Fosston News

Rev. Scott Pattison , pastor at First Baptist Church in Thief River Falls, led the prayer at the Ride with the Mayor and the Mailman on Wednesday in Thief River Falls.

ROCHESTER -- Vincent O. Aaker, age 77, died June 21, surrounded by his family, at Seasons Hospice in Rochester.

Laquone Robinson waited for this moment for a long time. "Since I started in sixth grade," he said with a smile.

Posted on June 5th, 2009 5:37 PM By John Millea Analisa Huschle, a sophomore from Bagley/Fosston, just made history by setting an all-time state record in the girls' long jump.

When Joe Hanson moved to Chicago after graduating from Fosston High School in 2001, he was surprised by how big-city folks were fascinated by small-town life.

Mark Twain, due to financial problems, undertook a world tour in 1895. The tour began in America, and after an initial stop in Cleveland, proceeded to Minnesota, by way of the upper peninsula of Michigan.

Trial is still months, possibly years away for a man who grew up in Fosston, Minn., and is suspected of serial rape and murder in Arizona.

On Tuesday, representatives from the City of Perham, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and Otter Tail County will meet with the Becker County Board to discuss the proposed expansion of Perhama s solid waste incinerator.

After long careers in Mankato schools, Sharon Fitch and Marilyn Shain are looking for new hobbies.

The driver of a horse-drawn buggy was critically injured when a pickup rear-ended it Saturday near Winger, Minn., the State Patrol reported.

A winter storm warning for the Bemidji area is in effect until 7 a.m. Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service out of Grand Forks, N.D. The NWS says snow will develop this morning above southeastern ...

The Park Rapids wrestling team won only 10 of 22 matches, but managed to split a pair of double dual meets against Crosby-Ironton and Fosston/Bagley in the regular-season finale Thursday night at the Century ...

The Bemidji Baroque Ensemble will perform music from the Baroque Period at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Bemidji State University Thompson Recital Hall in the Bangsberg Fine Arts Complex.

Four rated wrestlers recorded wins in leading Perham to a 55-10 victory over the Park Rapids wrestling team Thursday night at the Century School gym.

GF library closed: The Grand Forks Public Library will be closed until Wednesday because of damage caused by fire Friday evening.

Minnesota remains trapped in a bitter cold spell today. Nearly all of the state is under a wind chill warning, and schools in nearly 200 communities statewide are closing or starting late.

Wear hats and mittens. Bring pets indoors. Insulate pipes. Keep the elderly and children inside.

Here cold temperatures have dragged on all week long for many people in the valley.

The Minnesota Department of Health is assuming management of the Crestview Manor nursing home in Evansville because of the financial troubles of its owner, the Foundation for Rural Health Care in Fosston.

Even though he only made periodic appearances behind the benches in Blue Earth County District Court, Judge John Roue had a lasting impact on the people he worked with in Mankato.