Ogema News

The following items were taken from reports at the Detroit Lakes Police Department and Becker County Sheriffa s Department.

The following items were taken from reports at the Becker County Sheriffa s Department and Detroit Lakes Police Department: Wednesday, April 15 a at 4:21 p.m., a person reported someone rollerblading on Highway 10 East near Schultz Bus Garage, apparently trying to catch a dog.

Matthew Silas Dodd, 19, of 32204 County Road 34, Ogema, has been sentenced to prison on five felony arson counts and a felony count of motor vehicle theft.

An Audubon resident suffered minor injuries and an Ogema man apparently escaped injury in a head-on collision Tuesday afternoon on Highway 59 south of Westbury.

An Ogema man has been sentenced to 41 months in prison for his role in a 2007 auto crash that killed a passenger.

The statewide smoking ban that took effect on Oct. 1, 2007 has hit some bars around the area hard.

Detroit Lakes Newspapers took home four awards - and a local boy was named New Minnesota Journalist of the Year - in the Minnesota Better Newspapers Contest held at the Minnesota Newspaper Association ...

The federal stimulus package that was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday could be a much-needed infusion of money to local schools if it eventually is signed into law.

Waubun Principal Helen Kennedy wants students at her school to be more accountable for their academic performance.

You've come a long way, babies! Margo Jensen, right, holds son Kade while MeritCare registered nurses Rene Noonan, center, and Dana Lauf assist Matt, left, with daughter Taelyn on Monday in MeritCare's Neonatal ...

Mark Edward Foster, 41, of 38986 County Road 34, Ogema has been sentenced for felony DWI, .08 or more.

There will be no school or school-related activities Monday for Detroit Lakes, Frazee-Vergas, Lake Park-Audubon and Waubun-Ogema-White Earth schools due to inclement weather.

Aaron Thomas Keezer, 30, of Box 114, Ogema, has been charged in Becker County District Court with felony possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

Former Detroit Lakes resident Kristi Morley, 40, of Mahnomen, died on Sunday, November 30, 2008 at the Mahnomen Health Center.