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April 21, 2018

Rep. Steve Scalise. MUST CREDIT: Washington Post photo by Carolyn Van Houten

Rep. Steve Scalise discharged from hospital after 'successful' surgery

WASHINGTON - House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., was discharged from a Washington hospital Saturday after undergoing surgery related to...

news/government-and-politics 11 hours 59 min ago

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush places his hand on the coffin of his mother, former first lady Barbara Bush, during her funeral service at St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Houston, April 21, 2018. Four of the United States’ five living former presidents were expected to gather at the church to remember the life, legacy and trademark pearls of Bush, who died on Tuesday at the age of 92. (David J. Phillip/Pool via The New York Times/Copyright 2018)

Barbara Bush honored by friends and family at private funeral in Houston

More than a thousand guests attended a private funeral for former first lady Barbara Bush Saturday, including four former presidents and three...

news/government-and-politics 14 hours 13 min ago

Lancaster man dies in pickup crash

LANCASTER, Minn. — A 34-year-old Lancaster man died in a one-vehicle crash in the early morning hours Saturday. A news release from the Minnesota...

news/accidents 15 hours 4 min ago

In a photo released by the U.S. Navy, a Tomahawk missile is fired from the USS Monterey, deployed in the Persian Gulf, early on the morning of April 14, 2018. The United States and European allies launched overnight airstrikes against Syrian research, storage and military targets to punish President Bashar Assad for a suspected chemical attack. (Lt. j.g. Matthew Daniels/U.S. Navy via The New York Times/Copyright 2018)

International inspectors enter Douma, site of alleged Syrian chemical attack

BEIRUT - Weapons inspectors on Saturday entered the Syrian city of Douma, where a suspected poison gas attack two weeks earlier killed at least...

news/world 16 hours 37 min ago

AgweekTV: Sczepanski Farm Insolvency

A large scale farmer in the Stephen, Minnesota area, has gone out of business, leaving lots of debt behind. Watch the full episode of AgweekTV...

news 19 hours 39 min ago

Downtown Willmar on Opportunity Zone recommendation list

WILLMAR — Downtown Willmar is among 128 low-income census tracts in Minnesota that have been recommended by Gov. Mark Dayton for designation...

news 21 hours 3 min ago

Volunteers cleaned up in and around the Red River in Fargo during the summer of 2017. River Keepers / Special to The Forum

10 simple ways to help save Earth

FARGO — When it comes to doing what's best for our planet, many of us assume that one person's actions don't amount to much. What's the...

news/science-and-nature 21 hours 41 min ago

Records published April 21

This is the records summary for April 20. Fire WILLMAR — Smoke was reported coming from the back of a house at 1:37 p.m. Thursday at the...

news/crime-and-courts 22 hours 6 min ago

April 20, 2018

Report: Health inequities cost Minnesota

DULUTH — Disparities in health outcomes between Minnesota's "haves" and "have-nots" takes a $2.26 billion yearly toll on the state's economy, contends a leading health insurer. Although the state prides itself in being one of the leaders in national health statistics, people...

news April 20, 2018 - 9:36pm

The Minnesota State Capitol

Gun violence prompts school walkout, another rally at Minnesota Capitol on Columbine anniversary

ST. PAUL—Students at the High School for the Recording Arts in St. Paul are no strangers to gun violence, and they've said enough is enough....

news/government-and-politics April 20, 2018 - 9:21pm

Richard Grant holds a jacket with an image of the destroyer USS Frank Evans on Thursday, April 19, 2018, in his north Fargo home. He served on the ship as it was sunk in a 1969 naval accident near Vietnam. He wants the 74 sailors who lost their lives added to the Vietnam Memorial Wall. Michael Vosburg / Forum News Service

The 'Lost 74': ND vet who survived shipwreck wants victims remembered as Vietnam War casualties

FARGO — Richard Grant was 22 years old when he and others aboard the destroyer USS Frank E. Evans watched 74 of their fellow crew members...

news/nation April 20, 2018 - 7:48pm

Scott Staska

Former Rocori superintendent faces additional charges for indecent exposure in St. Cloud

ST. CLOUD, Minn. — Former Rocori Superintendent Scott Staska, a former the superintendent at Yellow Medicine East in Granite Falls, is facing...

news/crime-and-courts April 20, 2018 - 6:06pm

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A plastic bag lies on the ground Wednesday at the Kandiyohi County landfill in rural New London. The county recycling program is launching an initiative this year to encourage people to give plastic a pass and reach for reusable cloth bags instead.

Recycling campaign to focus on plastic bag reduction in Kandiyohi County

WILLMAR — Paper, plastic or cloth? The Kandiyohi County recycling program is launching an initiative this year to encourage people to...

news April 20, 2018 - 5:51pm

A photo provided by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at a military parade to mark the 70th anniversary of the Korean People's Army in Pyongyang, North Korea. Little is known about North Korea’s reclusive leader, but a handful of people who know him have filled in some gaps in recent years. (Korean Central News Agency via The New York Times Copyright 2018)

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un suspends nuclear and missile tests, shuts down test site

TOKYO - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has declared he will suspend nuclear and missile tests starting Saturday, and that he will shut down...

news/world April 20, 2018 - 5:42pm

Authorities identify victims Becker County crash that killed 2, injured 2

SOUTH ROUND LAKE TOWNSHIP, Minn. — Two people were killed and two others were injured Friday, April 20, in an early morning single-vehicle...

news/accidents April 20, 2018 - 5:28pm