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July 23, 2025

Federal Prosecutors Seek ‘Complex’ Case Status in Boelter Trial

(Learfield News/St. Paul, MN) — Federal prosecutors in the Vance Boelter trial are asking a judge to designate the case as “complex,” citing the massive volume of evidence involved—potentially hundreds of thousands of pages. The request would allow six months of preparation time that would not count against the Speedy Trial Act. Boelter was indicted […]

July 23, 2025

More Information Released on Granite Falls Plane Crash

More information has been released on the jet plane crash near the Granite Falls Airport Monday that left one occupant dead and another injured. The Yellow Medicine Sheriff’s Office says 46-year-old David Dacus of San Francisco, California was pronounced dead at the scene. Forty-three-year-old Mark Ruff of Dallas, Texas was being treated at the scene. […]

July 22, 2025

Fatal Yellow Medicine Plane Crash

One person died when an airplane crashed in Yellow Medicine County Monday evening. The Sheriff’s Office says at just before 5:30pm, the Granite Falls Airport received a report of a jet experiencing engine trouble while near the airport with two people on board. A short time later, a 911 call was received reporting that the […]

July 21, 2025

Scores From 07/20

Results from Sunday: Tomahawk East: Hanska was a 12 to 1 winner over Fairfax, Essig defeats Lamberton 8 to 5, Gibbon wrapped up Fun Days with a 9 to 5 win over Hanska and Springfield shuts out Sleepy Eye 11 to 0. New Ulm lost a non-league matchup to Delano 5 to 0 and Windom […]

July 21, 2025

MN Lawmakers Call for Sen. Mitchell’s Resignation Following Guilty Verdict

ST. PAUL — Both Democrat and Republican lawmakers in Minnesota said Friday they expect a resignation from Democrat Sen. Nicole Mitchell of Woodbury, following two guilty verdicts in her Detroit Lakes trial of burglary and possession of burglary tools on Friday (July 18). The West Central Tribune reports the guilty verdict comes over a year […]

July 18, 2025

Testimony Continues in Senator Mitchell’s Burglary Trial

(Learfield News/Detroit Lakes, MN) — Testimony continues today (Fri 9am) in the burglary trial of state Senator Nicole Mitchell in Becker County. The DFL senator from Woodbury was on the witness stand for nearly five hours on Thursday. Mitchell admitted she lied to police, repeatedly claiming she was there to retrieve her late father’s belongings. […]

July 17, 2025

Minnesota Senator Tina Smith Hospitalized in Washington, DC

(Learfield News/Washington, DC) — Her staff says U.S. Senator Tina Smith spent the night at George Washington University Hospital. A statement from her office Wednesday evening said, “while at work at the Capitol today, Sen. Smith started to not feel well. She went to the Capitol physician who recommended she undergo more thorough examination at […]

July 17, 2025

Boelter Plans to Plead Not Guilty in State Lawmakers Shootings

(Learfield News/Minneapolis, MN) — The man charged in the killings of former House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband and the shootings of Senator John Hoffman and his wife plans to plead not guilty. The attorney for Lance Boelter says he’s expected to enter a not guilty plea at a federal arraignment hearing on September […]

July 16, 2025

Testimony Resumes in Senator Mitchell’s Burglary Trial

(Learfield News/Detroit Lakes, MN) — Testimony continues today (Wed) in Becker County in the burglary trial of state Senator Nicole Mitchell of Woodbury. Jurors were shown officer body cam footage Tuesday from Mitchell’s arrest after the April 2024 break-in at her stepmother’s home in Detroit Lakes. She tells police, “I just wanted to get a […]