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It’s not that I’m unhappy for someone who receives a blessing that I wanted but more my frustration will be, “Why not me God?  Why was I passed over?”   Hey this is Debbie Griffith with Everyday Matters. My husband Dan had such a situation years ago when a friend...

MOORHEAD – Officials are working on the next steps for a 100-mile extension of a hiking trail that would link Moorhead and Park Rapids. Minnesota legislators in 2006 approved the addition to the Heartland Trail, a 49-mile road authorized in 1974 that connects Park Rapids to Cass...

MOORHEAD, Minn. – A sexual assault was reported near the campus of Minnesota State University Moorhead early Saturday morning. The incident occurred at about 3:10 a.m. in the 1400 block of Sixth Avenue South, according to Red River Valley Regional Dispatch logs. That street runs...

The same God that parted the Red Sea for Moses is the same God for you and me. He never changes. He can make a way when there seems to be no way. Hey this is Debbie Griffith with Everyday Matters. His Word is comforting but when life’s hard it sometimes doesn’t seem as living...

A Bertha girl was injured after turning in front of a vehicle driven by a Frazee woman on Highway 71 in Wadena on Friday.      According to the State Patrol, Caitlyn McKnight, 16, of Bertha suffered non-life-threatening injuries in the crash. She was transported...

It didn’t seem like a big deal at first. Joyce Arendt was sitting in her Detroit Lakes area home one day, about seven months ago, when she received a call from a telephone number that she didn’t recognize. “I don’t answer calls if I don’t know who they are,” Arendt...

Signing up for health care coverage isn’t as simple as it used to be when you could walk into the Becker County Human Services lobby and fill out a paper application form. Now, with a few exceptions, applications need to go through the state’s MNsure website. But county workers...

A Detroit Lakes man was sentenced to 30 days in jail and 10 year supervised probation for burglarizing his parent’s house. Sean Patrick Menard, 28, was granted a stay of imposition, which means if he does not violate his probation, the felony conviction will not go on his record. Menard...

HIBBING, Minn. -- An 18-year-old Hibbing man admitted to sexually assaulting a 3-year-old child in his care and distributing video of the incident online, according to criminal charges filed this week in State District Court. A juvenile delinquency petition alleges that Brian Dale...

For 19 years, people have been raising their hands and raising eyebrows as they voluntarily jump into a freezing cold lake in the heart of a Minnesota winter. The Polar Fest Plunge in Detroit Lakes is set for Valentine’s Day this year — Feb. 14 at 1 p.m. Registration just...

On the day he was scheduled to go to trial, Lake Park’s former embattled Mayor pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor traffic violation. According to KDLM Radio, Aaron Lee Wittnebel, 33, filed petition to plead guilty on Wednesday morning to one count of driving after revocation and...

Fewer Minnesotans are smoking. The Department of Health Thursday reported that new study results show smoking fell 14.4 percent since 2010. “We know that many factors, including tobacco price increases, smoke-free policies, cessation programs and media, combine to reduce smoking...

In the end, Courtney “Guns” Gunsalus had a million-watt smile to match her million-watt voice. The 24-year-old Bemidji singer earned a “golden ticket” in Wednesday’s episode of “American Idol” as the three judges — Keith Urban, Jennifer Lopez and Harry Connick Jr....