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KLN Family Brands will be bringing another group of temporary foreign workers to pick up shifts at its Barrel O’ Fun Snack Foods plant, and this time the workers will be housed in Perham. Last summer, KLN partnered with a program called Global Workforce to bring in a group of...

High school principal Jeff Johnson told the Park Rapids Area School Board Monday night he is meeting with Team Industries representatives about a partnership. “We’ve entered into kind of a consortium with Detroit Lakes, Lake Park/Audubon, Bagley,” he said. “Team Industries...

Students at Bemidji State University are not naive to the detrimental effects of alcohol use, and neither is the BSU administration. The two groups came together Thursday morning in the Beaux Arts Ballroom at Hobson Memorial Union for a Campus Summit on Alcohol and Student Safety....

Last week I wrote about the upcoming AIS trailer decal and the require course completion information to receive your decal. If you tried to log on to the website on the 31st and were unable to complete the course, there is a reason. On Wednesday, Jan. 28, the DNR postponed the...

A Park Rapids man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for repeatedly molesting a young girl who he had a significant relationship with. Samuel Charles Baxa, 28, was convicted of felony second-degree criminal sexual conduct. Detroit Lakes Police officers received a report...

The Grand Opening of the new Gizhiigin Arts Accelerator in Mahnomen is set for this Friday, Jan. 30. The ribbon cutting ceremony will take place at noon, followed by a community luncheon. Gizhiigin is located at 202 Main Avenue in Mahnomen, on the southeast corner of Madison...

HAWLEY, Minn. – A fire has been reported at the grain elevator here. A mutual aid request is out for firefighters from the Glyndon and Hitterdal Fire Departments to assist in putting out the fire at 316 5th St. Check back on this developing story. Tweets by @DLNewspape...

PELICAN RAPIDS, Minn. – A bus ran over the legs of a boy who slipped and fell near the high school here on Wednesday, police said. The boy, an elementary school student, was taken to a local hospital, Pelican Rapids Police Chief Jeff Stadum said. The accident happened about...

Training in the programming and operation of industrial robots. Learning welding techniques and applications in a simulated environment. Using global positioning system (GPS) technology in a variety of fields including engineering, mapping, construction and transportation. These...

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 to the hospital for...

Happenings is free, and submissions are run on a first-come, first-serve basis and as space allows. Happenings entries that include date, time and place, as well as a contact person’s name and telephone number, of an event can be e-mailed to Pippi Mayfield at pmayfield@dlnewspapers.com....