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Cass County Suspends In-Person Health, Human & Veteran Services at Cass Lake Office
1+ hour, 35+ min ago (298+ words) Jan 29, 2026 | By: Matthew Freeman Cass County's Health, Human & Veteran Services office in Cass Lake is housed in the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Tribal Government Center. (Screenshot: Lakeland News) Earlier this month, Cass County announced the suspension of in-person Health,…...
Sanford Health Lifts Visitor Restrictions at Clinics, Hospitals in Bemidji Region
1+ day, 29+ min ago (137+ words) Jan 28, 2026 | By: Lakeland News Sanford Bemidji Medical Center (Lakeland News File) Sanford Health has lifted visitor restrictions at all clinics and hospitals in its Bemidji region due to improving respiratory illness trends. The visitor restrictions were implemented about a month…...
Fire Damages Whispering Pines Motel Near Cass Lake
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (112+ words) Jan 28, 2026 | By: Lakeland News A fire damaged Whispering Pines Motel, located on Highway 2 just west of Cass Lake, on Tuesday night. (Screenshot: Lakeland News) A fire damaged a motel near Cass Lake last night. Fire crews responded around 10 p.m. to Whispering…...
Updated: 80-Year-Old Nevis Woman Dies in Head-on Crash Near Dorset
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (126+ words) Jan 28, 2026 | By: Lakeland News Note: The video above reflects the story as it aired on Jan. 27, 2027. It has since been updated with newly released details. An 80-year-old Nevis woman has died in a head-on crash near Dorset. The Minnesota State…...
5 Semifinalists Selected for Brainerd Public Schools Superintendent
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (107+ words) Jan 26, 2026 | By: Lakeland News The Brainerd School Board has unanimously selected five semifinalists to interview for the school district's superintendent position. The five were chosen from a pool of 20 candidates were selected at a special school board meeting held today....
Homeland Security Agents Arrest 4 People at Brainerd Restaurant
6+ day, 21+ min ago (135+ words) Jan 26, 2026 | By: Lakeland News El Potro Mexican Restaurant in downtown Brainerd. (Screenshot: Lakeland News) The Crow Wing County Sheriff's Office has confirmed they assisted a Homeland Security Investigations team with the execution of two federal arrest warrants in downtown Brainerd....
Trump Softens Tone on Minnesota Immigration Crackdown as Some Federal Agents Prepare To Leave
6+ day, 14+ hour ago (971+ words) Jan 26, 2026 | By: Lakeland News By STEVE KARNOWSKI and MIKE BALSAMO Associated Press Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said he spoke by phone with Trump, who praised the discussion that declared that "lots of progress is being made." Frey said he asked…...
BSU's Pecarich Sets 3 Single Game Records, Earns NSIC Player of the Week Nod
6+ day, 19+ hour ago (138+ words) Jan 26, 2026 | By: Charlie Yaeger It was a record-setting weekend for Bemidji State men's basketball, and for junior guard John Pecarich. On Friday, the Brainerd local set three program records for the Beavers, including for single-game points with 47, free-throw percentage of…...
Federal Officers Detain a 5-Year-Old Boy Who a School Official Says Was Used as 'Bait"
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (875+ words) Jan 22, 2026 | By: Lakeland News 5-year-old Liam Ramos, who was arriving home from preschool, was taken by federal agents along with his father to a detention facility in Texas, school officials and the family's lawyer said. (Credit: Columbia Heights Public Schools)…...
Anti-ICE Protest at Minnesota Church Leads to Arrests of Civil Rights Attorney, 2 Others
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (780+ words) Jan 22, 2026 | By: Lakeland News By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, GIOVANNA DELL'ORTO and JACK BROOK Associated Press Vice President JD Vance, speaking in Minneapolis, urged state and local law enforcement to collaborate with federal officials and said protesters must stop getting in…...