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Itasca deputy escorted home from hospital; Senate passes gun control legislation
2+ hour, 43+ min ago (39+ words) KAXE Itasca deputy escorted home from hospital; Senate passes gun control legislation Plus: Hermantown City Council tables a vote on agreements related to the controversial proposed Google data center....
Itasca County deputy shot Monday now at home recovering
9+ hour, 31+ min ago (265+ words) GRAND RAPIDS " An Itasca County deputy who was hospitalized Monday, May 4, is home after he was shot during a call in the small community of Max. Around 20 vehicles from the sheriff's office, Minnesota State Patrol and Grand Rapids Police Department…...
Up North Lookback 1976: Deputy caught speeding; 'Kidnapping' fundraiser gone wrong
2+ week, 1+ day ago (53+ words) KAXE Up North Lookback 1976: Deputy caught speeding; 'Kidnapping' fundraiser gone wrong This is the Up North Lookback, where we're digging into the local news archives from 50 years ago " the year KAXE was born. It's the week of April 20....
Iron Range man accused of murder back in custody on domestic assault
1+ week, 4+ day ago (41+ words) KAXE Iron Range man accused of murder back in custody on domestic assault Plus: Essentia Health recently broke ground on a $12 million expansion of the Fosston hospital's emergency room....
Judge raises bail to $4 M in Hibbing murder case after new assault charges
1+ week, 4+ day ago (506+ words) HIBBING " An Iron Range man accused of murder is back in custody and facing new domestic assault charges. Daniel James Dale, 31, was charged Friday, April 24, with two felony counts of domestic assault by strangulation and three misdemeanor counts of domestic…...
Carlton County's Kelly Lake, 1of MN's first female sheriffs, to retire
3+ week, 6+ day ago (127+ words) CARLTON " Carlton County Sheriff Kelly Lake will retire in January at the end of her term, she announced Wednesday, April 8. Lake made the announcement with "conflicting emotions" after serving in the role for two decades. She has been with the…...
Man, child dead with apparent gunshot wounds in rural Becker County
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (127+ words) DETROIT LAKES " A man and a child in rural Becker County were found dead Monday, March 30, with apparent gunshot wounds. The Becker County Sheriff's Office received a call at 12: 39 p. m. from a man who went to check on his brother because…...
Park Rapids woman pleads guilty to her role in Hubbard County stabbing
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (354+ words) PARK RAPIDS " A Park Rapids woman recently pleaded guilty for her role as an after-the-fact accomplice in a stabbing last fall. Danielle Westphal, 51, was originally charged with four felony counts as an accomplice of an attempted murder. Her husband, 44-year-old…...
2 dead in apparent murder-suicide in International Falls
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (319+ words) INTERNATIONAL FALLS " Two people died in an apparent domestic violence-related murder-suicide in International Falls. According to a news release from the Koochiching County Sheriff's Office, a deputy noticed a vehicle running in a driveway in the early morning hours of…...
Bomb threat closes Park Rapids restaurant; Hibbing moves ahead with school closure
2+ mon, 2+ hour ago (51+ words) KAXE Bomb threat closes Park Rapids restaurant; Hibbing moves ahead with school closure Plus: The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources awards Cass Lake conservation officer as 2025 officer of the year; and the high school boys hockey tourney is underway....