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DETROIT LAKES, Minn. - A Detroit Lakes man has been charged with making terroristic threats and second-degree assault after police say he pointed a gun at another man’s face on West Lake Drive in front of Zorbaz here on Saturday night. David James Tuma, 42, was released...

WEST ST. PAUL, Minn. - A Mendota Heights police officer was shot and killed this afternoon during a traffic stop near Dodd Road and Smith Avenue in West St. Paul, according to Dakota County dispatch. City Council member Ultan Duggan said the officer died from his...

Placement of campaign signs and other unauthorized objects in state highway rights of way is not allowed under state law, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation. In addition, campaign signs may not be placed on private property outside of the right of way limits without...

A Detroit Lakes man is facing two felony charges in Becker County after allegedly exchanging nude pictures with a 15-year-old girl via Facebook. Dallas Dale Petree, 19, made his initial court appearance on the charges of possessing pornographic work-computer disk/electronic/magnetic/optical...

CHICAGO - A 40-year-old man who died in a Nigerian hospital last week from the ebola virus was an American from Minnesota, his wife told NBC News on Tuesday. Decontee Sawyer told NBC that her husband, Patrick Sawyer, who was working for the Liberian government, collapsed July...

BEMIDJI -- A high-speed pursuit through Bemidji ended in a fatality this afternoon. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is investigating the pursuit and shooting. The driver was found with a single gunshot wound and pronounced dead at the scene on Division Street and Hidden...

Five teenagers all walked away from a rollover accident Thursday afternoon near Detroit Lakes. The use of seatbelts likely prevented any serious injury or passenger ejection. “It could have been a lot worse had they not belted,” said Sergeant Shane Richard with the Becker...

ELBOW LAKE, Minn. – A woman was arrested east of this western Minnesota city early Saturday after allegedly stabbing a man, causing him serious injuries. The Grant County Sheriff’s Office and Elbow Lake police received a 911 call at 12:46 a.m. from a 38-year-old man who said...

An Alexandria, Minn., couple died in a rollover north in Kansas on Thursday. The victims were Kay Dianne Pautz, 69, the driver, and her passenger, Gary Walter Pautz, 70. The accident happened at 3:55 p.m., north of McPherson, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol. Pamela...

Police are searching for two men suspected of shooting at a 7-year-old girl who was riding her bike in Williston, N.D. on Thursday. Detective David Peterson of the Williston Police Department said about 8 p.m., two men driving an older black Chevy Silverado pickup fired shots...