North Branch News

Congress, including Sen. Al Franken, is asking how to make it easier to detect and treat mental illness There's also a number of bills that have been introduced in the state legislature aimed at access to mental healthcare in Minnesota.

Several citizens used the public microphone portion at the start of the North Branch City Council meeting to continue to stress the council should not be looking into dissolving North Branch's police department.

A Cloquet woman died in a crash on I-35 in Chisago County Wednesday, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.

Mass of Christian burial for Lillian M. Madsen, 91, of Fairmont, Minn., will be 11 a.m. Friday, May 10, 2013, at St.

BluffCountryFossils.com, in cooperation with SE MN HBC, has created a "Fossil Trail" in Bluff Country.

Chisago County commissioners approved moving forward last week on hiring five "limited term" employees to handle the state moving into the Affordable Care Act's initial caseload tsunami.

A 4-month-old infant has died after a school bus collided with a van on icy roads in North Branch, Minn., Thursday, according to police.