• Pennsylvania brings protest votes to center stage

    Beneath the surface of Pennsylvania’s mostly sleepy, boring, low-turnout primary Tuesday was a trend that has stalked Joe Biden and Donald Trump across the country over the past month: a substantial protest vote. This time, though, the candidate who drew more attention for the protest he faced was not the current president but the former one. Trump got about 36,000 more protest votes than Biden, even though Biden faced an organized protest campaign from left-wing critics of his policy on Israel...

  • State senator arrested in Detroit Lakes on suspicion of burglary

    Sen. Nicole Mitchell was booked in Becker County jail Monday for first-degree burglary after officers responded to a home on Granger Road at around 4:45 a.m.

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    State senator from Woodbury arrested for burglary in Detroit Lakes

    State Sen. Nicole MitchellDETROIT LAKES, Minn. A state senator from Woodbury, Minnesota was arrested Monday morning after police in Detroit Lakes were called to a home on a burglary report. Police Chief Steve Todd says 49-year-old Nicole Mitchell was taken to the Becker County Jail. The homeowner called police. The Becker County Attorney’s Office is reviewing the report before determining

  • Brantley Lake State Park’s fishing dock has returned

    “The park enhancement project is something the community will be able to enjoy for years to come, and it’s one of the many projects we’re looking forward to supporting this year.”

  • "Little Shop of Horrors" takes the stage at the Oregon Cabaret Theatre

    ASHLAND, Ore. – The Oregon Cabaret Theatre is wrapping up its latest mystery and opening up the doors to a thrilling new story. Now that its run of “Clue” is over, the Cabaret is gearing up for its next performance, “Little Shop of Horrors”. Pairing a sci-fi movie that dabbles in both horror and comedy […]

  • State senator arrested on suspicion of burglary at Detroit Lakes home

    Minnesota State Sen. Nicole Mitchell, DFL-Woodbury, was arrested early Monday morning without incident, police said, and no weapons were involved. She was booked into the Becker County jail..

  • Democrats' welfare for journalists brings us closer to state-run media

    Another canary in the coal mine from the Empire State: New York’s newly minted state budget allocates $90 million for tax credits for so-called local news outlets.

  • Parsi theatre: How female impersonators controlled the female body and its representation on stage

    An excerpt from ‘Pure Entertainment: Parsi Theater, Gender, and Performance’, by Kathryn Hansen.

  • State university’s special courses bring hope to Iligan inmates

    A state-run university offers inmates in Iligan City an array of training programs, ranging from English literacy, culinary arts to computer-aided drafting, aimed at equipping them with practical skills

  • Arizona's abortion ban could bring zombie laws back to life in other states

    When the Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to get an abortion in June 2022, Justice Clarence Thomas suggested that the court “should reconsider” other rights it currently recognizes – like the rights for same-sex couples to have sex and marry. If the Supreme Court overturns legal precedents on these and other issues, old state laws that haven’t been enforced, possibly for centuries, can suddenly spring back to life. This is what happened after the Arizona Supreme Court...

  • Minnesota State Sen. Nicole Mitchell arrested in Detroit Lakes on suspicion of burglary

    DETROIT LAKES, Minn. — A Minnesota State Senator was arrested early Monday morning on suspicion of burglarizing a Detroit Lakes home, according to police.Officers were called at about 4:45 a.m. to a residence off Granger Road and Long Avenue after the homeowner called 911 to report a burglary in progress.Police say the suspect, 49-year-old Sen. Nicole Mitchell, DFL-Woodbury, was found inside and was arrested on suspicion of first-degree burglary. Mitchell has not yet been formally charged.MORE...

  • St. Clair College students bring Broadway musical CATS to Chrysler stage

    St. Clair College performing arts students hope to inspire audiences to support the Windsor-Essex County Humane Society as they put a modern twist on the perennial stage musical CATS. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s classic masterpiece, based on T.S. Eliot’s poetry collection titled Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, delves into themes of acceptance, love, forgiveness and […]