Fire

BEMIDJI, Minn. - Bemidji firefighters responded to a report of an explosion heard for miles Monday night at a residence southwest of Bemidji. The Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office issued a preliminary release Monday night that included a caller at 5:49 p.m. reporting...

BUFFALO, Minn. -- Nine horses were killed in a barn fire early Sunday in Wright County, northwest of Minneapolis, while a passing teenager and another man rescued some horses. The Wright County Sheriff’s Office said some horses were saved after Wyatt Stueven, 17, of Howard Lake,...

WORTHINGTON, Minn. -- About 7,500 three-week-old turkeys were lost in a turkey farm fire near Worthington early Tuesday morning. The nearby Round Lake Fire Department was dispatched at 12:45 a.m. Tuesday to a farm owned by Tim Meyer and Jeff Barber to the fire that’s believed...

DEER RIVER, Minn. -- Two people died in a fire early Saturday at a home in northeastern Cass County, authorities reported Sunday. Three other people escaped with minor injuries from the rural Deer River residence, the Cass County Sheriff’s Office reported. According...

FARGO – A patient and a staff member were hurt and 10 patients are displaced following an early-morning fire at Sanford Medical Center Thursday morning. Sanford spokeswoman Nadine Aljets said the fire started at around 5:40 a.m. on the third floor medical unit. A...

Otter Tail County 911 Dispatchers have been recognized for their outstanding service on the night of the R.D. Offutt Co. potato warehouse fire in Perham. At a recent Minnesota Sheriff’s Association Conference in Alexandria, Minn., the Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office was...

DICKINSON, N.D. – Thomas Sander had been working toward becoming a principal for a while. So when he got that job at Trinity High School in Dickinson, N.D., last summer, he emailed some academic contacts, telling them the good news. “He told me he got this principalship...