Author: Tom Lano

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Essentia Health and City of Fosston meet to discuss O.B. Dispute

City Attorney Stephen Larson along with a group of community leaders involved in the Essentia O.B. dispute met last week to discuss what can be done regarding the dispute between Essentia and the City of Fosston. The groups met with no resolution being made. An impasse was declared and arbitration will be the next step…
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November 14, 2023 0

Name Released In Fatal House Fire in Thief River Falls

Police have released the name of the man found dead in a house fire Monday evening in Thief River Falls. According to Police Chief Marissa Adam, the body of 37 year old Mark Gorman Beito was found inside the residence at 504 Knight Avenue North. The Thief River Falls Police Department, Thief River Falls Fire…
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October 25, 2023 0

Gas Leak Reported At The Solar Gas Yard Near Mentor

On Monday, October 23rd at approximately 10:48 pm, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office along with the Mentor Fire Department were dispatched to the Solar Gas Yard located at 16545 US Highway 2 in Mentor for a propane leak. It was determined that a 6000 gallon propane tank was leaking. A residence located next to the…
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October 25, 2023 0

Man injured in accidental hunting related shooting near Park Rapids

A hunter who took a 10 year old deer hunting during Minnesota’s Youth Deer Hunt was shot by the child as the child was trying to unload a rifle near Park Rapids. The Hubbard County Sheriff’s Office says the 50 year old man was shot through both buttocks. The 10 year old squeezed the trigger…
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October 24, 2023 0

Three People injured in two car crash on U.S. Highway 59 in Becker County

Three People were injured in a crash in Becker County on Monday evening. Two were transported to Fargo, one by Life flight. The Minnesota State Patrol says it happened shortly before 6:00 pm Monday near Callaway. A car was traveling south on Highway 59 when it collided with a car that was crossing the highway.…
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October 24, 2023 0

Lost Hunter Found in Clearwater County

On Saturday, October 7th, at approximately 8:30 pm, a call came into the Clearwater County dispatch center reporting a lost hunter near Robinson Lake in Itasca Township. A Clearwater County deputy responded and spoke to the reporting parties and learned that a group of hunters had come to the location to hunt grouse. They were…
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October 9, 2023 0

FEMA and FCC Set To Test Wireless Emergency Alerts Next Week

A nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System and Wireless Emergency Alerts is schedules for the first week in October. FEMA and the FCC say the test is scheduled for approximately 1:20 pm pm Wednesday, October 4th. The WEA portion of the test will be directed to all consumer cell phones. The test message will…
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September 28, 2023 0

One Injured In Two Vehicle Accident In Pennington County

A Thief River Falls man was injured in a two vehicle accident Wednesday in Pennington County. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, 66 year old Raymond Darwin Troy was injured when the 2006 Mack Tractor he was driving was struck by a 2011 GMC Sierra driven by 32 year old Henry James Jordan of Bagley.…
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September 28, 2023 0

Single Vehicle Roll Over Injures Two near Mahnomen

Two people were injured in a single vehicle accident near Mahnomen on Monday, September 18th. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, Stanley Milo Koich, age 74 of South St. Paul, was injured when the southbound 2015 Nissan Frontier pickup he was driving struck a guardrail and rolled on Highway 59 at County Road 25 in…
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September 20, 2023 0

Sheriff ID’S body found in Polk County Cornfield

Authorities in Polk County say the body of a woman found in a cornfield Monday has been positively identified as that of 60 year old Beth Super, the woman who was reported missing from the central part of the state over this past weekend. Super’s car was found abandoned on Sunday near Nielsville, about 22…
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September 20, 2023 0