Jaime DeLage

Jan 6, 2024 | twincities.com | Jaime DeLage

CASS COUNTY — An 82-year-old Bemidji man has been pronounced dead after his ATV broke through the ice on Friday morning on Pike Bay in Cass Lake. Dispatch received a report at 11:15 a.m. Friday that the ATV broke through the ice on Pike Bay and a person had gone into the water, according to a release from Cass County Sheriff Bryan Welk. First responders arrived at the scene and learned that a Polaris Ranger ATV had been traveling on the ice when it broke through.

Jan 4, 2024 | twincities.com | Jaime DeLage

Achievement and awardsHow does the St. Paul Public School Superintendent win Minnesota School Superintendent of the Year, much less become a finalist for national superintendent, without core subject competency or graduation rates (as reported in this paper) used as criteria for the awards? Thirty years ago, these achievement levels we are now at would have resulted in the superintendent being fired. Today, they all win meaningless awards. Pat McKenzie, HastingsMedical decisions from judges?

Jan 4, 2024 | twincities.com | Jaime DeLage

The mythic ‘Lost Cause’There has been a flutter in the news over Nikki Haley failing to mention slavery as the cause of the Civil War when she was questioned. Of course the questioner was a Democrat “plant” as she said. This was a “town hall,” not a party rally. Your critics get to ask you questions. If you want to be on the big stage, you have to be ready for this kind of thing.

Jan 1, 2024 | twincities.com | Jaime DeLage

BELTRAMI COUNTY, Minn. — Due to continued incidents of anglers becoming stranded on and breaking through the ice on Upper Red Lake, vehicles are not permitted to access the lake in the area under Beltrami County’s jurisdiction. According to a release from Beltrami County Sheriff Jason Riggs, per Minnesota Statute 86B.106, vehicles are barred from driving on Upper Red Lake until the sheriff rescinds this order, which took effect at sunset Saturday.

Dec 30, 2023 | twincities.com | Jaime DeLage

Friends and family of Steve Wirtz, a St. Paul man who was struck and killed while crossing a street darkened by copper wire theft, held a candlelight vigil for him Saturday evening at the intersection where he died. Wirtz and his dog, Gunther, were killed shortly after 8 p.m. Sunday — Christmas Eve — while they were out for a quick walk in their neighborhood. The 45-year-old driver who hit Wirtz and Gunther cooperated with authorities at the scene.