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Area River Levels
Area river levels as of 9 p.m. Tuesday.March 17, 2010
West-central Minnesota high School in lockdown after e-mail threat received
MADISON — An e-mail threatening students and staff led to a partial lockdown Monday of Lac qui Parle Valley High School.By Linda Vanderwerf , March 16, 2010
With baby on way, Kragnes family couldn’t wait
KRAGNES, Minn. – For three of the five years Bill and Joy Dale have lived near here, spring has been a bad thing.By Tammy Swift , March 16, 2010
Identity of man found dead Friday morning near Paul Bunyan Drive is released
The identity of the man found dead Friday afternoon on Paul Bunyan Drive South has been released.March 16, 2010
Red Lake Falls parents speak at school meeting about urination incident involving son, others
The parents of a Red Lake Falls, Minn., elementary student “had an opportunity to comment” Monday night at a school board meeting on their allegations that an older student urinated on their son last week, said Superintendent Joel Young.By Stephen J. Lee , March 16, 2010
High court heard unallotment arguments
ST. PAUL -- Whether Gov. Tim Pawlenty acted legally when he cut $2.7 million from the state budget last summer may rest on whether Minnesota Supreme Court justices think the Legislature has given the governor a right to trim budgets.By Don Davis , March 15, 2010
Pawlenty cuts bonding $320 million
ST. PAUL -- Gov. Tim Pawlenty this morning trimmed a nearly $1 billion public works funding bill down to $680 million, saying the one passed by legislators was too big.By Don Davis , March 15, 2010
Menahga celebrates Finnish folklore (St. Urho) days
All hail the festival of St. Urho. His saintness is alleged, in Finnish folklore, to have eradicated a locust of grasshoppers feasting on the country’s sparse grape crop.
By Sarah Smith , March 15, 2010
Deceased man found near Paul Bunyan Drive South in Bemidji
At 8:25 a.m. Friday, March 12, the Bemidji Fire Department responded to an emergency call in the 200 block of Paul Bunyan Drive South.March 15, 2010
MnDOT closes sections of two northern Minnesota highways
The Minnesota Department of Transportation Northwest District 2 has closed two highways until further notice.March 15, 2010
RED RAGES UPWARD: River to reach 38 feet by Saturday in Fargo-Moorhead
The Red River in Fargo-Moorhead, and the smaller rivers that feed it, are rising faster than predicted just a few days ago and are on pace to approach the record flood levels seen last year.By Mila Koumpilova , March 15, 2010
Red Lake Falls parent seeks school action after son is urinated on by another student
A parent has pulled his children out of a Red Lake Falls, Minn., elementary school and is asking for officials to take action after his son was urinated on by another student, he told the Herald on Friday.By Ryan Johnson , March 13, 2010
Moorhead seeks sandbag volunteers
The city of Moorhead is asking for volunteers to assist with sandbagging efforts this weekend at the city’s public works building at 700 15th Ave. N.By Forum staff reports , March 13, 2010
Protesting tribal government
White Earth Reservation members voice concerns
As White Earth Chairwoman Erma Vizenor got ready to give her annual State of the Nation address Wednesday, a number of tribal members protested outside of the Shooting Star Event Center in Mahnomen.
March 12, 2010
Red River expected to rise 5 feet in Fargo area in next week
The National Weather Service in Grand Forks predicts that the Red River in Fargo-Moorhead, which was above 16 feet Thursday, to reach 21.8 feet in a week.By Herald Staff Report , March 12, 2010
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