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Brainerd man receives probation for Baxter assault
1+ hour, 35+ min ago (273+ words) BRAINERD " A 23-year-old Brainerd man was sentenced in October 2025 for holding a woman on the ground with his foot in Baxter. Gabriel Kristian Moen pleaded guilty Aug. 18, 2025, in Crow Wing County District Court to one count of misdemeanor interfering with…...
Baxter man sentenced after caught with drugs in sheriff’s compound at WE Fest
2+ hour, 13+ min ago (289+ words) DETROIT LAKES " Brian Lee Wheeler, 56, of Baxter, Minnesota, has been sentenced in Becker County District Court for felony fifth-degree drugs. According to court records, on the evening of Aug. 9, 2025, two Becker County deputies were leaving the command post at WE…...
Aitkin man sentenced to 13 years for stabbing woman
5+ hour, 14+ min ago (562+ words) AITKIN " A 34-year-old Aitkin man was sentenced to 13 years in prison for the 2025 stabbing of a woman in Aitkin. Matthew Dean Liimatainen pleaded guilty Sept. 29, 2025, in Aitkin County District Court to one count of felony first-degree assault with great bodily…...
Fleet Farm settles Minn. lawsuit over straw purchasing, promises to make policy changes
1+ day, 47+ min ago (473+ words) ST. PAUL " After a straw-purchased gun was used in a St. Paul bar shootout that injured more than a dozen people and killed a bystander, the Minnesota Attorney General's Office announced Tuesday they've reached a settlement with Fleet Farm. The…...
Brainerd firefighters respond to calls
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (377+ words) Our newsroom occasionally reports stories under a byline of "staff." Often, the "staff" byline is used when rewriting basic news briefs that originate from official sources, such as a city press release about a road closure, and which require little…...
Brainerd man gets 12 years for sexual assault of a child
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (313+ words) BRAINERD " A 47-year-old Brainerd found guilty of sexually assaulting a child in 2023 was recently sentenced to prison for the crime. A jury found Daniel Scott Roehl guilty Dec. 11, 2025, of two counts of first-degree felony criminal sexual conduct with a person…...
Law enforcement kills armed man trying to enter Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (198+ words) WASHINGTON " U.S. Secret Service and local police shot and killed a man armed with a shotgun early on Sunday after he breached a secure perimeter at President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, law enforcement officials said. Trump, who…...
Identity could be within reach for Minneapolis Rail Car John Doe
5+ day, 11+ hour ago (363+ words) MINNEAPOLIS " The Burlington Northern train departed Illinois before stopping in Portage, Wisconsin and arriving in Minneapolis in the winter of 2003. On board the train were the remains of an unidentified male, who was found in a rail car after arriving…...
Search warrant in Cass Lake leads to fentanyl, meth and $1,878
6+ day, 4+ hour ago (223+ words) CASS LAKE " The Cass County Sheriff's Office executed a search warrant Monday, Feb. 16, and located fentanyl, methamphetamine and $1,878. A suspect was identified by law enforcement officers and was subsequently detained. The individual was transported to the Cass County Detention Center....
Cass County Board: Calls for law enforcement continue downward trend
6+ day, 7+ hour ago (396+ words) BACKUS " The Cass County board of Commissioners began their regular meeting Tuesday, Feb. 17, with a moment of silence in honor of the late Commissioner Rusty Lilyquist who passed away Feb. 7. Welk also provided an update on the department's K-9 unit. Currently,…...