Sturgeon Lake News

A rest-stop on I- 35 near Sturgeon Lake was closed Wednesday night after a person was found dead in a vehicle with a note warning bystanders not to open the door.

At year's end, we contacted some of the people we wrote about in 2012 to see whether their issues -- from flood insurance to an eyesore to a berm in Blaine -- were resolved.

Monday morning, just outside of Sturgeon Lake at the Minnesota Correctional Facility's Willow River location, and--after six months of preparing--28 inmates are gearing up to graduate from "Phase I" of the state's early release program.