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Democrats and Speaker Nancy Pelosi have made it clear they want to transition away from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources, even as countries that could pose a serious threat to U.S. security and the economy double-down on their efforts to extract and control fossil fuels. Upon...

Monday, Feb. 4 At 3:10 p.m. a chevy with a snow plow attached to it started on fire on the 22000 block of County Highway 6 in Detroit Lakes. At 9:14 p.m. a caller reported a chimney fire on the 21000 block of Sunset View Road in Rochert. The caller was apparently able to put out the...

Jordan William Anderson, 28, of Park Rapids has been charged in Becker County District Court with felony fifth-degree controlled substance crime. According to court records, on Aug. 27 a Becker County Sheriff's investigator noticed that he was a passenger in a vehicle driving near...

Angel Ochoc Ortega, 21, of Frazee has been charged in Becker County District Court with felony second-degree assault, felony threats of violence, and two misdemeanor counts of domestic assault. According to court records, on Jan. 11 a Becker County sheriff's deputy was called to a...

Piarre De Wilson, 33, of Detroit Lakes has been charged in Becker County District Court with felony fleeing a peace officer in a motor vehicle, gross misdemeanor possession of firearms or ammunition, and gross misdemeanor driving after his license was canceled. According to court...

City officials are hopeful that bipartisan legislation introduced recently in the Minnesota Legislature will give a long-awaited boost to the state's Local Government Aid (LGA) program. Led by chief authors Sen. Bill Weber (R-Luverne) and Rep. Dave Lislegard (DFL-Aurora), the bill...

NEVIS, Minn. — Three people are dead and a sheriff's deputy is hurt after an officer-involved shooting in Nevis. The Hubbard County Sheriff's Office says shots were fired in several locations, after a chase at about 9:15 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 14, in the 27000 block of County Road...

MENAHGA — One person is dead after a house fire in Menahga, Minnesota. The Wadena County Sheriff's Office says that it happened in the 600 block of 2nd St SE at just before 10:30pm on Wednesday February 13th. When fire crews arrived on the scene they found a house fully engulfed...

Craig Anthony Crosby, 40, of rural Detroit Lakes has been charged in Becker County District Court with felony fifth-degree controlled substance crime and gross misdemeanor driving after his license was canceled. According to court records, on Jan. 19, a Detroit Lakes police officer...