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Pres. Obama calls on Congress to act to extend payroll tax cut

President Barack Obama is calling on Congress to extend a payroll tax cut for the remainder of the year as another deadline nears for Congress to act or see taxes...

news / nation Sat, Feb 11, 2012 - 7:39am

Cartoon by Bruce Plante

opinion / cartoons Wed, Dec 21, 2011 - 12:00am

Legislature sends $900M budget cutting bill to Dayton

ST. PAUL - Gov. Mark Dayton soon will have a bill on his desk that could set up the first major dispute between him and the Legislature. Senators passed on...

news Thu, Feb 10, 2011 - 3:13pm

Republicans to state workers: 'No Christmas in June' - cut $200 million by end of year

news / state Tue, Jan 18, 2011 - 11:45am

Battle Lake man charged in dog abuse case

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. - Animal cruelty charges have been filed against a 23-year-old man accused of slitting a dog's throat and leaving it for dead. Benjamin James Stavaas, Battle Lake,...

news / state Wed, Jul 07, 2010 - 3:40pm

Battle Lake man charged in dog abuse case

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. - Animal cruelty charges have been filed against a 23-year-old man accused of slitting a dog's throat and leaving it for dead. Benjamin James Stavaas, Battle Lake,...

news / state Wed, Jul 07, 2010 - 3:40pm

Montevideo's city employees voluntarily cut their 2010 pay hike in half

MONTEVIDEO -- City employees in Montevideo were entitled to a 4 percent pay hike in 2010, but have voluntarily cut their increase in half to help the city cope with...

news / region Sat, Sep 12, 2009 - 12:00am

Fergus Falls cuts police K9 program in budget cut move

FERGUS FALLS - Fergus Falls is planning out this year's budget and like most Minnesota cities and towns they're walking on pins and needles. Mayor Hal Leland says they're doing...

news / state Wed, Sep 09, 2009 - 9:03am

District courts are victims of economy, positions and workers' hours being cut

GRANITE FALLS -- Yellow Medicine County Sheriff Bill Flaten is concerned that the public doesn't fully realize what budget cuts to the court system might mean to them: Everything from...

news / local / region Wed, Apr 15, 2009 - 12:00am

Tell the Tribune: How are you spending your extra $15?

Tell the Tribune: As part of the economic stimulus package passed by Congress earlier this year, workers are starting to see a few extra dollars in their paychecks. The actual...

news / local Tue, Apr 14, 2009 - 4:38pm

Becky Haas reads a story March 25 to Eli Dehoux during a class at MACCRAY East Elementary School in Raymond. Senate Democrats are proposing a cut to education funding of 3.2 percent, likely setting up a fight with the governor. Tribune photo by Ron Adams

Dems seek education funding cuts

ST. PAUL -- The governor would increase public school education funding 2.2 percent. Minnesota House leaders propose keeping education spending the next two years about the same as in the...

news / local / state / education Thu, Apr 02, 2009 - 12:00am

People gather March 3 in the senior center in Fergus Falls. Those over 65 are the fastest-growing segment of the Otter Tail County population. By next year, it's estimated two of every ten county residents will be over the age of 65. AP Photo/Minnesota Public Radio, Dan Gunderson

Rural seniors could be hit harder by budget cuts

FERGUS FALLS -- Muriel Peterson is just shy of her 90th birthday, but you'd never know it as she settles into a comfortable chair in a sunny corner of her...

news / state / news Sat, Mar 14, 2009 - 12:00am