Pennington News

Pennington County has lost its Inter-County Work Crew program for at least a month and with it, the county has lost jail revenue from the state of Minnesota.

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources will lift burning restrictions in the northwestern part of the state at 8 a.m. Monday.

“I could see a pile (of ballots) getting missed in the thick of things, but when they turned it over and there were 18 votes and every one of those votes were paper clipped together for me, only me -- something is rotten in Denmark”

Questions about a misplaced stack of ballots in a recent Eyota Township election has two residents planning to file an election complaint with the Minnesota Secretary of State's office. via Post-Bulletin

“We've done the numbers on that and that seems to be a pretty expensive proposition too”

A 58-bed jail is ideal for Pennington County based on average daily population of the jail's two biggest users. via Thief River Falls Times & Northern Watch

“If you apply that to Pennington County, there are currently two operations that come close to that.”

University of Minnesota Extension Educator Howard Person told Pennington County Commissioners during the Jan. via Thief River Falls Times & Northern Watch

“It's been a tremendous opportunity.”

Kelsey Hebner stacks three pieces of silverware inside a white linen napkin, rolls the cloth and sets it aside for the 200-person banquet that is scheduled at the Best Western Kelly Inn later in the day. via St. Cloud Times

Authorities in northern Minnesota say two people are recovering from carbon monoxide poisoning suffered at a home in rural Pennington. via KSTP-TV Minneapolis

“This story, published in Minnesota Memories 3, provides a bit of Minnesota trivia, but it also teaches a history lesson about a time not so long ago when a TB diagnosis offered little hope. Rosemary has since died, but we still have her story.”

With Minnesotans poised to celebrate the state's 150th birthday in 2008, Albert Lea writer and editor Joan Claire Graham arrives at the party bearing the perfect gift-more than 500 true stories about our ... via HometownSource

“You win with votes. That we can get.”

Ely-Bloomenson Community Hospital staff had fun creating their video spoof of the ABC show "Extreme Makeover Home Edition." But the parody was not done only in jest. via Mesabi Daily News

“We hope we can have that same kind of success with this task force.”

The Northstar Drug Task Force, a cooperative effort between the counties of Pennington, Marshall and Red Lake, began operation on Friday, Oct. via Thief River Falls Times & Northern Watch

Residents of northwestern Minnesota awoke to the first snow of the season this morning. via The Minneapolis-St. Paul Pioneer Press