Walker News

Late last month, in the midst of one of the mildest winters in recent memory, a troupe of local emergency responders joined with other rescue personnel from across the state in an ice/cold-water rescue training course.

Trumpeter swans flock to Fish Hook River; January and February are the best months to see them as they migrate.

Just when I was afraid I wouldn't find something to occupy a Friday afternoon, I stumbled across -- and I realize I'm late to this party -- the videos that have been submitted for Architecture MN's annual video contest.

Cass County Board Tuesday changed one April meeting date and set the summer schedule for board meetings throughout the county.

John Ringle, environmental services director, reported zoning permits were down in Cass County for the fourth year in a row.

Jamie Richter, Cass public health director, informed the county board Tuesday the "Take it to the Box" program to collect unneeded medications from the public has been very successful since it started Nov.

Just as he appeared to be offering a hug to the man he had been arguing with during a weekend party in northwestern Minnesota, a 23-year-old man knifed his adversary in the chest and killed him, according to charges filed Tuesday.

Sam's Club in Sartell will host a free heart health screening from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Almost 24 hours a day, with only a 30-minute break here or there, a herd of more than 1,600 cows... LONGVILLE, Minn.

LONGVILLE, Minn. - Cass County authorities are investigating the stabbing death of a Walker man in the Longville area of northern Minnesota.

WALKER, Minn. -- A jury has convicted an Akeley man of assaulting a Minnesota state trooper while she was trying to arrest him last October.

Those in need of a new roof, furnace, windows, insulation or other essential housing repairs living in the city limits of Hackensack or Walker may be eligible for a grant to help defray their costs.

Cass County Board meet from 9 a.m. to noon Jan. 24 at the courthouse in Walker with the citizen budget committee, the planning commission and Cass County Economic Development Corporation representatives.

Every January, snowmobiles are typically everywhere in much of Minnesota - bouncing along ditches and trails, pulled on trailers or parked at hotels and restaurants.