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    March 6, 2018
    Bemidji high school students plan 17 acts of kindness, safety forum instead of walkout
    BEMIDJI, Minn.—Bemidji High School students hope to organize a pair of events in lieu of a now-canceled walkout demanding action on school shootings. The school's student council wants its classmates to perform 17 acts of kindness on March 14, one for each of the people killed...
    newsMarch 6, 2018 - 6:43pm
    February 22, 2018
    Bemidji High School walkout against gun violence cancelled
    BEMIDJI—A school walkout to protest gun violence has been canceled. Bemidji Area Schools Superintendent Jim Hess said he didn't support a Bemidji High School teacher's call for students and faculty to leave class next month to protest school shootings, and the teacher told the...
    newsFebruary 22, 2018 - 9:12am
    February 4, 2018
    Spaces between us: Racial disparities persist in ND, Minnesota
    GRAND FORKS—Cold and dark as it might get here, the upper Midwest has enjoyed some time in the sun with relatively strong economic fortunes...
    news/government-and-politicsFebruary 4, 2018 - 8:30am
    January 20, 2018
    The main house on the former Denny Hecker estate near Crosslake. Minn., features a center outdoor fireplace on the lakeside deck. Renee Richardson / Forum News Service
    Disgraced Minn. auto mogul's former northern lakes home provides a glimpse of the top-end market
    CROSSLAKE, Minn.—Living in Denny Hecker's former 11,438-square-foot mansion may require a map for a new buyer—or at least a healthy...
    newsJanuary 20, 2018 - 8:55am
    January 19, 2018
    Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Facebook, during a conference in San Jose, Calif., April 18, 2017. Facebook’s Jan. 11, 2018, announcement that it would deprioritize articles and videos may not have come as a surprise to most publishers, but it will almost certainly put a scare into them, even if it is not yet clear what the effect will be. (Jim Wilson/Copyright 2018 The New York Times)
    Facebook will now ask users to rank news organizations they trust
    In a major change announced Friday to the Newsfeed used by 2 billion people every month, Facebook will now ask users to rank the news organizations...
    business/technologyJanuary 19, 2018 - 4:01pm
    January 16, 2018
    Girl's body found on Leech Lake Indian Reservation in northern Minnesota
    CASS LAKE, Minn.—A girl's body was found last Friday morning in Cass Lake on the Leech Lake Indian Reservation in northern Minnesota. Cass...
    newsJanuary 16, 2018 - 6:24pm
    January 10, 2018
    Circumstances around shooting of woman still unknown in Mahnomen County
    MAHNOMEN, Minn. – Law enforcement officials are trying to piece together the circumstances that led to an unidentified woman being dropped...
    news/crime-and-courtsJanuary 10, 2018 - 7:06pm
    January 8, 2018
    Blake (Mastin) Sundvor (left) & Robert Strand (right)
    Minnesota cop placed on leave for allegedly punching man he once arrested
    A Detroit Lakes, Minn. police officer has been placed on paid administrative leave after allegedly punching a man he's arrested a couple times...
    newsJanuary 8, 2018 - 7:34pm
    January 5, 2018
    At Detroit Mountain, lights were restored and enough power from a generator to get skiers down from the ski lifts after being stuck up there for a short period of time during a power outage Thursday night. This photo is taken by a student who waited up in a lift chair with his brother for their trip back down. (Photo courtesy of Stacy Heinlein)
    Power outage near Detroit Lakes leaves skiers stuck on lift, thousands without power
    DETROIT LAKES, Minn.—A large Lake Region Electric Cooperative power outage in the Lake Eunice area south of Detroit Lakes left more than...
    newsJanuary 5, 2018 - 2:58pm
    January 4, 2018
    Leah Phifer (Courtesy photo)
    In Minn. 8th District congressional race, DFL challenger to Nolan wants end to 'partisan chicken'
    BRAINERD, Minn.—First-time congressional candidate Leah Phifer aims to resist President Donald Trump, engage a neglected voter bloc and...
    newsJanuary 4, 2018 - 9:07pm
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    WATCH: Bemidji, Minn. police officer captures stunning glimpse of annual meteor shower on dash-cam
    BEMIDJI, Minn.—The new year has only just begun, but is already off to an astronomically spectacular start. A Minnesota police officer's...
    newsJanuary 4, 2018 - 4:46pm
    December 27, 2017
    Todd Jacob Gillitzer Jr., 9, of Benson, Minn., has died as a result of a house fire in Hibbing, Minn.., on Dec. 26, 2017. Submitted photo
    Fourth victim dies after Hibbing fire; authorities recount retired firefighter's attempt to save wife, grandsons
    HIBBING, Minn. – Tuesday’s deadly house fire in Hibbing grew even more tragic on Wednesday, Dec. 27, with authorities reporting that a fourth...
    news/firesDecember 27, 2017 - 9:15pm
    December 20, 2017
    On the eve of the shortest day of the year, Nicholas Brown of the North Dakota Grain Inspection service, pours a pail of wheat that had been sampled, back into a rail car at the Finley Farmers Grain and Elevator Co. Eric Hylden/ Forum News Service
    Earth's tilt the reason for the season (and seasons)
    GRAND FORKS—Many people recognize today, Dec. 21, as one of only a few days left to wrap up their holiday shopping, but scientists and...
    newsDecember 20, 2017 - 8:52pm
    December 18, 2017
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    Lifeless in a coma, a Minn. family began planning their mother's funeral. And then, a miracle happened.
    ADA, Minn. - You're about to learn and hear from a woman "nobody" thought would be here for the holidays. For weeks, Sheila Lewis was in a coma,...
    newsDecember 18, 2017 - 7:55pm
    December 7, 2017
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    Two Park Rapids, Minn. men accused of cattle theft
    BECKER COUNTY, Minn. - Two Park Rapids, Minn. men have been charged with felonies after allegedly selling cattle they did not own. Bret Ricardo...
    newsDecember 7, 2017 - 8:15pm
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