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GRAND FORKS — Dustin Strand took a significant lead down the back straightaway with half the race to go last Friday.

This has meant one thing in recent years at River Cities Speedway: Race over.

Strand has dominated the late model division, winning 16 of his 21 features at The Bullring over the last two summers. The only competitor to win mor...

CHAMPLIN, Minn. — A 1984 metallic blue Mercedes Benz may hold the key to solving the disappearance of a Minnesota grandmother who has been missing for 27 years.

Georgia Smith was 76 years old when she left her son, Brett Smith, at his home in Champlin, Minnesota, on Wednesday, June 30, 1999, headed for her cabin in Minong, Wisconsin.

It was a...

EAGAN, Minn. — Nolan Teasley graduated from Central Washington University in 2007 and embarked on a career in marketing that consistently left him feeling unfulfilled. Though it offered him a comfortable lifestyle in his mid 20s, he found himself wanting to get back into the game he loved in some way, shape or form.

So with the blessing of wife, Morgan, as we...

GRAND FORKS — The San Jose Sharks are getting to know UND's defensive corps pretty well this week.

The Sharks took UND defenseman Keaton Verhoeff to dinner on Wednesday night at the NHL Combine in Buffalo, N.Y. They're scheduled to take incoming UND freshman defenseman Carson Carels to dinner Thursday night, according to San Jose writer Sheng Peng.

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MINNEAPOLIS — The largest news organization in the Upper Midwest is reducing its staff and pursuing a new business model that could potentially put ownership in the hands of a nonprofit foundation.

The Minnesota Star Tribune, based in Minneapolis, notified employees on Tuesday, June 2, of a restructuring that will result in 15% of staff, or approximately 65 e...