Grand Rapids News

Here is the latest Minnesota news from The Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS State officials and veterans in Minnesota have found a military medal, pictures, newspaper clippings and a VFW magazine in a time capsule left during the 1934 construction of a Minneapolis Veterans Home.

A school bus driver pleaded guilty to misdemeanor careless driving Tuesday in the accident that killed a 6-year-old boy in Itasca County in April.

A few minutes spent surfing the Internet today could award local anglers some of the best walleye fishing spots in Green Bay.

Funerals are being held Friday and Saturday for two church youth group leaders who drowned while rescuing a boy struggling in Pokegama Lake in Grand Rapids.

Funerals are being held Friday and Saturday for two church youth group leaders who drowned while rescuing a boy struggling in Pokegama Lake in Grand Rapids.

Wednesday was a day of both pride and sadness for the Faith Baptist Church congregation in Grand Rapids.

By Rachel Kytonen rachel.kytonen@ecm-inc.com Some people talk about volunteerism.

Itasca County authorities believe two men drowned in a lake near Grand Rapids. They've recovered one body, but weather is hindering the search for the other.

Authorities in Itasca County are searching for a man who disappeared while swimming last weekend.

Submitted by Journal Staff on June 22, 2009 - 11:26am. Community News Food deliveries to non-profit hunger relief organizations in north central Minnesota are now more efficient thanks to Rotary Clubs and other donors in the region.

The Woodland Bank in Cohasset was robbed at gunpoint just before noon Tuesday. Our partners at the Grand Rapids Herald Review report authorities have a lone man who escaped with an unspecified amount of cash.

Submitted by Journal Staff on June 23, 2009 - 12:16pm. Sadie Running was born June 28, 1908, in Chisholm, Minn.

Jun 18, 2009 10:49 pm US/Central Reporting Bill Hudson GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. Click to enlarge 1 of 1 First Lieutenant Ron Saxton, who is stationed in Iraq and his family living in Minnesota, was so upset about the cancellation of his cell phone service that he decided to contact WCCO in an effort to take on T-Mobile. CBS Close numSlides of ...

A married couple from Grand Rapids, Minn., who once ran an Internet porn business can retain custody of two young children they wish to adopt, despite objections from the children's birth mother.

Duluth-based Cirrus Design Corp. remains the most successful manufacturer of technically advanced single-engine private airplanes, but a fatal crash in Crystal Tuesday and a $16.4 million lawsuit verdict against Cirrus earlier this month have again put the company's fatal accident history in the spotlight.

A jury in Grand Rapids, Minn., has ordered aircraft maker Cirrus Design Corp. of Duluth and a flight training subcontractor to pay $16.4 million in damages in connection with a 2003 Minnesota plane crash that killed two Grand Rapids men.

GRAND RAPIDS, MN, June 5, 2009 /Cambridge Who's Who/ -- Dorinne Olga Peratalo, Medical Technologist at Grand Itasca Clinic & Hospital, has been recognized by Cambridge Who's Who for showing dedication, leadership and excellence in all aspects of medical services.

A jury in northern Minnesota has awarded more than $16 million to the families of two Grand Rapids men who died in a plane crash near Hill City in 2003.

The school district's budget-cutting measures include eliminating some paraprofessionals, and parents say they want to know why.

The school bus driver who struck and killed a 6-year-old boy in northeastern Minnesota last April is now charged with misdemeanor careless driving in the accident.