Trials

Bagley - The conduct of a north-central Minnesota man with a bad temper is what caused a tree stand to fall while a hunter was sitting in it, causing the hunter to sustain injuries that ultimately led to the hunter's death, a prosecutor said as Kevin McCormick's manslaughter trial...

MOORHEAD - A trial scheduled to begin today for a Moorhead man accused of a raping a 22-year-old woman was delayed by a week because he ran out of medication in the Clay County Jail last Friday. Jesse Lee Paskey, 28, is charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct for allegedly...

Cass County Attorney Christopher J. Strandlie reports that on Thursday, October 27, 2011, a Cass County jury convicted Robert Arthur Litzau (DOB: 08/24/1942) of the felony crimes of Count 1: Violation of Predatory Offender Registration Requirements and Count 2: Burglary of a Dwelling,...

CROOKSTON, Minn. - The jury panel lost another member Thursday in the murder trial of Thomas Fairbanks. That makes it 14, including two alternates. Minnesota District Judge Jeff Remick told attorneys from both sides after lunch that a juror, a Crookston man, was battling an infection...

CROOKSTON - With two jurors selected today, the panel of 16 sought by the judge for the trial of Thomas Fairbanks was reached. Opening arguments are expected to begin Wednesday, a week later than Minnesota District Judge Jeff Remick initially had hoped. During last-minute pre-trial...