Becker County

Melissa Ann Stands, 39, of Willmar was sentenced Oct. 30 in Becker County District Court on a felony charge of motor vehicle theft. According to court records, at about 4:30 a.m. on May 19 she was discovered inside a home on Bowling Avenue by the occupants, and shown the door....

Becker County is on the road to adopting a new radio system that will provide statewide communications. The County Board on Tuesday approved a $58,000 contract with Rey Freeman Communications Consulting of Minnetonka to oversee the move to the Armer radio system for law enforcement...

By Jan. 1, it will be federal law for nearly everyone to have health insurance or be fined. That’s the stick. The carrot is that the federal government will help income-eligible people pay for it. When given the choice to go with a federal health care exchange or create...

A Fergus Falls woman is set to make her first appearance Monday in Becker County District Court on a felony charge of receiving stolen property. Shirley Ann Bunnis, 51, of 428 W. Alcott, Fergus Falls, is accused of taking more than $2,600 in power cables from Anderson Gravel Company...

Becker County commissioners opted not to pursue a $10-per-registered vehicle wheelage tax this year, but left open the possibility of implementing a sales tax of up to one-half cent to pay for transportation projects. At a public hearing at the County Board meeting Tuesday, Commissioners...

Applications are being accepted for the title of Mrs. Becker County. Mrs. Becker County will have the honor of representing her county at the Mrs. Minnesota pageant, which will be held at Ritsche Auditorium on March 8 in St. Cloud. The woman chosen as Mrs. Becker County will...

Becker County is coming up as much as $800,000 a year short in its long term highway construction spending, and commissioners are looking at several tax and bonding options to solve the problem. The new tax option that seems to have the most support on the county board is a local...

Think speeding is a harmless crime? You might be surprised at the cost in lives and economic potential. In Becker County, the economic impact was pegged at about $28 million for deaths and accidents related to crashes from 2009 to 2011. Four of 15 crash deaths were speed-related,...

RICHWOOD, Minn. – The Becker County Sheriff’s Office has identified the victim of a rollover on Wednesday near Richwood as Nicholas Alan Lehmann of rural Callaway. The sheriff’s office said Wednesday that Lehmann was found dead after apparently being ejected from an SUV...

RICHWOOD, Minn. – A man is dead after he apparently was ejected from an SUV in a rollover accident just east of Richwood, the Becker County Sheriff’s Office reported. At about 7:45 a.m. Wednesday, a passer-by reported a vehicle that was rolled over on County Highway 34 just east...

The phrase "everything old is new again" will take on new meaning for the Becker County Historical Society & Museum's "Keeping History Alive" fundraiser, which takes place Friday, March 23, from 7 to 10 p.m.