Steve Simpson

Charges have been filed against a Red Lake, Minnesota woman in connection to a horrific abduction last week of a three-year old boy. The abduction caused an Amber Alert to be issued. Sheriff deputies found the boy in terrible condition.

Vice President Kamala Harris surprised the team with a visit during an after-school practice when she was in town two weeks ago. It’s then that she personally invited them to Washington DC.

A 2020 survey of Bluff residents found that, on average, we are over 68 years of age. Although there are only about 250 citizens in town, that still adds up to a lot of years. This finding has led to many wisecracks about memory, or the lack thereof, in our community. I would relate a few of the jokes, but I can’t remember the punchlines. Thankfully I have Priscilla to back me up when I forget something important at the trading post. She, however, is older than I, so I am not sure how long that system will hold up.

A 32-year-old Brooklyn Center man pleading guilty yesterday to illegal firearms charges following last summer’s crackdown on street gangs in the Twin Cities.

The Minnesota Vikings have announced that offensive coordinator Wes Phillips has been suspended for three weeks without pay for his 2023 drunk driving arrest.

The first time I felt the tug of a spiral was in the late 1970s, when I was still in college. The object of my attention was the Spiral Jetty, a land art installation designed and built by American sculptor Robert Smithson. Completed almost 55 years ago, the Jetty, located on the northeastern shore of the Great Salt Lake, is built of mud, salt crystals, and basalt rock. Its spiral fascinated me, and I remember feeling there was something deep, visceral, almost magical about it.

The third tallest building in downtown Minneapolis is up for sale. And it’s coming to the market at a bargain price. The 57-story Wells Fargo Tower on 7th Street is expected to sell for less than half what its current owners bought it for in 2019.

Abstract Understanding the role of nutrients in microbial population dynamics relies on a sound appreciation of their nutritional environment and how this may vary in different habitats.

DFL State Senator and former KSTP-TV meteorologist Nicole Mitchell is now charged with first degree burglary after burglarizing her stepmother’s home in Detroit Lakes early Monday morning.

There may be some movement at the encampment at the University of Minnesota, which has remained peaceful for the last several days. Interim University President Jeff Ettinger says there is a framework in place to have it taken down by the protestors.