Crow Wing County

Rep. Josh Heintzeman is advancing to the Nov. 3, 2026, general election, based on unofficial results from Minnesota's primary election.

Incumbent Rosemary Franzen and challenger Dawn Espe are advancing to the Nov. 3, 2026, general election, based on unofficial results from Minnesota's primary election.

Republican State Sen. Nathan Wesenberg and endorsed House 10A candidate Mark Striemer are advancing to the Nov. 3, 2026, general election, based on unofficial results from Minnesota's primary election.

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources reminds harvesters ahead of the Aug. 15, 2026, season opener that rice must be ripe for legal harvest.

Law enforcement has identified a family in connection with the May 2026 fire in northern Crow Wing County, but they've been uncooperative, and the sheriff doesn't expect charges.

Forty-six lakes, rivers, streams and wetlands were added, including Big Stony Lake near Park Rapids, Emily Lake in Crow Wing County and Birch Lake in Hackensack.

Dawn Espe, Rosemary Franzen and Troy Kenneth Scheffler are running for Crow Wing County Commissioner District 4.

The Crow Wing County Sheriff's Office responded at 2:32 p.m. July 3, 2026, to the crash site, about a half-mile east of Highway 25 on County Highway 22.

The Minnesota State Patrol reports the fatal crash on June 30, 2026, occurred when a motorcyclist struck the rear end of a northbound pickup truck on Highway 371.

Many were answering the call June 23, 2026, of the MN branch of the American Civil Liberties Union to pack the room in light of recent enforcement activity in the region.