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Man pleads guilty to DWI in a motorized La-Z-Boy

Man pleads guilty to DWI in a motorized La-Z-Boy

A criminal complaint says 62-year-old Dennis LeRoy Anderson told police he left the Keyboard Lounge in Proctor on his customized La-Z-Boy after drinking eight or nine beers.

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Fargo-Moorhead grapples with prospect of $1 billion flood diversion plans

Fargo-Moorhead grapples with prospect of $1 billion flood diversion plans

Many Fargo-Moorhead residents favor a diversion ditch to route part of the Red River around the two cities. The ditches could be from a quarter- to a half-mile wide and 15 to 20 miles long.
by Dan Gunderson

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Doctor says TVs at sex offender facility are not the problem

Doctor says TVs at sex offender facility are not the problem

State lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are decrying the purchase of about 25 plasma televisions for a sex offender treatment facility in Moose Lake. Dr. Michael Farnsworth, who had initially helped design the treatment program, says the uproar over the TVs obscures larger issues with the Minnesota Sex Offender Program.
by Steven John

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Hundreds strip-searched in Meeker County to be compensated

Hundreds of low-level offenders who had been strip-searched while being booked into the Meeker County jail will begin receiving their shares of a $1.75 million settlement with the county beginning next month.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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DFL governor candidates to converge on Rochester

All ten candidates seeking the DFL endorsement for governor will be in Rochester on Wednesday for a forum, Olmsted County DFL party officials said.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Consortium receiving $8M in federal funding for wind energy research

A consortium led by the University of Minnesota will receive up to $8 million in federal funding for wind energy research and education, university officials announced Tuesday.
by Madeleine Baran

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Man who bought wolf on Craigslist must find it a new home

An Austin, Minn., man bought the pet wolf after seeing an ad for it on Craigslist. But it's illegal to own a wolf in the city, so he must find another home for the animal.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Ex-employee recognized at Marshall eatery robbery

Wearing a mask apparently didn't stop a former employee from being recognized during a robbery at a Culver's restaurant in Marshall.

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Funeral for Minn. soldier killed in Afghanistan

Funeral for Minn. soldier killed in Afghanistan

Spc. George W. Cauley of Walker died Oct. 10, three days after being wounded when insurgents attacked his vehicle with a homemade bomb in Helmand province.

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Officials outline top solutions for Fargo-Moorhead flood control

Officials outline top solutions for Fargo-Moorhead flood control

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has identified several possible solutions to the chronic flooding in Fargo-Moorhead, including a diversion plan that officials said had it been in place last March, the millions of sandbags and emergency dikes would not have been needed.
by Dan Gunderson

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