes Police, Charles Irwin Hanson, 81, was waiting for a parking spot to open when...