Marshall County News

The Red River International Bike Tour will make its way through several local cities next week.

A Mobile Disaster Recovery Center will open in Grygla on Wednesday to assist those affected by flooding in eastern Marshall County.

Most years by now, John Schmidt would be done planting his spring wheat and well into his soybeans.

Mobile Disaster Recovery Centers will open at noon Monday in Oslo and Crookston to assist those affected by flooding in Marshall and Polk counties.

The stench from Excel Dairy in northwestern Minnesota has riled not just its neighbors, but also a half-dozen county, state and federal environmental and health agencies.

The Minnesota Attorney General's Office announced earlier this month that it is recommending the revocation of Excel Dairy's operating permit, without reissuance.

The Minnesota Department of Transportation a ' Northwest District a ' cautions travelers that some roadways remain closed due to flooding and flood damage.

The Coast Guard along with Oslo, Minn., and Marshall County emergency responders are staging efforts to respond in Oslo, Friday, April 4, 2009, as part of the Red River flood response operation.

The Thief River Falls Fire Department responded to less calls in 2008 than in 2007, according to the department's 2008 annual report.

The Minnesota Department of Transportation urges motorists to check road conditions before traveling in the northwest area of the state due to rapidly changing conditions.

The Minnesota Department of Transportation is warning drivers to be alert to potential hazardous road conditions due to flooding compounded by blowing and drifting snow in the northwest area of the state.

Some flooding has been reported this week in northwest Minnesota. Kittson County Water covered one lane of Highway 59 on the north edge of Lancaster.

Alfred Weigel, 86, died on Thursday, March 5, 2009 at Thief River Care Center in Thief River Falls.

Nearly driven from the state 100 years ago, the elk has regained such a hold in the northwest part of Minnesota that farmers and wildlife managers agree they have become an expensive nuisance.

Excel Dairy, located north of Thief River Falls, is sitting empty after its entire stock of 1,500 cattle were moved between the last week of January and the first week of February.

Most of Newfolden had its water restored Friday night after more than a day without service caused by two water main breaks.

Here are the Top 10 news stories this past year in Thief River Falls. They are listed in no particular order.