Governor Walz Announces Surge in Minnesota Exports

[ST. PAUL, MN] – Governor Tim Walz and the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) today announced that Minnesota exports rose to $6.7 billion last quarter, jumping nearly 11% over the same quarter last year. Growth of Minnesota exports outpaced the national rate (3%) for the quarter and outperformed all but 12 other […]

December 23 Radiogram

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Sheriff’s Department Responds to Delivery Truck Roll-Over Crash

No injuries reported after a delivery truck rolled into a Pennington County ditch on Wednesday morning.  Authorities say a Federal Express truck was eastbound at Center Street West and Pennington County Trail when the driver lost control on ice. The vehicle rolled onto the passenger side.  Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the crash just before 11am. […]

December 20 Radiogram

State Patrol Responds to 470 Crashes During Snowstorm

(Learfield News/Golden Valley, MN) — A busy day for the Minnesota State Patrol Thursday during the first significant winter storm of the season. State troopers responded to a total of 470 crashes between midnight and 8:30pm and 38 resulted in injuries. Officials say 261 vehicles went off the road and there were 30 jackknifed semis. […]

Arctic Cat Closing Two Minnesota Operations

(Learfield News/Undated) — The future seems uncertain for a well-known Minnesota-based power sports manufacturer after its parent company announced the indefinite suspension of operations at two local plants. Textron Inc. confirmed that Arctic Cat manufacturing operations are being shut down at factories in Thief River Falls and St. Cloud after planned production numbers for the […]

12-19 Shop Local

Weather Related Announcements 12-19-2024

Thief River Falls Public Schools will dismiss today at 2 pm, due to inclement weather. No after school activities. Latch-Key will be open. Badger Independent School District #676 will be dismissing students and buses at 12:30 PM today E-Learning Red Lake Falls Red Lake County Central Marshall County Central Tri-County Karlstad Fertile-Beltrami Stephen-Argyle (no after […]

TRF Woman Cited Following Incident With Neighbor

Police in Thief River Falls cited a woman for Disorderly Conduct following a confrontation between neighbors earlier this month.  Brenda Gibson (67) was cited when officers responded to a caller who said “my neighbor tried to attack me”.  Officers responded to an address on Saint Paul Avenue just after 2pm on December 5th.     […]