Kim Hyatt

That long tradition of local policing faded years ago in Blackduck and it's about to end altogether.

BLACKDUCK, MINN. - This small northern Minnesota city surrounded by pines has had a Police Department since 1910, when there was a jail in City Hall and a constable walked the streets telling kids to get home at dark.

Blackduck officials voted to disband their police department, joining dozens of Minnesota agencies that have closed as staffing shortages push rural communities to rely on sheriff coverage.

Prosecutors in northern Minnesota say the felony offense undermined confidence in elections.

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MINNEAPOLIS — A northern Minnesota judge handed down a 30-day jail sentence to a head election judge this week for the felony offense of allowing 11 unregistered voters to cast ballots.

MINNEAPOLIS — A northern Minnesota judge handed down a 30-day jail sentence to a head election judge this week for the felony offense of allowing 11 unregistered voters to cast ballots.

MINNEAPOLIS — The land of 10,000-plus lakes and nearly 70,000 miles of river has never gone a year without fatalities on the water in the summer. The death rate has

The cascading disaster fuels concerns as the community recovers, and replanting and rebuilding form a long, complicated road.

BEMIDJI - Chris Muller remembers bullet-resistant windows pulsating inside the dispatch center.