A A A Water rates will soon increase 7.8 to 9.5 percent for municipal customers in Thief River Falls.

Luckily, only the handle of the an ax was used to beat a man on the head. Public domain image Wielding a broken ax handle, a Thief River Falls took a few home run swings at the head of another man, beating his victim bloody -- this after the victim had flipped the assailant the bird as he was driving by in his car.

OKLEE, MINN. a ' Four boys grew up on the Red Lake County farm near Oklee that their father homesteaded in 1896, a swampy bog south of Thief River Falls that took time and heroic effort for John and Mary Larson and their sons to drain, plow and make a going concern.

The body of Andrew Lindberg has been found in the wreckage of the aircraft he was piloting from Lakeville to Hallock, Minnesota last Friday.

A A A Northland Community and Technical College will host the 38th Annual Autumn Musicale on Thursday, Nov.

Here is the latest Minnesota news from The Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. Gov. Tim Pawlenty's budget team has told legislators the state might have to borrow money early next year to cover its bills.

Chris Niskanen / An "unprecedented" number of firearms were seized from Minnesota hunters last weekend as illegal deer baiting reached new high levels, say Minnesota Department of Natural Resources officials.

A 95-year-old man from northwestern Minnesota is hospitalized after he went out looking for his older brother who had wandered off.

A 95-year-old man from northwestern Minnesota is hospitalized after he went out looking for his older brother who had wandered off.

Gov. Tim Pawlenty shot a buck during the Governor's Deer Opener last weekend, but he and his hunting companions were unable to find it.

During a brief visit to the UK, probably on the look out for new franchises, Digi-Keya TMs president Mark Larson took the opportunity to answer a few questions on the future of his company as a globally virtual distributor.

One of Cody Swansona s sculptures is this sculpture of Judas.A He is a graduate of the Florence Academy of Art.

A A A Kelby Krabbenhoft of Sanford Health Care Systems and Dr. Roger Gilbertson of MeritCare Health together announced the official merger of Sanford and MeritCare on Monday, Nov.

Beeobick Neadeau, 12, and Zephyr, a black lab mix, went for a walk in downtown Thief River Falls recently.

Executives from UK's distribution community gathered near Windsor last month to welcome Mark Larson, president of Digi-Key and to mark the catalogue distributor's membership of the industry trade body, AFDEC.

Critics call it nothing but a waste of money. The federal government is paying airlines more than $200 million in public money to fly airplanes that are, many times, nearly empty, to places most of people never need to go.

Minnesota's quest for "Race to the Top" stimulus dollars for education is shaping up to be a relay.

A A A A Imagine struggling with something as basic as breathing. Lung disease can result in painful and isolated lives - lives defined or measured by shortness of breath, and frequent hospitalization.

The Veterans Memorial Garden will be dedicated Sunday, Oct. 25 at 2 p.m. The ceremony will be held in the garden, which is located near the intersection of Third Street and Davis Avenue in Thief River Falls.

A A A A Five Thief River Falls-based pastors met with the Pennington County Board of Commissioners last week to discuss homelessness in Thief River Falls.