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Man dead after snowmobile crashes into trail groomer in Grand Rapids

The male snowmobile driver was pronounced dead at the scene Thursday

Minnesota

Minnesota attorney sent to prison, faces disbarment for sexually assaulting clients

After admitting to the assaults of four women, Itasca County attorney Jesse Powell entered into a stipulation calling for his removal from the bar.

December 07, 2022 06:32 PM

Arts and Entertainment

Judy Garland Museum ends icon's centennial year with 'amazing' Minnesota land acquisition

A piece of land next to Garland's childhood home in Grand Rapids was at risk of being lost to commercial development. "It was a shocker," the museum's executive director said about the $45,000 Superior Choice Credit Union donation that made the purchase possible.

November 25, 2022 11:00 AM

Minnesota

Minnesota attorney pleads guilty to sexually assaulting clients

"I get angry when I think of how (Jesse) Powell hunts for his victims, under the guise of helping us, and how he kept getting away with it," one of the victims said.

September 21, 2022 04:15 PM

Latest Headlines

Northland Outdoors

DNR deer culling starts Sunday in Grand Rapids

The effort will see if more deer may be carrying chronic wasting disease

March 24, 2022 01:49 PM

By John Myers

Northland Outdoors

First wild deer in Northeastern Minnesota tests positive for chronic wasting disease

A wild deer in Grand Rapids was found to have the fatal neurological disease.

March 22, 2022 02:05 PM

By John Myers

BIG 10

Like an old lunchtime favorite, 'PB & J' is still a big hit for the Gophers

Seemingly everything has changed for coach Bob Motzko and the Minnesota Gophers since he first settled in behind their bench three years ago to run the program. But the one constant has been the on-ice chemistry between Sammy Walker and Blake McLaughlin, still finding each other, and finding the back of the net together.

October 21, 2021 03:02 PM

By Jess Myers

Minnesota

Victim identified in fatal dump truck crash in St. Louis County

A Grand Rapids man was driving the dump truck when it went off road.

September 14, 2021 03:30 PM

By Duluth News Tribune

The Vault

Dorothy's stolen ruby slippers found years ago, but mystery remains in Minnesota town

The mystery of who stole the treasured Wizard of Oz ruby red slippers from Judy Garland's childhood home in 2005 consumed the town of Grand Rapids for more than a decade. With the slippers finally found, they still want answers.

August 26, 2021 06:05 PM

By Sarah Mearhoff

Community

Minnesota logger preserves 100 years of industry, family history in book

The book details a changing industry and the Latvala family's journey through it.

July 06, 2021 10:39 AM

By Jimmy Lovrien

News

Records published July 1, 2021

The Tribune publishes Records as part of its obligation to inform readers about the business of public institutions and to serve as a keeper of the local historical record. All items are written by Tribune staff members based on information contained in public documents from the state court system and from law enforcement agencies. It is the Tribune’s policy that this column contain a complete record. Requests for items to be withheld will not be granted.

July 01, 2021 04:11 AM

By West Central Tribune

News

Site of fatal crashes two weeks apart, Itasca County intersection confounds authorities

The Minnesota State Patrol, Department of Transportation and local agencies will meet next week to address a possible need to respond at the intersection, located roughly 5 miles outside Nashwauk.

June 10, 2021 10:00 AM

Northland Outdoors

Minnesota DNR conservation officer remembered for her passion, fearlessness

Sarah Grell is survived by her husband and three young children, and by countless colleagues and family and friends who are finding it difficult to fathom that she's gone.

May 26, 2021 06:19 PM

By Dan Kraker, MPR News