Becker County

Tuesday, July 25 Detroit Country Club Women's Bridge Association Meeting: This meeting will be held at 11:30 a.m. To make reservations, call Jan Gabriel at 218-846-1953 or 701-799-1898 or Bev Moyer at 701-261-7448. Reservations must be made by July 23. Wednesday, July 26 Wild...

A Moorhead woman was injured when her car left the roadway on Highway 59 near Detroit Lakes on Friday. Terese Nadine Jacobs, 47, of Moorhead was transported to Essentia St. Mary's Hospital in Detroit Lakes with non-life-threatening injuries, according to the State Patrol. She was...

Lee Ann Jones, 30, of rural Ponsford, has been sentenced in Becker County District Court for felony check forgery. According to court records, on April 27 she tried to pass a forged check at the Community Development Bank in Ogema. Two other checks from the same account had been passed...

Wesley Robert Warren, 19, of rural Ponsford, has been sentenced in Becker County District Court for felony third-degree assault. The original charge of second-degree assault was reduced in a plea agreement.

David Charles Sokolik, 63, of rural Ponsford, has been sentenced in Becker County District Court for misdemeanor DWI. A felony charge of fifth-degree controlled substance crime and a second misdemeanor DWI charge were dropped in a plea agreement. According to court records, on April...

Darren William Hennen, 19, of Fridley, Minn., has been charged in Becker County District Court with first-degree controlled substance crime, second-degree controlled substance crime and two counts of fifth-degree controlled substance crime, all felonies.

A car-bicycle hit and run near Pine Point in Becker County sent a Detroit Lakes man to the hospital with life-threatening injuries Tuesday evening . The bicyclist, Jarod L. Moran, 44, was transported to Essentia Hospital in Fargo, according to the Becker County Sheriff's Office. The...

David Ray Newton, 33, of Detroit Lakes has been charged in Becker County District Court with felony threats of violence and misdemeanor fourth-degree criminal damage to property. According to court records, on June 8, Detroit Lakes police received a report that Newton was allegedly...

Jeffrey Scott Gunderson, 23, of Detroit Lakes, has been sentenced in Becker County District Court for felony check forgery. According to court records, on Oct. 18, he tried to pass a stolen check at Midwest Bank in Detroit Lakes. The $200 check had "lawn mower" written in the memo...

Arthur William VanWert III, 42, of Frazee, has been sentenced to prison in Becker County District Court for felony fleeing a peace officer in a motor vehicle. According to court records, on Sept. 1, 2015 a Frazee police officer saw him speed through town in a Mercury sable. The officer...

Candace Faye Roberts, 28, of White Earth, has been sentenced in Becker County District Court for felony fifth-degree controlled substance crime. According to court records, on Oct. 3, she was stopped by tribal police for driving a van with no license plate. She admitted to consuming...

Melissa Sue Haggenmiller, 34, of Wadena, has been sentenced in Becker County District Court for felony third-degree assault. According to court records, starting on the evening of Jan. 12 and continuing into the morning of Jan. 13 she assaulted a male roommate in Detroit Lakes with...

Jocelyn Ann Burback, 32, of Brainerd, has been sentenced in Becker County District Court for felony theft According to court records, on Sept. 11, she stole Hydrocodone and Gabapentin pills from a purse in the bedroom of a woman she was visiting. She later texted the woman to apologize....

Candance Lillian Ellen Marie Franklin, 27, of Frazee has been charged in Becker County District Court with felony aiding an offender to avoid arrest and misdemeanor obstructing the legal process. According to court records, on June 7, the Becker County Sheriff's Office received a...

Douglas Jerome Fineday Jr., 34, of rural Ogema has been charged in Becker County District Court with a felony domestic assault, felony domestic assault by strangulation and felony third-degree assault. According to court records, on June 11, he allegedly assaulted his longtime domestic...