Mahnomen

Over 100 student-athletes from rural Northern Minnesota will wrestle at the 2026 state tournament in St. Paul, with a strong representation from the north-central region.

The court ruled that cannabis possession by Thompson, as an enrolled member on the White Earth band living on the reservation, became a civil matter once MN legalized recreational marijuana.

The state funding will help create or preserve housing in Hibbing, Mahnomen, Bemidji, Warren, Grand Rapids and other communities in the region.

A 24-year-old man died at the King's Corner Bar in Mahnomen on Dec. 13, 2025.

Two staff members were in the lab when the fire ignited. One of them received minor burns and was medically evaluated and released.

Grand Rapids, Mahnomen/Waubun, Fertile-Beltrami and Kittson County Central all lost, despite multiple attempts at fourth-quarter comebacks.

Grand Rapids, Mahnomen/Waubun, Fertile-Beltrami and Kittson County Central will play Nov. 13-15, at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis in the 2025 state football semifinals.

Grand Rapids, Mahnomen/Waubun, Cromwell-Wright Area, Fertile-Beltrami, Moose Lake/Willow River, Barnum, Kittson County Central and Cook County will play in the 2025 tournament.

A 17-year-old Waubun boy was killed in a single-vehicle rollover, and a 53-year-old Mahnomen man was killed as a passenger in a crash with a tractor on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025.

Twelve new automatic license plate readers went up in Bemidji and other MN cities in May 2025. But the Flock Safety cameras raise concerns with privacy advocates.