Devlyn Brooks is an ordained pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and serves Faith Lutheran Church in ...

ROCHESTER — A Rochester police officer who shot and killed a man during a person-in-crisis call last week was one of three ...

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Meagan Marie Smith was charged March 6 in Crow Wing County District Court with assault with a dangerous weapon and domestic ...

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The semi-finalists were selected from a pool of 12 applicants and will interview in front of the School Board March 24-25.

The system will guide callers to the Health Human and Veteran Service Department through services by asking a series of ...

BAXTER — Essentia Health is planning to use about 60% of the former Camping World site for its orthopedic center in Baxter with 40% remaining vacant and possible for a tenant. The Baxter City Council ...

Students jumped into a mobile pool Thursday, March 19, 2026, for the sixth annual Cool School Polar Plunge at Forestview Middle School in Baxter.

Pequot Lakes’ Darci Martini will compete in her second Elks National Hoop Shoot April 16-19 in Chicago. The youngest of four Martini children, who have all competed in the Elks Hoop Shoot, Darci ...

After the Blackhawks took the lead on a tap-in with Ilya Mikheyev going hard to the Minnesota crease, things got heated in the final two minutes. Two Blackhawks and two Wild went to the first ...

The proposed transmission project calls for new transmission lines from Minnesota Power’s Cuyuna Substation near Riverton to Otter Tail Power’s Maple River Substation near Fargo ...