Mahnomen County News

Is Mille Lacs County a "high welfare" county, as some county residents have charged during the past few decades? How do you define welfare and the different programs that Mille Lacs County Family Services operates? Leo Vos, director of Mille Lacs County Family Services since 1996 and an employee in that department since 1976, talked to the Mille ...

Even before the bottom fell out of the economy this year, almost 11 percent of Stearns County's children were living in poverty.

A A A Bassett continued to think about the quilt she wanted to make for the Dewey family.

The Thief River Falls Police Department, Pennington County Sheriffa s Department and Minnesota State Patrol are represented on a quilt that was recently given to injured Mahnomen County Sheriffa s Deputy Chris Dewey.

In February, Minnesota Sheriff's Deputy Chris Dewey from Mahnomen County near Fargo was shot in the head and left to die in a driveway.

Chris Dewey, a four-year veteran of the Mahnomen County Sheriff's Department who was shot in the line of duty, was recently awarded two prestigious medals in honor of his service.

A Minnesota sheriff's deputy shot several times last February has been taken off a ventilator.

MAHNOMEN a ' The man accused of being an accomplice in the February shooting of Mahnomen County sheriff's deputy Christopher Dewey reached a plea deal for his role in the incident.

A man connected to the shooting of a Mahnomen County Sheriff's Deputy reached a plea deal with prosecutors.

A St. Anthony police officer received an honorable mention for the 2009 Police Officer of the Year Award.

On Feb. 18, Mahnomen County Sheriff's Deputy Chad Peterson had just finished his shift when his good friend and partner, Chris Dewey, headed out on a 4 a.m. call on a suspected drunken driver.

"When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty". - Thomas Jefferson Tuesday, June 16, 2009 Deputy Dewey Update Does everybody remember Mahnomen County Deputy Chris Dewey? He was shot in the head last winter from some gang bangin' Minneapolis thugs that should have been "shot while ...

Chad Peterson, a Deputy Sheriff with the Mahnomen County Sheriff's Department has been named the 2009 Minnesota Police Officer of the Year by the Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association.

The wife of a Minnesota sheriff's deputy who was shot in the head in February says he is battling meningitis in a Denver hospital.

He was shot in the head and stomach while responding to a call of shots fired in Mahnomen County.

Two men and a girl were arrested early Thursday after a gun was fired in Mahnomen, Minn., and sheriff's deputies responded.

Police officers don't automatically know how to respond in crisis situations, just by pinning on a badge.

The Minnesota State Patrol based in Detroit Lakes reported a two-vehicle accident at 8:51 p.m. Sunday on state Highway 200 near Roy Lake in Mahnomen County.

When Mahnomen County Sheriff's Deputy Chris Dewey was shot in the line of duty in February, it was a shock to many.

" Mahnomen County will not appeal a federal court ruling affirming the Shooting Star Casino's placement into trust status, which exempts the facility owned by the White Earth Band of Chippewa from state property taxes.