Monday, September 28, 2015

Michael Johnson

Michael Johnson of Newfolden, MN, age 75 died peacefully on Saturday, September 26, 2015 at Sanford Hospital in Thief River Falls, MN with his loving family at his side. Funeral service will be held at 10:30 AM on Friday, October 2, 2015 at Zion Lutheran Church in Thief River Falls, MN with...
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Pennington County court calendar 9-27-2015

 
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Friday, September 25, 2015

Jack Warren Nomeland sentenced for failing to register as a scumbag

A Level 3 sex offender was sentenced Monday, Sept. 21 in Pennington County District Court for failing to register his address. Jack Warren Nomeland, 61, Thief River Falls, was sentenced to 14 months in prison for the felony charge. He was given credit for time served. Nomeland was ordered to ...
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Bonding Group in NW Minnesota

Now it’s our turn …
The Minnesota State Senate Capital Investment Committee is heading north next week on a tour of potential bonding projects in the listening area.
Chaired by Senator LeRoy Stumpf, of Plummer, the three day tour begins Tuesday, to include; Minnesota State University Moorhead, th...
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Christopher Michael Seglem Former drug informant is sentenced

A Thief River Falls man was sentenced Monday, Sept. 21 for setting up other people and law enforcement officers to obtain money from drug buys. Christopher Michael Seglem, 21, was sentenced for two felony charges of second degree possession of a controlled substance. A conviction for a felony ...
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Leon Leonard Oistad

Leon L. Oistad, 72, of Karlstad, MN., died unexpectedly Fri. afternoon, Sept. 18, at Sanford Medical Center, Thief River Falls, MN.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 P.M. Fri. at First Lutheran Church in Karlstad with Rev. David Aaker officiating. Visitation will be after 6 P.M. Thur. at our...
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Open House for New Behavioral Health Services

Third Floor will be no more …
The local reference to Mental Health Services in Thief River Falls will change this month, as Sanford Behavioral Health moves to newly remodeled space at the former hospital campus down town.
Sanford will host a Ribbon Cutting and Open House this (Wednesday) a...
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Property damage among reports to law enforcement

Property damage On Aug. 23 at 7:09 p.m., police received a report of property damage at Northland Village, 1516 Hwy. 1. Someone had tampered with the steering wheel of a vehicle. Damage was estimated to be less than $500. Accident and failure to yield On Aug. 24 at 7:25 p.m., police received a...
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Michelle Prestebak

Michelle Prestebak of Thief River Falls, MN, age 50, died Sunday, September 20, 2015 at her home surrounded by her loving family.
Funeral service will be held at 4:00 PM on Thursday, September 24, 2015 at Faith Lutheran Church in Goodridge, MN with Rev. Robert Dahlen officiating....
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Kiel; Sandpiper — Common Sense

Republican leaders in Minnesota are blaming the Governor for an Appellate Court Decision that will further slow a huge construction project in the listening area.
House Speaker Kurt Daudt has called on the Governor to be open and honest about opposition to the Sandpiper Pipeline...
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Judith Wold

Judith Wold of Thief River Falls, MN, passed away peacefully at Valley Home Assisted Living on Friday, September 18, 2015, at the age of 97.
Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 AM on Thursday, September 24, 2015, at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, Thief River Falls, MN, with Rev. K...
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Fitness Center Relocates Today

The Sanford Wellness – also known as the Fitness – Center is scheduled to re-open in their new location on Thief River Falls East Side.
Relocation of the fitness facility – from the former down town hospital campus – began last Friday; scheduled to reopen at the former clinic site on Highway #59 ...
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Sunday, September 20, 2015

Pennington County court calendar 9-20-2015

 
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WANTED Brittany Lewis

Wanted – Brittany Lewis – credit card fraud, check forgery and motor vehicle theft If you have any information on the location of Brittany Lewis please contact … The Thief River Falls Police Department at 218-681-6161








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WANTED KAREN ANN SHORT DOB 01/06/1944

Karen Short – 4th Degree DWI and Disorderly Conduct Any info you are asked to call 218-681-6161
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Patrick Poole

Patrick Poole, 76, of Thief River Falls, MN passed away on Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at Neilson Place in Bemidji, MN.
Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 1:30 PM on Monday, September 21, 2015 at St. Bernard’s Catholic Church in Thief River Falls, MN with Father Rick Lambert Officiating. ...
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Cory Ingeman, Man accused of vehicular homicide Hearing Continued to October

Proceedings were continued this week for a Karlstad man accused of vehicular homicide in a June 27th traffic crash that killed 49 year old Timothy Bruggeman of Thief River Falls. 26 year old Cory Ingeman is charged with two counts of Criminal Vehicular Homicide, Criminal Vehicular Operation and...
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Thursday, September 17, 2015

Preliminary Property Tax Increase / 20% TRF

He called it “a shot across the bow” – Thief River Falls Mayor Brian Holmer as the Thief River Falls City Council Tuesday night set the preliminary Property Tax Levy Increase – payable 2016 – at a whopping 20%.
If given final approval in December, that would add $312,000 to the current one and a ...
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Marlys Olson

Marlys Olson, 67, of Thief River Falls, MN, died on Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at the Villa St. Vincent in Crookston, MN.
Funeral service will be held at 10:30 AM on Saturday, September 19, 2015 at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, Thief River Falls, MN, with Pastor Wes Langaas o...
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Jason Andrew Schindler guilty of felony charge of malicious punishment of a child

A Thief River Falls man entered a guilty plea Monday, Aug. 24 in Pennington County District Court for spanking a 2-year-old girl to the point of bruising her. Jason Andrew Schindler, 25, pled guilty to a felony charge of malicious punishment of a child, according to court documents....
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John Charles Zak

John Charles Zak, 66, of Saint Hilaire, Minnesota passed away on Sunday, September 13, 2015, in the Villa St. Vincent, Crookston, with his wife, Deborah, at his side.
John was born on January 19, 1949, in Detroit, Michigan, where he lived until moving with his parents to Little Falls...
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WANTED BRITTNEY LEIGH KENNEDY DOB 04/22/1989

Brittney Kennedy – Warrant for Felony Check Forgery
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Valley/Passa First Appearance Monday

A first appearance is scheduled next week for two Red Lake County women arrested last month following a probationary home visit in Red Lake Falls.
The Red Lake County Attorney’s Office has returned Criminal Complaints against 35 year old Kristin Valley and 32 year old Devon Passa.
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Heinze Minnesota’s Outstanding Senior

He is Minnesota’s Outstanding Senior, crowned just last week during ceremonies at the Minnesota State Fair.
Pennington County Outstanding Senior, Art Heinze, was chosen out of a pool of nominees from every county in the state for “outstanding commitment to community service since rea...
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Sunday, September 13, 2015

Wanted: Daniele Lamae Rasmussen DOB 11/29/1990

Wanted: Daniele Lamae Rasmussen DOB 11/29/1990 Felony Check Forgery and GM Aid and Abet Offer Forged Check
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WANTED: JACKSON TIMOTHY BERGERON DOB 06/20/1994

WANTED: JACKSON TIMOTHY BERGERON DOB 06/20/1994 Jackson Bergeron – Failure to appear – Probation Violation 5th Degree Controlled Substance
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Shaun Brandt’s murder charge set for trial

There were additional charges yesterday in the case of a Pennington County man, accused of murder and assault in the death of an NCTC Student during an altercation last December in Down Town Thief River Falls. District Judge Eric Schieferdecker Thursday approved a motion for an amended complaint...
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Lorne Spilde

Lorne Spilde, 75, a lifelong Halma, Minnesota resident passed away at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, North Dakota on Thursday, September 9, 2015. Lorne Harley Spilde was born October 22, 1939 in Greenbush, Minnesota to Leonard and Helen (Oien) Spilde. He was baptized at Edisvold Lutheran Church...
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Badger / GMR / Warroad Districts Honored

With the start of school this fall the State Department of Education has released Minnesota Multiple Rating (MMR) Scores and the the list of schools achieving the coveted Reward Designation includes three in the listening area.
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Remembering Grace Woods

It was the start of a new year, with new hope and new ambitions as students across the listening area headed back to class Tuesday, but for the staff, faculty and students at Lincoln High School in Thief River Falls, it was also a day of deep grief that they hope they never have to live again...
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TRF Request for Disaster Aid

The Mayor says, “We met the threshold in three different categories …”
A request for reimbursement for damage to Thief River Falls City infrastructure is on the Governor’s Desk, after assessment through the Department of Homeland Security late last month.
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Cliff Bennett

Cliff Bennett, 94, of Warren, MN, passed away on Tuesday, September 8, 2015, in the Good Samaritan Center, Warren.
Clifford Wayne was born on August 7, 1921, in Plummer, MN, to Frank and Sadie Harper Bennett. He was raised in the Plummer area before moving to a farm, east of Warren...
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WANTED: Zachary Ryan Opdahl dob 02/24/1987

Zachary Ryan Opdahl currently has 2 active warrants in Pennington County MN. The warrants are 57CR153721 Misdemeanor theft and 57CR15901 Misdemeanor Issue Dishonored Check. If you have any information on the location of Zachary Opdahl please contact the Pennington County Sheriffs Office at...
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Update: WANTED Clarice Elizabeth Applebee 02/22/1979

Clarice Applebee – Contributing to delinquency of a minor   CLICK ON PICTURE
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WANTED MARK EDWARD BROWNE DOB 07/10/1964

Mark Browne – Numerous warrants – Driving after revocation, no insurance   CLICK ON PICTURE
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Gracie Woods

Grace “Gracie” Woods, age 16 of Thief River Falls, MN passed away on Friday, September 4, 2015 in the arms of her sister surrounded by her loving family and friends after a four year courageous battle with cancer.
Funeral Services will be held at 1:30 PM on Thursday, September 10, 2015 at St. Be...
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Orlis D. Hanson

Orlis D. Hanson, 83, of Thief River Falls, MN, passed away on Wednesday, September 2, 2015 at his residence surrounded by his loving family.
Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 AM on Tuesday, September 8, 2015 at Johnson Funeral Service, Thief River Falls, MN, with Rev. Frank...
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Putting a Roof Over Historic #1024

Former Railroad Engineer, Hillary Stoltman, is stoking the fire under a community fundraiser to rejuvenate and preserve old Steam Engine #1024, displayed outside the Historic Soo Line Depot in Thief River Falls …
The idea is to put a roof over the Classic Steam Locomotive, which Stoltman o...
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Pennington County Citation Disposition Bulletin 9-3-2015

Thief River Falls Police Department cases Willie Richard Olson Nikunen, 21, Thief River Falls, stay of adjudication for a felony charge of first degree criminal damage to property and continued, $575, supervised probation for five years, chemical assessment, take medications in...
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Marian Larson

Marian Larson, who joined 4-H as a Marshall County farm girl and grew to become a statewide leader of the organization, died on Tuesday, September 1, 2015, in Thief River Falls, MN. She was 95. Funeral service will be held 2:00 PM on Saturday, September 5, 2015 at Nazareth Lutheran...
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George R. Hill

Funeral services will be held at 11 A.M. Thur. at First Lutheran Church in Middle River with Pastor Mark Matthews officiating. Visitation will be after 6 P.M. Wed. with a 7 P.M. prayer service at Collins Funeral Chapel, Middle River, and at the church one hour prior to services Thur. morning....
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Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Christopher Michael Seglem Former drug informant enters guilty pleas

A Thief River Falls man has pled guilty to setting up other people and law enforcement officers to obtain money from drug buys. Christopher Michael Seglem, 21, Thief River Falls, pled guilty to two felony charges of second degree possession of a controlled substance and a ...
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1 Injured in Weekend Accident

An Argyle area man was injured in an early weekend accident in Pennington County …
According to the Minnesota State Patrol, 22 yer old Evan Tetrault was injured when the pickup he was driving drifted off the road and struck an approach on Highway #1 Friday afternoon.
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June Barrow

June Barrow, 96, of Thief River Falls, MN, died on Friday, August 28, 2015 at Thief River Care Center, Thief River Falls, MN.
Funeral service will be held at 12:00 Noon on Tuesday, September 1, 2015 at Redeemer Lutheran Church, Thief River Falls, MN, with Reverend Mark Helgeland officiating....
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Shirley Jasperson

Shirley Jasperson, Plummer, MN, 79, died Saturday, August 29, 2015 at Oakland Park Communities, Thief River Falls, MN with her loving family at her side.
Funeral service will be held at 10:30 AM on Thursday, September 3, 2015 at Johnson Funeral Service in Thief River Falls, MN with Pastor Ollie...
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Marshall County Sheriff ’s Office investigates man’s death

The Marshall County Sheriff ’s Office recently investigated a man’s death. Chad Nething, 41, Cambridge, was found dead with a gunshot wound Friday, Aug. 21 in a pickup truck in rural Goodridge. Sheriff Jason Boman said the death has been ruled a suicide. A landowner saw Nething’s picku...
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Luella Oien

Luella Oien, Thief River Falls, MN, age 90, died Thursday August 27, 2015 at Thief River Care Center, Thief River Falls, MN.
Funeral service will be held at 10:30 AM on Monday, August 31, 2015, at Zion Lutheran Church in Thief River Falls, MN, with Rev. John Golv and Rev. Ale Tulu officiating....
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Police report 8-28-1015

Accident On Aug. 21 at 7:48 a.m., the sheriff’s office received a report of an accident near the intersection of Pembina Trail Southwest and 120th Street Southwest. At the time of the accident, Laurie Spears of Red Lake Falls was driving a 2004 Pontiac Grand Prix northbound around a curve. A...
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Rosenstone Visits NCTC / TRF Campus

Northland Community and Technical College hosted a visit this week from MnSCU Chancellor Steven Rosenstone, who visited the Thief River Falls Campus Wednesday and Thursday participated in a demonstration of UAV Technology near Roseau …
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Harriet Holte

Harriet Holte of Greenbush, MN, formerly of Grygla, MN, passed away on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at LifeCare Manor in Greenbush, MN, at the age of 93.
Funeral services will be at Bethel Lutheran Church, Greenbush, MN, on Sunday, August 30, 2015 at 3:00 PM. Burial will be held at St. Olaf...
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Edmund Kostrzewski

Edmund Kostrzewski, 92 of Thief River Falls, MN formerly of Strandquist, MN passed August 24, 2015 at Valley Elder Care in Grand Forks, ND.
Mass of Christian burial will be held on Saturday, August 29, 2015, 10:00 AM at St. Edwards Catholic Church in Karlstad with Father Lu Officiating. Burial...
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Unite Campaign Ready for Phase #2

They’ve already got $70, 000 in donations on their way to a $244,000 fund-raising goal, to unite the community of Thief River Falls behind the concept of childhood health …
With Phase #1 relocation of the Sanford Fitness Center scheduled September 21st to the former clinic site on Highway #59 Eas...
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Orvis Byklum

Orvis Byklum, 63, of Grygla, MN, passed away on Monday, August 24, 2015 at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, ND, after a long battle with cancer. Funeral Services will be held on Friday, August 28, 2015 at 10:30 AM in Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, rural Grygla, MN with Rev. Vicki S...
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Dianne Dee Kays

Dianne Dee Kays, Thief River Falls, MN, age 56, died Saturday, August 22, 2015 at her residence in Thief River Falls, MN
Funeral service will be Thursday, 10:30 AM, August 27, 2015 at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Thief River Falls, MN with Reverend Mark Helgeland and Reverend Ben Carlsen...
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Rain Garden Named for Gustafson

He was a devoted conservationist and a hockey enthusiast and it may be the perfect tribute, dedicated last week at the Ralph Engelstad Arena in Thief River Falls ..
A crowd of well over a hundred came together Thursday night in memory of late Area Resource Conservationist, Al Gustafson – u...
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Lawrence Shetler

MASS CHRISTIAN BURRIAL
FOR LAWRENCE SHETLER WILL BE HELD AT 10:30 AM ON MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 2015, AT ST. BERNARD’S CATHOLIC CHURCH IN THIEF RIVER FALLS, MN.  WITH A BURIAL TO FOLLOW AT ST. BERNARD’S CATHOLIC CEMETERY, THIEF RIVER FALLS, MN.
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Reaume “Ray” Laliberte

Reaume “Ray” Laliberte of Thief River Falls, MN age 87 died peacefully on Wednesday, August 19, 2015 at his residence with his loving family at his side. The Memorial Service to Celebrate the Life of Ray Laliberte will be held at 10:00 AM on Saturday, August 22, 2015 at Johnson Funeral Service in...
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Thefts in the police report 8-20-2015

Theft On Aug. 3 at 8:10 p.m., police received a report of a theft at 723 Markley Ave. S. A man reported that someone had stolen a 29-inch Iron Horse bicycle valued at less than $500. Theft On Aug. 3 at 11:38 a.m., the sheriff ’s office received a report of a theft at 19756 […]
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One Injured in Rail / SUV Accident

One person was injured after a Canadian Pacific frieght train struck a vehicle at a rail crossing this week in Brooks …
According to Red Lake County Sheriff, Mitch Bernstein, 19 year old Daylon Melby was injured when the 1999 Chevy Suburban he was driving crossed into the path of the s...
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Alpha T. Halvorson

Alpha T. Halvorson of Thief River Falls, MN age 88 died peacefully on Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at Thief River Care Center in Thief River Falls, MN. Funeral service will be at 10:00 AM on Friday, August 21, 2015 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Thief River Falls, MN. Burial will be at Greenwood...
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LaMarr William Hanson II

LaMarr William Hanson II passed away peacefully on Monday, May 25, 2015 in St. Cloud, MN. A Celebration Of Life Service will be held at 2:00 PM on Saturday, August 22, 2015 at Johnson Funeral Service in Thief River Falls, MN. At LaMarr’s request, a family military service was held on Friday, A...
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Isiaha Martin Zuniga charged with contempt of court

Contempt of court and driving after revocation On Aug. 14 at 12:44 a.m., police performed a traffic stop near the intersection of Third Street and Main Avenue. Isiaha Martin Zuniga, 22, Thief River Falls, has been cited for contempt of court and driving after revocation. He was...
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Town Homes Break Ground in TRF

Resolving a Thief River Falls Housing Crisis took another step forward last week with a ground breaking for a new development on South Alice Drive.
About 30 dignitaries and members of the public gathered to celebrate ground breaking for River Pointe Townhomes; as construction began on the...
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Pennington County court calendar 8-17-2015

 
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Stella Halvorson

Stella Halvorson, 88, Trail, MN, died Friday, August 14, 2015 at First Care Nursing Home in Fosston, MN. Funeral service will be held at 10:30 AM on Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at Nazareth Lutheran Church, Trail, MN with Rev. Jeffery Merseth officiating. Burial will follow at Nazareth Church...
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Investigation into Crookston Stabbing

Crookston Police continue the search for a man wanted in connection with a weekend stabbing.
According to investigators, the incident happened just before 5:30 Saturday morning as police responded to a report of a stabbing at undisclosed location in Crookston. According to a news...
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Pennington County Citation Disposition 8-16-15

Thief River Falls Police Department cases Jamiee Renee Gaddie, 21, Thief River Falls, stay of adjudication for a charge of barking dog and continued, $50, unsupervised probation for six months Shane Richard Brandt, 33, Thief River Falls, third degree driving while impaired, $815, one year in...
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