A Thief River Falls man made his initial federal court appearance yesterday and is facing four charges related to child pornography. According to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, 38-year-old Benjamin Joseph Roggenbuck was ordered to remain in custody pending further proceedings. According to the allegations in the unsealed indictment, between Feb. 12-20 of…
The body of a Moorhead man was recovered from a Becker County lake yesterday. According to a release from Sheriff Todd Glander, his office was notified of a man not resurfacing Saturday afternoon after struggling to swim out from a Detroit Lakes beach. Twenty-four-year-old Abdimajid Osman Nur was on the lake in an inflatable canoe…
The Minnesota Department of Health reported 332 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 today and six new COVID-related deaths, bringing the state’s total positive cases to 61,839 and a death toll of 1,666. Of those deaths, 1,251 were residents of long-term care or assisted living facilities. Of those positive cases, 6,903 were health care workers. To…
The Bemidji City Council held a listening session Monday to hear from citizens on their ideas as the city moves forward with forming a police advisory committee. The council set a series of questions for the listening session during their meeting last week to frame the discussion, but no written submissions were read out loud…
The following is a summary of incidents the Bemidji Police Department and the Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office responded to on Monday, Aug. 10. BEMIDJI POLICE DEPARTMENT Burglary, 8:47 p.m. Stolen bike from a garage on the 800 block of 11th St. NW. DWI, 8:18 p.m. Officers responded to the report of a possible drug transaction…
The following is a summary of incidents the Bemidji Police Department and the Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office responded to from Wednesday, Aug. 5, to Sunday, Aug. 9. BEMIDJI POLICE DEPARTMENT SUNDAY, AUG. 9 Disorderly Conduct, 3:30 p.m. Officer responded to a residence on the 25200 block of Phoenix Loop NW in regards to a disorderly…
