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28-Jul-2026

Man Faces Child Solicitation Charges And Drug Charges

A Fergus Falls man is facing multiple felony child solicitation and drug charges after an online sting led police to his home. Police were called just before 9:30 a.m. July 24 to the 100 block of West Lincoln Avenue after a member of a citizen group that poses online as minors reported disturbing messages. The group said 41-year-old Braxton Monte Anderson believed he was talking to a 14-year-old girl, sent sexually explicit images and messages, and talked about meeting her. Documents say Anderson met the decoy through a dating app and continued the conversations even after being told the girl was 14. According to documents, the group confronted Anderson outside his residence, then called police. After reviewing evidence, officers interviewed Anderson, who admitted that he had been communicating with someone he believed was 14 and that the messages were sexual. Documents say police searched Anderson’s apartment and seized electronic devices, along with about 7.5 grams of suspected methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia. Documents also say two children under 15 were in the home located a block from a city splash park and city park. Anderson is charged with three felony counts of electronic solicitation of a child and two felony drug-related counts: third-degree controlled substance crime, possession of methamphetamine in a park zone, and storing methamphetamine paraphernalia in a residence with a child.

28-Jul-2026

New Minnesota Deer Hunting Regulations

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resource (DNR) is introducing new regulations when it comes to deer hunting ahead of the upcoming season.  Arguably the biggest change for the coming year involves the monitoring of chronic wasting disease (CWD), a fatal condition to deer that has been spreading in recent years, with the state now moving to a four-year statewide rotational surveillance plan.  The entirety of Minnesota is now divided into four quadrants, Hunters in each quadrant will be required to have all deer harvested during the firearms opening weekend that are older than one-year-old tested for CWD depending on the year. Hunters in southwest and parts of west-central Minnesota are required to do so this year. Hunters will have a variety of ways to get their deer tested, including at staffed or self-service sampling stations, ordering free mail-in sampling kits before opening weekend, or visiting taxidermists participating in the partner sampling program. Another new regulation involves changes to carcass disposal, as hunters will now be allowed to move deer carcasses harvested within a CWD management zone to outside of it. However, hunters are still required to dispose of the carcasses with their trash hauler, at a local landfill, or with a meat processor. In the past, hunters had to quarter their deer to take meat out of the zone or wait for a “not-detected” test result to take the whole deer out.  As a result, the DNR dumpster program will be going away this fall. Minnesota’s 2026 firearms deer hunting season opens on November 7.

27-Jul-2026

Drug Bust

Investigators arrested 20 people during a law enforcement operation this week targeting violent offenders in Bemidji and the surrounding areas. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension’s Violent Crime Reduction Unit led the operation in partnership with the Paul Bunyan Drug Task Force, Bemidji Police Department, Leech Lake and Red Lake tribal police departments, the Hubbard, Cass and Beltrami County sheriff’s offices, the FBI’s Headwaters Safe Trails Task Force and the BCA Bemidji Regional Office. The law enforcement effort, which took place July 22-23, focused on offenders wanted for firearms violations, shootings and narcotics offenses. Some people were taken into custody on outstanding warrants. Law enforcement also recovered four illegal firearms, one gun silencer, ammunition and small amounts of illicit narcotics. All of those arrested were booked into either the Cass County Jail, the Hubbard County Jail or the Red Lake Detention Center pending formal charges.

27-Jul-2026

Fish Kill

The effects of Minnesota’s prolonged heatwave are having an impact on area lakes and rivers with several reports of fish kills. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources announced on Friday that there have been 212 fish mortality reports this year spanning 102 bodies of water statewide. Many of the fish kills were reported during last week’s heatwave. Public utilities and fisheries have recorded surface water temperatures of 86 degrees and higher in several Minnesota lakes and the Mississippi River. The DNR says cold water fish, including lake cisco and other salmonids, become stressed with water temperatures exceed 75 degrees, and cool water species like northern pike can handle temperatures up to 84 degrees. If you happen to discover a fish kill, you are asked to report it to the Minnesota DNR on their website.

27-Jul-2026

Gas Prices

Average gasoline and diesel prices rose in nearly every state over the last week. Gas Buddy says continued escalations between the U.S. and Iran, renewed Houthi attacks in the Red Sea, and Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil refineries combined to keep pressure on both crude and refined product markets.  However, a weekend pullback in hostilities is offering some relief, with oil prices opening lower on Sunday. Average gasoline prices in Minnesota have risen 16.8 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $4.04.  The national average price of gasoline has risen 10.8 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $4.06.  The national average price of diesel has increased 17.8 cents compared to a week ago and stands at $5.25 per gallon.