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ST. PAUL — Within weeks of its debut, “American Sniper” was in the upper echelons of the New York Times Best Seller list and flying off store shelves faster than Chris Kyle or his publishers had thought possible.Something else was catching on just as fast: an account from the...

A Bemidji man faces charges after allegedly trying to kill himself and a passenger by rolling his car last weekend on U.S. Highway 2. Kenneth Oscar Osmundson, 24, was charged Wednesday in Beltrami County Court with second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon and terroristic...

By Pippi Mayfield / Detroit Lakes Newspapers FRAZEE, Minn. – After 30-plus years of uncertainty, the Andersen family finally knows their daughter and sister, Mary, is dead. The Frazee family found out last week that Mary, who had been gone since 1981, was killed...

Andrea Boeve had one of those 1,000-watt smiles that could light up a room. Her laugh, friends say, was loud and happy and contagious. “I wish you could have heard it,” said Leah Sternhagen, who lived on the same dormitory floor as Boeve when the two attended South...

By Crystal Dey BEMIDJI -- A woman who attempted to burn down her trailer house to evict her son was convicted of felony first-degree arson Monday. Mary June Klasen, 57, of Bemidji was arrested for arson when she lit two fires at her mobile home at Roosevelt Manor Mobile...

By Nadia Faulx/ Forum News Service DICKINSON, N.D. - A Mandan man is recovering from severe self-inflicted burns after a drug trip went south Monday afternoon. David Kissee, 33, lit himself on fire near DJ’s Tesoro gas station on 12th Street West around noon Monday, authorities...

By Peter Passi / Duluth News tribune After three disappointing ski seasons in a row, Renee Mattson is praying for the kind of cold snowy winter Duluth consistently delivered in years past. “This is a crucial year for us,” said Mattson, Spirit Mountain’s executive director....

By Emily Welker / The Forum MOORHEAD – To raise awareness about problems caused by drunken driving, the Department of Public Safety is giving west-central Minnesota cops, courts and emergency responders more than half a million dollars in federal grant money for traffic safety...

BEMIDJI, Minn. - Bemidji city councilors Monday rejected a proposal from the Zorbaz on the Lake restaurant group to buy land on the south shore of Lake Bemidji. Zorbaz founder Tom Hanson offered $7 per square foot for the lakeshore land, which would have ended up being about $350,000,...

Three serious injury-accidents were reported in the area over the weekend. According to the State Patrol: An Osage man was seriously hurt in a head-on collision between a motorcycle and pickup truck on Highway 34 Sunday afternoon. Robert Vigesaa, 48, was traveling westbound...

A member of a Native American gang has been sentenced to 43 years in federal prison for shooting and killing a fellow gang member. Shaun Martinez was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court. Martinez pleaded guilty in December to one count of murder resulting from using...

The Ramsey County Medical Examiner’s Office has confirmed that the body recovered from Lake Irving on May 16th was that of Matthew Charles Pulis, age 31. The cause of death has been determined as drowning. Mr. Pulis was last seen during the early morning hours of Saturday,...