Red Lake County News

OKLEE, MINN. a ' Four boys grew up on the Red Lake County farm near Oklee that their father homesteaded in 1896, a swampy bog south of Thief River Falls that took time and heroic effort for John and Mary Larson and their sons to drain, plow and make a going concern.

Oklee is a town of about 300 people in Red Lake County of northwest Minnesota. Public domain image A couple of deer hunters never expected to find a man lying dead in a farm field in northern Minnesota -- only to find out later that the dead man's brother was also lying near death in a ditch not far away.

A 95-year-old man from northwestern Minnesota is hospitalized after he went out looking for his older brother who had wandered off.

A 95-year-old man from northwestern Minnesota is hospitalized after he went out looking for his older brother who had wandered off.

An Oklee, Minn., man died and his brother is in serious condition after apparently suffering hypothermia early Wednesday morning near their home, according to the Red Lake County sheriff's office.

A new study from the Minnesota Taxpayers Association confirms what we've all suspected: Property tax rates are up in the state and rose faster than market rates.

Oa Rian James Rude arrived Wednesday, Aug. 12 in his parentsa car while on the way to the Thief River Falls hospital from his parentsa home in Plummer.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty used emergency budget powers to slash more than $730 million.