Clay County News

An analysis of 310 flood-prone homes in line for government buyouts in the Fargo area shows their average prices are on the higher end.

Morrie Lanning was Moorheada s mayor for 22 years and a city councilman for six years before that.

Jodi Klonowski got high on crack cocaine 30 minutes before her first court appearance months ago.

Three Clay County sheriff's deputies have received one of the department's top awards for their actions in a shootout with man later convicted of kidnapping.

A 19-month-old boy was hospitalized after a family dog bit him in the face Sunday afternoon about nine miles south of Hawley, according to the Clay County Sheriffa s Department.

It wona t happen in time for the big Memorial Day weekend, but law enforcement officers in Minnesota will soon have a new tool at their disposal.

A Dilworth man is accused in Clay County District Court of molesting two young children while they were living in a relativea s home in 2003.

The state fire marshal's office suspects that the fire that burned a home to the ground in Oakport Township during the Red River flood was arson.

The Minnesota Court of Appeals has reversed a Clay County judgea s ruling and found that a convicted sex offender is a sexually dangerous individual and civilly committed him.

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Prosecutors here have charged a 38-year-old man with felony assault after a 13-year-old girl reported he choked her and she a oeblanked out.a Ramon Rivera Alonzo Jr.

While many are still battling high water, others are in the recovery and remodeling phase, but a warning tonight; don't rush it.

Alarm spread Tuesday morning among officials in Clay County. The worry: Tons of sandbags might be heading to the county landfill.

Aaron Thomas Veralrud, 22, of 24402 43rd Ave. N., Hawley was sentenced to prison Wednesday in Becker County District Court for second-degree burglary of a dwelling and third-degree burglary, both felonies.

Fargo and Moorhead started raising existing levees and building new backup dikes Monday as the metro area geared up for a potentially dangerous second crest.

A western Minnesota man is in serious condition after a house fire. Mike Trapp was filling a kerosene heater on Wednesday when the kerosene spilled and a fire started in his home near Georgetown.

A man was seriously injured in a house fire here this afternoon, Clay County Sheriff Bill Bergquist said.

DETROIT LAKES a ' The Minnesota Department of Transportation and the Minnesota State Patrol urge motorists to drive with caution as flooding continues to affect area highways.

" Now is the time to get federal funding and support for permanent protection against Red River flooding in Fargo, Moorhead and the whole valley, North Dakota and Minnesota political leaders declared Friday.

KARE11.com updated April 3, 2009 ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The Minnesota National Guard has ended its mission around Moorhead with the Red River receding, but North Dakota's mission is still operating.