Waubun News

Improvement was the theme for several area track and field athletes Friday afternoon at Hamline University in St.

Medford senior Thomas Schroht throws the shot put at the Class A State Track and Field Meet on Friday at Hamline University in St.

According to the Minnesota State Patrol, 71-year-old Lloyd Benson of Waubun died.

Two people died in a two-car crash Saturday in Mahnomen County. Forty-nine-year-old John Fagre and 71-year-old Lloyd Benson, both of rural Waubun, died.

A pregnant woman lost her 4 1/2-month-old fetus in a vehicle crash over the weekend, while four Minnesotans were killed in other crashes in Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Three chapters of the Lakes Women’s Society of Detroit Lakes (Crystal, Hope and Lizzie) are supporting an infant car seat distribution program at St. Mary’s Innovis Hospital. St. Mary’s Innovis provides infant car seats to families that can’t afford to purchae one. More information about the infant car seat purchase program is available by calling the Obstetrics Department at St. Mary’s Innovis at 847-5611. Tags: news

A Wilkin County backhoe cuts a channel in a ditch filled with snow Monday to prepare for field drainage southwest of Foxhome, Minn.

White Earth Tribal Chairwoman Erma Vizenor greets members of the audience before delivering her fifth State of the Nation address at the Shooting Star Casino in Mahnomen on March 13.

The federal stimulus package passed last month by Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama looked to be a boon to area school districts on looking at the numbers alone.

Bronson Steuber, Taylor Menke and Cooper Moore all won their opening-round match at the Class A state wrestling tournament Wednesday.

Event sponsored by: Mahnomen Lions Club, Mahnomen County Sheriff's Department and other Mahnomen County Law Enforcement, Mahnomen County Fire Departments including Mahnomen, Waubun and Twin Lakes, Mahnomen ...

Randall Scott Smith, 22, of 1222 Main St., Waubun, has been charged in Becker County District Court with felony second-degree controlled substance crime.

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.

Five suspects were arrested Saturday in connection with two Mahnomen County, Minn., burglaries, including one man wanted for escaping custody.

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

No one was injured in a vehicle versus semi-truck accident that occurred at 11:48 a.m. today on U.S. Highway 2 west of Bemidji.

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.

Genna Louise Burrow, 24, of 39718 Village Drive, Waubun has been charged in Becker County District Court with felony fifth-degree controlled substance crime.

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