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BY SARAH SMITH Forum News Service The Hubbard County jail will remain at 60 prisoners, the county board determined Tuesday. But it did authorize Sheriff Cory Aukes to sign a contract with the Department of Corrections to furnish the county a guaranteed 20 inmates. Aukes wanted...

Last month, Becker County and the City of Detroit Lakes rejected the bids for reconstruction of the downtown portion of Washington Avenue and rebid the project, hoping for lower costs. Bids instead increased about 10 percent, and were rejected again. The project will be rebid again...

In a split vote, the Becker County Commissioners voted Tuesday to keep the Dunton Locks tram between Muskrat Lake and Lake Sallie closed indefinitely. Last week, county staff closed the tram after the DNR confirmed the presence of zebra mussels in Lake Melissa, which is at the...

After 30-plus years of not knowing, the Andersen family finally knows their daughter and sister, Mary, is dead. The Frazee family found out a week ago that Mary, who has been gone since 1981, was murdered two years later in Gillette, Wyo., where she had been staying at the time....

Local law enforcement is spending this week wrapping up the issues that popped up over the long Fourth of July holiday weekend. Although officers from the Detroit Lakes Police Department, Becker County Sheriff’s Department and the State Patrol were all kept busy throughout the...

     A Texas woman died in an Otter Tail County car accident in the early morning hours of July 4.      At about 1:30 in the morning on July 4, the Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office received a call from someone who was camping on Franklin Lake,...

 Long Lake Road has closed at Highway 59 in Detroit Lakes for the final phase of the roundabout construction.   Long Lake Road and Willow Street will remain closed for up to two weeks while crews finish the final pavement and curb work.   Highway 59 will...

When the 2014 session of the Minnesota Legislature was concluded in May, school districts throughout the state learned that they were the beneficiaries of $54 million in new education funding. For Detroit Lakes, a total of almost $198,000 in additional funding was appropriated...

For all those involved, it seems to be a win-win situation. The Sentencing to Service program through the Becker County Jail helps the inmates, the county and the community. “The whole program is a positive,” said Jail Administrator and STS coordinator Randy Hodgson. Inmates...

A woman died early Friday morning in Otter Tail County after the car she was riding in rolled, and the driver faces charges. According to the Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office, a call came in from a group camping on Franklin Lake at 1:30 a.m. Friday. The caller...

BECKER COUNTY, Minn. - A 70-year-old Bismarck man was killed in an accidental shooting Thursday evening north of Detroit Lakes, according to the Becker County Sheriff's Department. A 911 caller reported the shooting about 9:30 p.m., and officers were sent to the scene of the accident...

The 79th annual Northwest Water Carnival is right around the corner, with opening festivities set to take place this Friday, July 11. In line with tradition, the water carnival officially kicks off with the Miss Northwest Pageant, which starts at 7 p.m. at the DLCCC’s Historic...