Thu, Oct 16, 2014 - 9:04am
Strategically placed rows of corn and a lot of teamwork are helping keep more rural roads open in central and southwestern Minnesota this winter by reducing the amount of snow blowing onto roads that are prone to drifting shut, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT). The standing corn rows are part of a MnDOT program started about 15 years ago that pays farmers to leave corn stalks up in the winter. The corn rows break the wind's force, causing the snow to collect around the corn rows instead of drifting onto the roads.
Thu, Oct 16, 2014 - 9:00am
By Mike O'Rourke / Brainerd Dispatch BAXTER - Stewart Mills has seen the opposition ads with repeated film clips of him brushing back his hair and can easily joke about them, but he doesn't think they're effective.
Thu, Oct 16, 2014 - 8:33am
MOORHEAD – Police here are looking to identify a man who was spotted Tuesday night looking around Larry’s RV Sales, the business where the body of North Dakota State University student Thomas Bearson was found Sept. 23. Moorhead police were sent to Larry’s RV Sales about 6:30 p.m.
Thu, Oct 16, 2014 - 8:30am
New England, N.D. - Two minimum custody inmates escaped from Dakota Women's Correctional and Rehabilitation Center around 10:45 p.m.
Thu, Oct 16, 2014 - 8:17am
ENDERLIN, N.D. – This city of 886 people picked a fight with a multibillion-dollar railroad company when it passed an ordinance this month banning trains from blocking roadways and sidewalks for more than 10 minutes.
Wed, Oct 15, 2014 - 2:20pm
The suicide rate in Minnesota has soared over the last decade, and state health authorities have no idea why. Because you can’t fight what you don’t understand, they have launched...
Tue, Oct 14, 2014 - 5:47pm
By Zach Kayser / Bemidji Pioneer After a year of construction, the Country Inn and Suites by Carlson opened Friday with the hubbub of the Blue Ox Marathon happening only feet away at the Sanford Center.
Tue, Oct 14, 2014 - 8:23am
By Jacob Tellers / Fergus Falls Pioneer Journal The city of Fergus Falls is seeking more details on financing and plans for the proposed $41-million development project of the historic Kirkbride property before moving ahead with the project.
Tue, Oct 14, 2014 - 8:03am
Willmar - A 52-year-old woman died Saturday after being pinned under a pickup truck that had been jacked up for repairs.
Tue, Oct 14, 2014 - 8:01am
By Jeff Beach / Forum News Service With an officer’s sharp eye and a fortunate gust of wind, more than $3,000 in lost cash blowing around a central Minnesota road was returned to its owner.
