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The news reported recently that Gov. Walz was thinking of calling a special session to pass the bill that helps people with diabetes who cannot afford insulin. If a special session happens, there is another bill he should also include that helps veterans in crisis. Rep. Rob Ecklund...

A 76-year-old pilot walked away from an airplane crash Tuesday evening at the Detroit Lakes-Becker County Airport. The pilot of the single engine biplane, Theodore Kiebke of Detroit Lakes, said he lost power and tried to land in a cornfield north of the airport, according to a news...

Devon Ryan Dixon, 27, of rural Detroit Lakes, was charged in Becker County District Court with felony second-degree controlled substance crime. According to court records, on Jan. 28 he and a woman, who was not named in the complaint, were allegedly involved in the sale of 14.9 grams...

Tucker Roy Jacobson, 32, of rural Pelican Rapids, was charged in Becker County District Court with two counts of felony DWI and one count of felony fleeing a peace officer in a motor vehicle. According to court records, at 4:16 a.m. on April 21, a deputy clocked him driving 73 mph...

Jason Terrell Payne, 36, of Detroit Lakes, was charged in Becker County District Court with two counts of felony first-degree burglary and two counts of felony domestic assault. According to court records, on April 22, he went to a woman's house to watch their son, but he showed...

A Perham woman was hurt after her vehicle went into the ditch along Highway 10 on Friday, July 12. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, 28-year-old Diara Lashay Hill was taken to Lakewood Health in Staples to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries after her 2008 Saturn Aurora...

A 59-year-old Hawley man was injured after his vehicle went flying 90 feet through the air along U.S. Highway 10 near Lake Park on Wednesday night, July 10, at about 6 p.m. The Minnesota State Patrol said Keith Allen Haats was traveling east on the four-lane highway when his 1998...