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    October 4, 2013
    Detroit Lakes man sentenced to more than 34 years in mobile home murder
    DETROIT LAKES, Minn. - A Detroit Lakes man convicted of second-degree murder in the shooting death of another man this year was sentenced Thursday to the maximum 34½ years in prison. Ronald Quiceno, 39, was found guilty in August in the killing of Travis Buckanaga in...
    News/regionOctober 4, 2013 - 7:33am
    Hitterdal 1-year-old who swallowed laundry packet slowly improving
    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”...
    News/regionOctober 4, 2013 - 7:19am
    January 15, 2011
    Warm Focaccia served fireside with some quality olives is a substantial and satisfying appetizer on a cold winter day. Photo by Sue Doeden
    Focaccia fever: Chewy bread is versatile and easy
    Frigid temperatures, deep snow and icy roads lead to soup and bread season in my kitchen. When I have a choice, I tend to stay tucked inside...
    entertainment/FoodJanuary 15, 2011 - 12:00am
    January 12, 2011
    Carlton County Sheriff Kelly Lake holds a news conference Tuesday announcing a $10,000 reward for information on who killed Tom Holm and Kim Schmitz last weekend near Cromwell. (Bob King / rking@duluthnews.com)
    Reward offered in hunt for Carlton County killer
    The Carlton County Sheriff's Department is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person or persons involved...
    regionJanuary 12, 2011 - 8:22am
    Park Rapids summer resident releases second CD of songs
    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...
    entertainment/music/localJanuary 12, 2011 - 8:13am
    Dayton, Franken, other Minnesota leaders at groundbreaking of Kittson County $168 million canola plant It was six years in the making and two years later than expected, but Tuesday's groundbreaking ceremony for a $168 million canola plant marked a "fantastic day" for the County, former state Rep. Dave Olin said.
    Kittson County canola plant: 'What a success this is'
    HALLOCK, Minn. -- It was six years in the making and two years later than expected, but Tuesday's groundbreaking ceremony for a $168 million...
    region/BusinessJanuary 12, 2011 - 8:03am
    Photo submitted by Minnesota Sea Grant
    'Whale burps' found along Lake Superior shore in Duluth
    DULUTH, Minn. - When Glenn Maxham of Duluth showed up at the Minnesota Sea Grant office earlier this month, he didn't know he was carrying "whale...
    outdoorsJanuary 12, 2011 - 7:59am
    Senad Mustafic
    Brothers sentenced in Cass County for staging car accidents
    A pair of brothers will be jailed for 30 days on a racketeering conviction connected to nearly 40 alleged cases of staged car crashes designed...
    regionJanuary 12, 2011 - 7:50am
    Charges possible in North Dakota I-94 blizzard fatality
    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...
    regionJanuary 12, 2011 - 7:46am
    January 11, 2011
    Human services commissioner pledges statewide view
    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...
    NewsJanuary 11, 2011 - 3:34pm
    Authorities ask for public help in Cromwell homicides
    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...
    regionJanuary 11, 2011 - 7:54am
    Bemidji, Beltrami County contemplate bar times
    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...
    region/BusinessJanuary 11, 2011 - 7:52am
    Waubun man faces charges after three people struck in DL Walmart parking lot Saturday
    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...
    regionJanuary 11, 2011 - 7:50am
    Daniel Evan Wacht
    Bail denied for suspect in Cooperstown decapitation slaying
    A judge denied bail Monday for a 30-year-old Cooperstown, N.D., man facing a murder charge after the victim's head was found in his basement. The...
    regionJanuary 11, 2011 - 7:42am
    January 10, 2011
    Daniel Evan Wacht
    Murder charge: Complaint reveals gruesome details of NDSU reseacher
    COOPERSTOWN, N.D. -- A California felon is charged with murder after police found the decapitated head of a North Dakota State University researcher...
    regionJanuary 10, 2011 - 7:39am
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