E-Z Pass/Toll Scam

Scammers are sending fake messages pretending to be MnDOT, Minnesota E-ZPass, or other tolling agencies. MnDOT officials say the messages claim you owe money and direct you to a payment link, but it’s a scam. Officials say they will never text or email you asking for personal or sensitive information. For your security, MnDOT does […]

Bird Flu Detected at Stearns County Dairy

(Learfield News/St. Paul, MN) — A statewide milk surveillance confirms avian influenza in samples from a Stearns County dairy herd. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) is conducting monthly testing of pre-pasteurized (raw) cow milk samples already collected from the state’s nearly 1,600 dairy farms. The positive test was confirmed on Friday, and the herd […]

Nuisance-Bear Complaints Reported

Officials with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources say violations for the week included gross overlimit and burning of prohibited materials.  Conservation Officer Coby Fontes in Warroad reports that formal charges have been filed against multiple people for crimes pertaining to taking a gross overlimit of pine marten during the December trapping season. Fontes also […]

Forty-Fifth Conviction in the Feeding Our Future Fraud Scheme

A Minneapolis man has entered a plea for his role in the $250 million fraud scheme that exploited a federally funded child nutrition program.  According to Acting U.S. Attorney Lisa D. Kirkpatrick, 39 year old Abdihakim Ali Ahmed pleaded guilty Monday in U.S. District Court to wire fraud and money laundering.  Kirkpatrick says Ahmed claimed […]

Six Injured In HWY 59 Crash

Six people were injured in a two-vehicle accident Sunday south of Mahnomen.  According to the Minnesota State Patrol, 30 year old Allissa Grace Warren was injured when the northbound 1999 Chevrolet Silverado she was driving collided with a southbound 2024 Buick driven by 37 year old Reyna Cruz Gonzalez Rivera, of Redby.  Authorities say Highway […]

Suspect Suffers “Life Threatening” Injuries After Allegedly Fleeing Authorities

A Thief River Falls area woman was seriously injured while allegedly fleeing Pennington County Sheriff’s Officials over the weekend.  According to the Minnesota State Patrol, Michelle Marie Holter, (50) was injured when the northbound 2017 Chevrolet Tahoe she was driving collided with a southbound Chevrolet Silverado on Highway 32 at mile marker 107 in North […]

Tesla Charging Station Fire

A Tesla charging station in the parking lot of Scheel’s in Fargo was intentionally set on fire in the early hours of Friday morning. InForum reported that one of the charging stations was smoking when firefighters arrived, and there was a small fire next to the charging stations. Firefighters were able to put it out quickly. […]

March 24 Radiogram

High School Students Invited to Partake in Congressional Art Competition

Each spring, the Congressional Institute sponsors a nationwide high school visual art competition to recognize and encourage artistic talent in the nation and in each congressional district. Since the Artistic Discovery competition began in 1982, more than 650,000 high school students have participated nationwide. Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach is encouraging high school students from Minnesota’s Seventh Congressional […]

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