Police

At the most recent Committee of the Whole Meeting on Tuesday, June 23, Perham Police Chief Jason Hoaby noted the lack of numbers in the Perham Police Reserves. The Reserves is a volunteer group of people that help out with the Perham Police Department with special events “Right...

An area man, who has yet to be arrested, is being charged with fleeing an officer, domestic assault and more. At about 7:40 a.m. Tuesday, Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a report of a domestic disturbance at a residence several miles southeast...

THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn. -- Authorities were still at a farmstead southeast of Thief River Falls late Thursday night after a reported domestic disturbance, although a woman at the home was released and safe. The incident started at about 10:20 a.m. when the Pennington County Sheriff's...

BEMIDJI, Minn. -- A Clearwater County Sheriff's Office deputy has been placed on unpaid leave after allegedly entering a Clearbrook, Minn., residence while intoxicated. According to a release from Clearwater County Sheriff Darin Halverson, the sheriff's office received...

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. – A Battle Lake man is suing the city of Fergus Falls, the Fergus Falls Police Department and two police officers alleging that officers caused him to miss the birth of his child by wrongfully detaining him while he was enroute to the hospital. However,...

DULUTH, Minn. -- Authorities are asking for the public's help in locating a St. Louis County Sheriff's Office squad car stolen Monday night while it was parked on the University of Wisconsin-Superior campus. The black, unmarked car is a 2013 Chevrolet Impala with Minnesota license...

WEST FARGO--The victim of a hit-and-run crash in West Fargo followed the suspect Thursday afternoon, and the car chase ended when the suspect pulled over, got out and approached the victim's vehicle with a chainsaw, police said. James E. Parker of Swansea, Ill., allegedly threw...

The BP station at Main and Highway 34 in Park Rapids was robbed at gunpoint on Friday night. The suspect fled with an undetermined amount of cash and no injuries were reported during the incident, according to Park Rapids Police Chief Terry Eilers. The incident...

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. – James Bradley McCain, 29, of Detroit Lakes, has been sentenced in Becker County District Court on a felony charge of violating a restraining order. A second felony charge of violating a no-contact order was dropped in a plea agreement. According...

DENT, Minn. - A Pelican Rapids woman, accused of hitting a 6-year-old boy with her ATV, is scheduled to make her first court appearance Monday. Abigail Lynn Feist, 23, is charged in Otter Tail County with a felony for criminal vehicular operation, leaving the scene after...

HASTINGS, Minn. -- A Hastings man has been accused of trying to enter the Dakota County courthouse with methamphetamine, according to a criminal complaint. Donald Sherry III, 27, was stopped by officers March 16 after they saw him hesitate outside the front door of the Hastings...

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. -- The Otter Tail County attorney’s office is still gathering information, but does plan to charge two people who were on an ATV that allegedly hit a 6-year-old boy from Dent in the Pelican Supper Club parking lot in Pelican Rapids last week and then took off...

DULUTH, Minn. -- A strong odor emanating from a home in led to the disruption of a $100,000 marijuana operation in northeast Minnesota on Thursday. Charges are pending against a father and son, ages 57 and 26, who were arrested after a search-and-seizure by police and other agencies...