Morrison County News

FOLEY - A judge has temporarily stopped Benton County from laying off two part-time sheriff's department employees and reducing the hours of a third.

The vast natural resources of Morrison and Crow Wing counties are some of our communities' greatest assets.

Share + Nov 9, 2009 8:48 am US/Central 1 of 1 Project Lifesaver helps to locate adults and children who wander off due to autism, Alzheimer's, Down syndrome, stroke, dementia and other related short-term memory issues.

St. Cloud police early today arrested a Swanville man for outstanding warrants and found that he had methamphetamine on him as well.

FOLEY - Staff cuts at the Benton County Sheriff's Office have administrators scrambling to figure out how to keep up with security needs.

A Little Falls, Minn., dog breeder, whose kennel application spawned a lawsuit and protests over his plan to debark some dogs, says he's closing the operation he opened in 2007.

U.S. Senate passed the unemployment extension, which will give unemployed Minnesotans an extra 14 weeks of unemployment benefits.

Shawn Larsen said he was erring on the side of caution Thursday when he took his 3-year-old daughter, Ellie, and her 11-month-old sister, Isabelle, to the flu clinic.

Cass County Authorities report a masked man robbed the Pillsbury Junction Convenience Store, in Pillager, Monday, October 26, 2009 at approximately 8 pm.

LITTLE FALLS - Carol Anderson may have grown up on the family farm, but she wasn't born yesterday.

Morrison County Public Health will offer a H1N1 flu vaccine clinic starting at 8 a.m. Nov.

Two more deaths from 2009 H1N1 influenza have been confirmed by the Minnesota Department of Health, bringing the total number of H1N1 deaths to 12 since April.

Whether it was the results of the equinox or just the right kind of broom, Donna Hilmerson of Little Falls was able to get the Record's broom to stand all by itself one day last week, as business went on as usual.

The Northstar Commuter Rail will begin its route from Big Lake to downtown Minneapolis Monday, Nov.

Although Lois McCabe just began refurbishing old wooden doll houses, she has delved into the task with enthusiasm and the results have her looking like a pro.

Investigators says a man may have been listening to music on his headphones before he was struck and killed by a train in Litchfield.

A central Minnesota man who drove after drinking 13 years ago and killed a woman in his vehicle is now a wanted man for failing to show up for sentencing after admitting to driving drunk in Morrison County last year.

The Animal Humane Society estimates that 6-8 million dogs and cats enter shelters each year, with only half ultimately reunited with owners or adopted.

At first, it looks like an odd match - a tall, quiet man of a certain age, walking with an energetic 10-year-old boy.

LITTLE FALLS - A Coon Rapids man was injured Sunday after his car left the road as he was exiting U.S. Highway 10 in Little Falls, according to the Morrison County Sheriff's Office.