The changing face of the Internet is reflected how sexual predators are pursuing their victims across cyberspace.  A few years ago, Internet predators sought their victims in chat rooms, hoping for a face-to-face meeting. Today they’re trolling social network sites, online classified sites an...

  A Backus man, shot in the chest and killed Tuesday, was reportedly going to his brother’s house to borrow some tools. Rolland Fred Kruckow, 73, was arraigned Thursday in the shooting death of his 63-year-old brother. Cass County Attorney Christopher Strandlie reported Rolland Kruckow was ch...

BEMIDJI, Minn. (AP) — A Beltrami County sheriff's investigator says a Michigan man suspected of stealing the identity of a toddler missing for 29 years is not a suspect in the child's disappearance. Investigator Scott Hinners is re-examining the Kevin Jay Ayotte case from 1982. The 3-year-old disa...

  Pequot Lakes to host car show June 4 PEQUOT LAKES — The Pequot Lakes/Breezy Point Lion’s Club will host the fourth annual Cherry Car Show from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. on June 4 at Trailside Park at Highway 371 and Crow Wing County Road 11 in Pequot Lakes.  The show is free to spect...

Crow Wing County Sheriff’s Office and the Brainerd Police Department invite the public to attend a presentation on “Cons and Scams and Security at Home” from 1-3 p.m. on May 24 at the Lakes Area Senior Activity Center, 803 Kingwood St. in Brainerd. Speakers will include Crow Wing County Sherif...

For the first time, patients at Essentia Health Cancer Center at St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Brainerd have access to a number of clinical research studies without having to travel to the Twin Cities or Duluth....

Who wouldn’t like to see a check in the mailbox along with a letter promising more money if a few quick steps are followed? The problem is it’s probably too good to be true — one of the scams that  law enforcement officials hear about and investigate on a daily basis. ...

Baxter police YOU WON A MILLION? — Received a call Tuesday from a female on Memorywood Drive. The resident reported a caller with a connection to California told her she won a Mercedes and $1.5 million.  The caller wanted to meet the apparent winner in the Walmart parking lot...

A Hackensack man was charged Friday with criminal sex conduct in the first degree. Arthur Austin-Ellis Evans, 35, was charged with the offense, which occurred about Feb. 9-10 in Cass County, Christopher Strandlie, Cass County attorney reported.  ...

The Brainerd Police Department is asking for help from the public in identifying two men who stole a vehicle last week from a Brainerd gas station. Investigator Craig Katzenberger said the vehicle was stolen about 12:10 a.m. on Feb. 9 from SuperAmerica, 1223 S. Sixth St.  The owner of the vehic...