Seventy-six-year-old Kathleen Patch of Blackduck has died following a fatal Friday morning car crash on Lumberjack Road Northwest in Alaska Township near Bemidji.
Shawn Rene Lussier, 55, has pleaded guilty to one count of domestic assault by a habitual offender after assaulting someone in a hotel room at the Seven Clans Casino.
Gerald Wayne Johnson, 27, has been sentenced to 64 months in prison for involuntary manslaughter resulting from a drunk-driving crash that resulted in the death of his passenger.
Law enforcement officers from Bemidji, Red Lake, Bagley and Beltrami County were recognized as DWI All-Star Enforcers on Sunday, Aug. 20, at the Minnesota Twins game at Target Field in Minneapolis.
A Red Lake woman has been sentenced to 60 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release for her role in an arson conspiracy in the Red Lake Nation in April 2021.