Rorie Alyn Copeland Copeland will move Monday, July 13 to a home along Douglas Avenue Northwest in rural Thief River Falls, The DOC doesn’t list exact addresses of Level 3 sex offenders in cities of this size. Copeland will be released from prison on that day. He engaged in sexual c...
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Sunday, June 28, 2015
Another Level 3 sex offender to move back to the area
Thief River Falls man dies in Marshall County crash
49-year-old Timothy Bruggeman of Thief River Falls died in the head-on crash Saturday in Marshall County The Minnesota State Patrol is investigating a fatal head-on crash that happened Saturday in Marshall County. A release from the state patrol says they were dispatched around 12:45...
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Alcohol involved in fatal Marshall County crash
The Minnesota State Patrol is investigating a fatal head-on crash that happened Saturday in Marshall County. A release from the state patrol says they were dispatched around 12:45 PM to a crash on Highway 1 10 miles East of Warren. 25-year-old Cory Ingeman of Karlstad was driving East ...
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Pennington County Citation Disposition Bulletin 6-27-2015
Thief River Falls Police Department cases Kenneth Davon Lewis, 23, Minneapolis, two offenses of disorderly conduct, $210 for each offense, 90 days in jail for each offense to be served concurrently with one another, felony charges of motor vehicle theft and false imprisonment were...
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Saturday, June 27, 2015
TRF woman faces felony drug charge
Felony fifth degree controlled substance crime and warrant apprehension On June 16 at about 1:14 a.m., police received a report of suspicious vehicles in a parking lot in the 600 block of Atlantic Ave. Ashley Marie Castillo, 22, Thief River Falls, has been charged with felony fifth degree...
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TRF Asks Housing Partners for More
“You would never dream that you could accept a million in state incentives and still can’t make it work ..”
The comment from Thief River Falls Community Services Director Mark Borseth this week, as the city asked their work force housing partners to double down, replacing state match...
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Travis Gene Wendell sentenced for felony charge
A Thief River Falls man was sentenced Thursday, June 11 in Pennington County District Court for a felony charge of terroristic threats. A felony charge of domestic assault and another felony charge of terroristic threats were dismissed against Travis Gene Wendell, 28. For the former...
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August Jason Cheeney sentenced for a felony
August Jason Cheeney, 22, Thief River Falls, was sentenced for a felony offense of financial transaction card fraud. Cheeney was ordered to serve 13 months in prison stayed for five years. As a condition of that sentence, he was ordered to serve 180 days in jail concurrently with...
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TRF’s McIntyre signs with Bruins
Thief River Falls native Zane McIntyre has signed a contract to play professional hockey with t the Boston Bruins. The following news release was issued by the NHL team:
Boston, MA – Boston Bruins General Manager Don Sweeney announced today, June 23, that the Bruins and goalt...
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Thursday, June 25, 2015
Wendy Sue Gustafson sentenced for two felony offenses of theft
Wendy Sue Gustafson, 45, Thief River Falls, was sentenced for two felony offenses of theft by swindle over $5,000. Two other felony offenses of theft by swindle over $5,000 were dismissed. Gustafson was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison stayed for 10 years. She was ordered...
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Monday, June 22, 2015
Pennington County Citation Disposition Bulletin 6-22-2015
Thief River Falls Police Department cases Destiny Danae Kearney, 25, Thief River Falls, two offenses of fourth degree driving while impaired, for each offense: $585, 90 days in jail with 60 days stayed for one year, those sentences are to be served concurrently with one another, credit for three...
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Former Roseau Co. priest sentenced
A former Roseau County priest was sentenced Monday, June 15 for a felony charge of fourth degree criminal sexual conduct in 2005. Two felony charges of first degree criminal sexual conduct involving another victim were dismissed against Joseph Palanivel Jeyapaul, now 60. For the...
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Judge Donovan Frank rules Minnesota sex offender program unconstitutional
A federal judge has ruled that Minnesota’s sex offender treatment program is unconstitutional, but has deferred any immediate action to await further proceedings on a remedy. U.S. District Judge Donovan Frank largely sided with the more than 700 residents who were civilly committed to the M...
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Sentence in Foss Death
A Devils Lake man will serve just over 8 years in prison after pleading guilty last month to manslaughter in the in the death of a Viking area man last March.
25-year-old Erick Littlewolf, Jr. had faced confinement up to 15 years for stabbing 64 year old Ronald Foss to death during an...
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JoAnn Hurst
JoAnn Hurst of Thief River Falls, MN, age 71 died Sunday, June 14, 2015 at Sanford Hospital, Fargo, ND with her loving family at her side. Memorial service will be at 2:00 PM on Saturday, June 20, 2015 at St. Pauli Lutheran Church rural Thief River Falls, MN with Rev. Terri Cuppett...
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Little Consensus in Grass Policy
An investment in maintaining a beautiful community or a sensational waste of city resources …
Members of the Thief River Falls Public Works Committee seemed miles apart as they tried to reach consensus last week over potential revisions to the City Grass Ordinance.
The 4 committee members a...
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Jeyapaul Free on Time Served
A Catholic Clergyman who once served parishes in Greenbush, Middle River And Karlstad will be free on time served after sentencing this week in Roseau County District Court.
The Rev. Joseph Jeyapaul, an Indian National assigned to parishes in Northwestern Minnesota in 2004 and 2005, will be...
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Pennington County Citation Disposition Bulletin 6-15-15
Thief River Falls Police Department cases Hailey Ann Czapiewski, 19, Thief River Falls, statutory stay of adjudication for a felony charge of fifth degree controlled substance crime and continued, $375, supervised probation for five years, 40 hours of community work service, chemical...
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Four Area Weekend Accidents
A rural Thief River Falls man was injured last night, in a traffic accident at a rail crossing North of Thief River Falls …
According to the Minnesota State Patrol, 72 year old Richard Jorde was the driver of a Ford F-150 pickup west bound on 220th Street in Marshall County, when the vehicle c...
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Thief River Falls man injured after pickup-train crash
A Thief River Falls man is hurt after his pickup was hit by a train in Marshall County. Highway Patrol says it happened just before 6:00 PM at the track east of Highway 59 on 220th Street Northeast. 72-year-old Richard Jorde was the driver. He was crossing the tracks and was hit by a ...
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Saturday, June 20, 2015
Warren man sentenced for property damage
A Warren man was sentenced Monday, June 8 in Pennington County District Court for a felony offense of first degree criminal damage to property. A felony domestic assault charge was dismissed against Tommy Lee Reyes, 22. For the property damage charge, Reyes was ordered to serve 13...
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Littlewolf Jr sentenced for Foss death
A Devils Lake, N.D., man was sentenced Tuesday, June 16 in Marshall County District Court for the beating and stabbing death of a Viking man found dead March 17. Ray Erick Littlewolf Jr., 25, was sentenced to 98 months in prison for a felony charge of first degree manslaughter – i...
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Friday, June 19, 2015
No Fund for Greenwood Enhancements
They thought they had thousands to work with when they were actually money in the hole …
City Officials this month have been discussing the financial situation at Greenwood Cemetery in Thief River Falls, after members of the Parks and Recreation Committee discovered they did not – aft...
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Thursday, June 18, 2015
Council Rejects Ordinance Change
He says he’s disappointed but will survive to fight another day …
Alderman Josh Hagen, following a six to two decision by the Thief River Falls City Council this week to maintain the city’s current six inch grass policy – the subject of much discussion Tuesday on Mark Allen’s Open Line...
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Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Reinbold Free on Bond
An Oklee man is free on bond after making his first appearance in District Court in Thief River Falls Monday, accused of three counts of assault related to a Domestic Disturbance at his rural farm home last week ..
38 year old Eric Reinbold is charged with three counts of Second...
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Lissette Reinbold – Incident “Mischaracterized”
The say perspective – like beauty – is often in the eye of the beholder and today we have a very different perspective in the case of Eric and Lissette Reinbold, the Oklee area husband and wife at the heart of a domestic disturbance that turned into a day-long law enforcement incident last week i...
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Monday, June 15, 2015
Judy Loeffler
Judy Loeffler (Roisland)
age 67, of Thief River Falls, MN passed away Saturday, June 13, 2015, at Lake City Care Center, Lake City, MN.
Funeral service will be held on Saturday, June 20, 2015 at 10:00 AM in Zion Lutheran Church in Thief River Falls, MN with Reverends John Golv and Ale Tulu...
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28-year-old man dies in rollover in Pennington County
A 28-year-old man is dead after being in a rollover crash in Pennington County. Pennington County Sheriffs Office said they received a report of a rollover just before 5 a.m. Saturday. Justin Tostrup, 28, of Viking, Minn. rolled his vehicle at the intersection of Pembina Trail Northwest and...
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Sunday, June 14, 2015
Details in Reinbold Complaint
An Oklee area man wanted in connection with a domestic disturbance Thursday is expected to make his first appearance in District Court in Thief River Falls this week, accused of assault.
Sheriff Ray Kuznia says 38 year old Eric Reinbold turned himself in at 9 o’clock Saturday morning f...
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Saturday, June 13, 2015
Domestic Incident Triggers Stand-Off
Pennington County Sheriff Ray Kuznia says the search for an Oklee man wanted in connection with a domestic disturbance Thursday, is in custody after turning himself into authorities Saturday morning.
Officers had been looking for 38 year old Eric Reinbold – now charged with assault – a...
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Thief River Falls Standoff Suspect Eric Reinbold turns himself in
Eric Reinbold, the man involved in a standoff with police near Thief River Falls Thursday, has turned himself in. Pennington County Sheriff’s Office said Reinbold turned himself in to authorities at 9 a.m. Saturday morning. Reinbold faces three separate charges of second degree a...
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Update: Pennington County Domestic Incident
One man remains at large as officers search for the suspect in a domestic disturbance that triggered a significant Law Enforcement response Thursday in Pennington County.
Sheriff Ray Kuznia says officers continue to look for 38 year old Eric Reinbold – now charged with assault – acc...
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Reinbold Charged With Assault
The Pennington County Attorney’s Office has issued a warrant for the arrest of an Oklee man, wanted in connection with a domestic disturbance earlier this week in Pennington County.
38 year old Eric Reinbold is accused of three counts of Second Degree Assault for allegedly using his pickup to r...
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Thief River Falls Standoff Suspect Eric Reinbold Still on the Loose
The suspect involved in a standoff near Thief River Falls on Thursday has been identified and is still on the loose. Police say Eric Reinbold called 911 Thursday morning for a disturbance between him and his wife. Another caller passing by the farm saw a pick-up ramming a car on the property...
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James and Gloria Holte
James Holte, 70 and Gloria Holte, 71 of Grygla, MN passed away on Monday, June 1, 2015 as a result of an airplane accident near Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada. The Funeral Service honoring their lives will be held at 10:30 AM, Saturday, June 13, 2015 at the Grygla High School Gymnasium in...
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Pennington County Domestic Incident
One man remains at large as officers search for the suspect in a domestic disturbance that triggered a significant Law Enforcement response yesterday in Pennington County.
Sheriff Ray Kuznia says the incident began with a call to Pennington County Dispatch from the suspect, reporting...
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Obit – Lois Krause
Life Legacy Lois Krause of Thief River Falls, MN age 89 died peacefully on Thursday, June 11, 2015 at the Thief River Care Center in Thief River Falls, MN. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM on Monday, June 15, 2015 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Thief River Falls, MN with Rev. John...
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Kittson County Veterans Memorial Dedication
Dedication services are scheduled this Sunday for the Kittson County Veteran’s Memorial, on State Highway #59 at Lake Bronson.
The Memorial Address will be given by United States Congressman Collin Peterson, with a welcome from State Representative Dan Fabian featuring color guards f...
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Friday, June 12, 2015
TRF woman sentenced for drug offense
A Thief River Falls woman was sentenced Thursday, May 28 in Pennington County District Court for a felony drug charge. Hailey Ann Czapiewski,19, was granted a five-year stay of imposition for fifth degree controlled substance crime. As a condition of that sentence, she was ordered to serve...
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Person identified in standoff in Thief River Falls
A standoff continues near Thief River Falls. Neighbors say, it’s happening at the Eric Reinbold farmstead. The Sheriff says, it all started with a domestic disturbance call this morning. A US Customs helicopter was on the scene, 15-miles southeast of Thief River Falls, along with law enforcement ...
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Domestic Disturbance Call Sparks Stand-off Near Thief River Falls
Law enforcement officers from three counties are on scene of a stand-off near Thief River Falls. Sheriff’s deputies were called to a farmstead about 15 miles southeast of Thief River Falls around 10:30 Thursday morning. The original call was about a domestic disturbance. Pennington C...
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Thursday, June 11, 2015
Several Agencies Involved in Stand-off Near Thief River Falls
Law enforcement officers from three counties are on scene of an apparent armed stand-off near Thief River Falls, Minnesota. The details are still very sketchy, Pennington county sheriff’s deputies were called to a farmstead about 15 miles southeast of Thief River Falls just before noon. It is u...
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Obit – James and Gloria Holte
James Holte, 70 and Gloria Holte, 71 of Grygla, MN passed away on Monday, June 1, 2015 as a result of an airplane accident near Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada. The Funeral Service honoring their lives will be held at 10:30 AM, Saturday, June 13, 2015 at the Grygla High School Gymnasium in...
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Grygla Couple: Memorial Services
Funeral services will be held Saturday for a Grygla Area Couple who died in a plane crash in Canada last week.
70 year old Jim Holte and his 71 year old wife, Gloria, were en-route to a dream vacation in Alaska when their Cessna 182 went down in a remote and mountainous region of British...
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Teresa Johnson
Teresa Marie Johnson, age 39 of Wahpeton, ND, formerly of Thief River Falls, MN, passed away at the St. Francis Healthcare Campus in Breckenridge on June 7, 2015.
Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 PM on Friday, June 12, 2015 at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Thief River Falls, M...
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TRF man charged with stalking two 13 year old girls
A Thief River Falls man has been charged with felony stalking after he allegedly asked two 13-year-old girls if they wanted a ride and followed them after they declined. Travis Gene Wendell, 29, is set to appear in Pennington County District Court Monday, June 22 on the charge. The charge stems...
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Fiber Optic Cut Scrambles Communication
Century Link/AT&T confirmed this morning a “fiber cut” in the Thief River Falls area, that disrupted local service system-wide yesterday …
That is according to Century Link spokeswoman, Joanna Hjelmeland, who says – in spite of locator markers – contractors on a Highway #32 road co...
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TRF School Board in Session this Week
Meeting in Regular Session this week, the Thief River Falls Board of Education heard a report on the Challenger Elementary School Carnival and viewed a video of student Meleah Biermaier’s state record run in the 300 meter hurdles.
Education Correspondent Lee Richards says the Board w...
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RLC Rebels at State!
Red Lake County opens play at the Minnesota State Class A Baseball Tournament in Jordan on Thursday, June 11th.
The following is a breakdown of the Class A Tournament from the Minnesota State High School League:
Red Lake County (16-9) vs. (No. 1 Seed – Section 1) New Life Academy of Woodbury (1...
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Nadine Johnson
Nadine Johnson
Plummer, MN, died Friday June 5, 2015 with her loving children by her side, at Hutchinson Health Care in Hutchinson, MN.
Mass of Christian Burial will be 1:00 PM on Friday, June 12, 2015 at St. Bernard’s Catholic Church in Thief River Falls, MN with Father Rick Lambert p...
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Tuesday, June 9, 2015
TRF’s Biermaier State Champ
The person wearing one of the biggest smiles, as well as shedding a few happy tears, at Saturday’s state track and field championships was not one of the athletes. She is a coach, but the happiness came on behalf of an athlete from another school who broke a record from another e...
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Lois I. Amundgaard
Lois I. Amundgaard of Boynton Beach, FL, formerly of Thief River Falls, MN, passed away on Friday, May 29, 2015 at her home at the age of 91.
The memorial service to celebrate Lois’s life will be held at 11:00 AM on Friday, June 12, 2015 at Johnson Funeral Service in Thief River Falls, MN. B...
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Raymond Housey
Raymond Housey, age 65, died Friday June 5, 2015 at his home in Thief River Falls, MN, with his family by his side. A Memorial Service to celebrate Ray’s life will be held at 200 PM, Saturday, June 13, 2015 at Johnson Funeral Service, Thief River Falls, MN, with Reverend Frank Ehling o...
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PUC Approves Enbridge Sandpiper
Late last week the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission approved a certificate of need for the Enbridge Energy Sandpiper Pipeline, with a portion to be constructed here in the listening area ..
Just last week Representatives Dan Fabian of Roseau and Debora Keil of Crookston,...
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Commissioners Hear from the Public
“It gives us a whole lot more to think about ..”
The comment this week from Pennington County Commissioner Skip Swanson, following a meeting Tuesday that drew a standing room only crowd – to look at a Master Facility Plan for the County Court House including the future of the adjacent ...
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Police receive reports of vehicle thefts
Fifth degree assault On May 26 at 11:55 p.m., police received a report of an assault in the parking lot of Northland Community and Technical College. August Jason Cheeney, 22, Thief River Falls, has been cited for fifth degree assault. He allegedly assaulted a man, who didn’t seek medical a...
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Charges pending for arsons in TRF
Two people have charges pending for at least 15 arson cases in the city of Thief River Falls over the past month. Ramon Castillo, 18, Thief River Falls, and a 16-year-old Thief River Falls male have charges pending for multiple counts of third degree arson and fifth degree arson, according to...
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Russell Heden
Russell Heden, age 88, passed away Wednesday, May 27, 2015 at Essentia Hospital in Fosston, MN.
Funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM on Monday, June 1, 2015 at Ekelund Lutheran Church near Goodridge, MN with Dawn Hanson Officiating. Burial will follow at Ekelund Church...
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Larson Handing Over the Reins
“It’s certainly been an amazing ride …”
The comment today from Digi-Key President and Chief Operating Officer, Mark Larson, who says he will be “handing over the reins” to take up a board-level advisory role as Vice Chairman at the end of the Month.
The title of President and C.O.O. will go to th...
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The way it is
Recently, the court summons & findings from Clearwater County Attorney Richard “Rick” Molin, along with the request sent by Pennington County Attorney Al Rogalla, were submitted to us by Terry Dean Nemmers. Terry is the administrator of youtube channel ArrestAJudgeKit ( htt...
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Monday, June 8, 2015
Arrests in Neighborhood Arson Case
With two suspects in custody, Police area hoping for a quiet weekend, free of arson fires sparked over past weekends in several Thief River Falls Neighborhoods.
Police Chief Dick Wittenberg says he is confident the adult and juvenile, both males, taken into custody Friday represent...
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Obit – Russell Heden
Russell Heden, age 88, passed away Wednesday, May 27, 2015 at Essentia Hospital in Fosston, MN.
Funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM on Monday, June 1, 2015 at Ekelund Lutheran Church near Goodridge, MN with Dawn Hanson Officiating. Burial will follow at Ekelund Church...
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41 Indicted for Drug Trafficking on Red Lake Nation
A federal grand jury has indicted 41 people accused of trafficking heroin and other illicit drugs from Detroit, Chicago and Minneapolis to the Red Lake Nation and White Earth Reservation in Northwestern Minnesota.
That announcement yesterday from the US Attorney’s Office as defendants ...
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TRF man has charges pending for chase
A Thief River Falls man has charges pending after he allegedly led police on a chase early Friday morning. The chase ended after his pickup truck crashed into multiple trees and he tried to flee on foot. James Edward Hall, 50, suffered a gash to his head in the accident, according to the police...
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41 indicted in drug bust targeting MN reservations
Federal prosecutors have indicted 41 people in connection with an alleged large-scale drug trafficking ring that supplied heroin and other narcotics to Minnesota Indian reservations. A criminal complaint says the drug ring, reportedly led by Omar Sharif Beasley, bought and transported heroin,...
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One dead following head-on collission
(Thief River Falls, MN) – – One man is dead, another seriously injured, following a head-on collision on Tuesday afternoon just north of Thief River Falls in Pennington County.
The Minnesota State Patrol reports that shortly before 2:30pm a 2000 Chevrolet Silverado, driven by Sc...
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Velma “Val” Holmes
Velma “Val” Holmes of Thief River Falls, MN, 87, died Friday May 22, 2015 at Thief River Care Center, Thief River Falls, MN A Memorial Service will be held at 2:00 PM, Saturday, May 30, 2015 at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses, Thief River Falls, MN with Larry Mogen offic...
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Corinne Roisland
Corinne Roisland of Thief River Falls, MN age 90, died peacefully on Saturday, May 23, 2015 at the Thief River Care Center in Thief River Falls, MN with her loving family at her side.
The funeral to celebrate the life of Corinne will be held at 1:00 PM on Wednesday, May 27, 2015 at...
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Friday, June 5, 2015
Extent of Charges in Mumm Case?
A Thief River Falls Woman has been released on her personal promise to appear, after an initial court appearance yesterday in Pennington County District Court …
51 year old Sally Mumm faces six counts of Presenting False Claims to a Public Officer or Body for wages paid while employed as a S...
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Wednesday, June 3, 2015
TRF Man Charged with Murder
There are new charges today against a Thief River Falls man, accused in the death of a second man following an altercation outside the VFW last December …
34 year old Shaun Brandt is now accused of 2nd Degree Murder in the death of 43 year old Bradly Friesen, of Blaine. The new c...
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Tuesday, June 2, 2015
Grygla Couple Dies in Plane Crash
The Marshall County Sheriff’s Department has confirmed the deaths of a Grygla area couple, killed Monday in a plane crash in British Columbia, Canada.
The first indication of trouble came in a call Monday afternoon just after 12:30 to the Sheriff’s Office in Warren, with Chief Deputy Jon Tinnes ...
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