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A woman was killed on Thursday, September 7th when she was hit by an SUV while she attempted to run across a Bemidji area road. The collision was reported at around 4:20 pm on Thursday on Jefferson Avenue near Wee Gwaus Drive Southwest. According to a press release from the Bemidji Police Department, a 42…
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A Red Lake man received serious injuries after being struck by a vehicle north of Bemidji. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, on August 19th just after 6:00 am, 36 year old Joseph Heyer of Bemidji was driving northbound along Highway 89 in Eckles Township when he struck a pedestrian lying down in the roadway.…
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The Polk County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to the report of a 9 year old juvenile that ran away from his residence in McIntosh on Sunday evening. Sheriff’s officials say the juvenile was located uninjured and returned to his home following a search of the surrounding area. Assisting agencies include the Fosston Police Department, Fosston…
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The Polk County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to a report of smoke coming from a structure at Lucken Trucks and Parts in Winger on Saturday, August 19th at 6:30 am. Winger Fire Department firefighters located and extinguished a minor blaze within the facility. There was moderate damage to the building as a result of the…
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The Polk County Sheriff’s Office reports an East Grand Forks area woman was injured in a single vehicle accident Tuesday, August 8th, in Sullivan Township. Tonya Marie Jenson, age 38, was seriously injured when the eastbound 2018 GMC Yukon she was driving entered the south ditch along 130th Street Southwest. The vehicle then struck a…
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The Special Election for Polk County Commissioner District 1 was held on Tuesday to fill the vacancy after the death of Jerry Jacobson. The two finalists were Paul Reese and Michelle Cote. Of the 3, 299 registered voters in the District, a total of 1, 023 voted. Paul Reese won the election with 581 votes…
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The body of a 13 year old girl from Moorhead has been recovered from Lake Julia, north of Bemidji. Law enforcement learned the girl had just removed her lifejacket while on the ladder of a pontoon when she went under the water and did not resurface. Emergency crews were called in around 5:00 Sunday afternoon…
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A Fosston area teen was injured in a two vehicle accident Monday in Polk County. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, Tanaya Nicole Howard, age 19, was injured when the vehicle in which she was a passenger pulled out in front of an oncoming vehicle in Columbia township. The Minnesota State Patrol report said that…
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The Red Lake Tribal Nation plans to open Minnesota’s first recreational marijuana dispensary on August 1st, the first day recreational marijuana will be legal in Minnesota. It will likely be at least a year until dispensaries are able to open outside reservation boundaries, but Minnesota’s tribes can set marijuana regulations on their land.
On Tuesday, July 4th two young males were seen stealing two bottles of liquor worth approximately $90.00 from the Mentor Liquor Store in Mentor. The males appear to have been driving a white Ford Explorer Sport Trac with North Dakota plates. The investigation is ongoing. Contact the Polk County Sheriff’s Office at (218) 470-0431 if…
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