Cass Lake News

WALKER, Minn. - In classic Minnesota fashion, live-bait rigging has been the best technique so far at the Walmart FLW Walleye Tour tournament on Leech Lake.

More than 40 years ago the town of Cass Lake, Minnesota was declared one of the most contaminated sites in America.

A 17-year-old Cass Lake girl died Saturday as a result of a single-vehicle accident north of Aitkin, Minn.

The Beltrami County Board voted unanimously Tuesday to require Sunset Cove Resort owners to remove a road through the shoreland area of Cass Lake and restore the wetland.

Giashamena Atkinson, 30, of Cass Lake, pleaded innocent April 27 to felony fifth-degree possession of drugs.

Sheldon James White, 24, of Cass Lake, pleaded innocent Monday to two charges of criminal sexual conduct.

Donald William Laquire-Jackson, 21, of Duluth, was charged Tuesday in Beltrami County District Court with felony first-degree assault causing great bodily harm.

Beltrami County sheriffa s deputies arrested a Duluth man Sunday after he allegedly assaulted a Cass Lakes man, who had to be airlifted to a Fargo hospital.

Merlin Franklin Lyons, 66, of Cass Lake, pleaded innocent April 5 in Beltrami County District Court to serious felony fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct with a victim younger than 13, when he was at least 36 months older.

Jurors found two Cass Lake men guilty in March in Cass County District Court of only some of the charges filed against them.

Nevis superintendent Steve Rassier issued cautionary warnings about the school budget this week, noting uncertainties over state or federal stimulus funding a oemake it impossible to present a revenue projection.a Preliminary revenue projections were completed based in no change in state funding for 2009-10, but final state school funding numbers ...

As part of "Music in Our Schools Month," the students in Mr. Schmidt's elementary classes enjoyed a performance by three talented performers.

As light snow fell early Wednesday afternoon, sandbaggers worked to keep water from reaching a house north of Bemidji.

Margaret "Peggy" Ruth Bundy, age 46, of Castle Rock, Colorado and formerly Bemidji, Minn., died Friday, March 20, 2009 in Castle Rock.

Fewer police are patrolling Minnesota streets as cities dissolve departments to contend with budget cuts.

Curtis Dale Morris, 26, of Cass Lake, was sentenced Monday to 21 months in prison for felony third-degree assault of a victim younger than 4 years old.

According to Sherburne County Sheriff Joel Brott, it all started when the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension issued a crime alert, looking for help from law enforcement in tracking down suspects involved in a ...

About 130 pigs were lost when a barn in Cass Lake was destroyed in a fire early Sunday morning.

Seven Fergus Falls wrestlers competed in the Section 8AA semifinals at Cass Lake on Friday with three winning their matches and advancing to the finals in their weight classes.A Jordan Ringquist won a decision ...

An uproar amongst both business and smokers occurred when the state of Minnesota banned smoking in all public places even in designated smoking areas.