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Bethany Marie Kern, 27, of rural Waubun has been sentenced in Becker County District Court on a felony bad check charge. According to court records, on three occasions in late June and early July of 2018 she wrote checks to a Detroit Lakes business. All were returned for nonsufficient...

May 30, 1868 was the first official Decoration Day. The day was declared by General John A. Logan and observed at Arlington National Cemetery. Volunteers that day decorated the graves of more than 20,000 Union and Confederate soldiers. Almost 500,000 military personnel died during...

Jayson Robert Annette,31, of rural Ponsford has been sentenced in Becker County District Court for felony domestic assault.

Sara Jean Lachapelle, 39, of rural Ogema has been charged in Becker County District Court with felony fugitive from justice. According to court records, on May 3, a tribal police officer conducted a traffic stop in Becker County, and she was arrested on a warrant out of Burleigh County,...

Tyler Ray Dewitt, 28, of Detroit Lakes has been sentenced in Becker County District Court for felony fifth-degree controlled substance crime. According to court records, on June 30, 2017, a deputy saw him speeding and driving erratically on County Road 21 in Becker County. After pulling...

Monday, May 13 At 12:45 a.m. a caller reported a neighbor burning garbage on the 35000 block of Highway 87 in Frazee. At 1:09 a.m. emergency crews responded to a grass fire on the corner of County Road 21 and County Road 34. At 8:17 a.m. tools were reportedly stolen from a vehicle...