Becker County

RURAL PONSFORD — Two people were pronounced dead at the scene Friday following a single vehicle crash that occurred on Becker County Highway 35, west of Ice Cracking Lodge, during the early morning hours. The names of the deceased are being withheld pending family notification....

Friday, April 20 Square Dancing: The Country Twirlers will host a square dance in the Detroit Lakes I.O.O.F. Hall, 118 W. Holmes St., from 7:30 to 10 p.m. Charley Huhtala is the caller. For more information, please contact President Duane Olson, 218-532-7891.

ST. PAUL—The Minnesota Supreme Court has upheld a 2015 law that lets counties save money by bypassing the state auditor's office and hiring private accounting firms for their annual financial audits. State Auditor Rebecca Otto challenged the law on constitutional grounds. She...

Sunday, April 15 Color Guard Breakfast: The Lake Region Veterans Color Guard will be hosting a breakfast fundraiser from 8 a.m. to noon at the American Legion Club. Suggested donation is $7 for a meal including scrambled eggs; pancakes or French toast; and sausage or bacon, plus beverage....

Wednesday, April 11 Mark Kroos Concert: St. Peter's Lutheran Church of Cormorant will host a free concert by Christian musician Mark Kroos (a past winner of Guitar Player Magazine's International Guitar Superstar Competition in Nashville) starting at 6:30 p.m. A free will offering...

Derrick Thomas Yoder, 28, of rural Ogema, has been sentenced in Becker County District Court for felony third-degree burglary. According to court records, on Jan. 15 deputies responded to a burglary in progress at a rural Becker County property. Yoder and another man had stolen batteries...

Fox James Bellanger, 27, of rural Waubun, has been charged in Becker County District Court with being a fugitive from justice from another state, a felony. According to court records, on March 23 a Cass County, N.D., probation officer filed a petition to revoke Bellanger's probation...

Casey H.W. Johnson, 34, of rural Detroit Lakes has been charged in Becker County District Court with felony nonsupport of children. According to court records, in 2012, he was ordered by a Cass County, N.D., court to pay $368 per month in child support and to pay retroactive support...

Judy Lynn Libby, 44, of Ogema, has been sentenced in Becker County District Court on a misdemeanor charge of receiving stolen property. A felony fifth-degree controlled substance crime was dismissed in a plea agreement.

A truck driver was allegedly looking down at his cell phone for eight seconds before he slammed into a car, killing a father of three. More than two football fields — that's how long investigators believed the driver traveled in those eight seconds. Eight seconds — that's...

Rayn Justin Jacobson, 19, of rural Pelican Rapids., has been sentenced in Becker County District Court for felony fifth-degree controlled substance crime. Several other felony fifth-degree controlled substance crime charges were dismissed in a plea agreement

A truck driver was allegedly looking down at his cell phone for eight seconds before he slammed into a car, killing a father of three. More than two football fields — that’s how long investigators believed the driver traveled in those eight seconds. Eight seconds — that’s...

Brian Lee Sargeant, 32, of rural Mahnomen, has been sentenced in Becker County District Court for felony third-degree controlled substance crime. According to court records, he was a passenger in a car stopped Aug. 30 in Detroit Lakes, which resulted in more than 15 grams of heroin...