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Firefighters battle large brush fire in NW Minnesota

...AP) - Firefighters from several departments are battling a large brush fire near Ulen in northwestern Minnesota. Clay County Sheriff Bill Bergquist says the fire destroyed one structure Sunday, but there have been no injuries. He says one...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2012-07-22/firefighters-battle-large-brush-fire
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Body found along railroad tracks in western Minnesota

GLYNDON, Minn. (AP) - The Clay County sheriff's office is investigating the death of a person whose body was found along railroad tracks in western Minnesota. Sheriff...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2012-03-19/body-found-along-railroad-tracks-wes
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ND man found dead near MN tracks was Amtrak rider

...Forum newspaper (http://bit.ly/GDlhb7) reports Clay County Sheriff Bill Bergquist confirmed that 27-year-old...how the man died. Nilles' body was found between the Clay County towns of Glyndon and Hawley on Monday morning, and autopsy...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2012-03-21/nd-man-found-dead-near-mn-tracks-was
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...woman convicted of setting firesMOORHEAD (AP) - A Clay County woman who blamed her ex-lover for setting a series...The Forum says Andvik was handcuffed and led to the Clay County Jail.The 34-year-old woman blamed six fires at...

http://brainerddispatch.com/2012-05-16-3
POLICE BLOTTER - Feb. 14

...Washington on unentered warrant for first-degree robbery.A 38-year-old woman was arrested at 7:29 p.m. Friday in Clay County on a county warrant for dishonored checks.A 39-year-old woman was arrested at 10:39 a.m. Friday after a report...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/crime/2012-02-13/police-blotter-feb-14
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Man charged in Minn. dead snakes case

...Forty-nine-year-old Henry Atherton also is charged with depriving food and shelter and abandoning the snakes. A criminal complaint in Clay County District Court says Atherton brought the snakes to western Minnesota from Florida. Atherton told investigators he planned...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/crime/2012-01-27/man-charged-minn-dead-snakes-c
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Charges dropped against Minn. smoke shop owner

...two gross misdemeanor counts of selling fake pot. If the deal is broken, the charges would be reinstated. Assistant Clay County Attorney Matt Greenley tells KFGO-AM the law is vague, and it would have been risky to go to trial. Defense attorney...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2011-12-15/charges-dropped-against-minn-smoke-s
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...but later said it was part of a drug investigation.On Thursday, after the case drew national attention, Assistant Clay County Attorney Michelle Lawson told reporters the money could not be tied to a criminal investigation, and that Knutson would...

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Funds to help low-income families with jobs

...Other funding went to: Dakota County Community Development Agency, $12,438; Housing & Redevelopment Authority of Clay County, $65,746; Housing & Redevelopment Authority of Duluth, $65,543; Housing and Redevelopment Authority of Virginia...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2011-09-23/funds-help-low-income-families-jobs
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Brainerd Dispatch: News | Brainerd, Minnesota | Brainerd Lakes Area News on brainerddispatch.com

...say a man shot himself in the wrist while hunting near Barnesville as Minnesota's deer season opened this weekend. Clay County Sheriff Bill Bergquist says 52-year-old Kim Haggen was hunting northeast of Barnesville on Saturday morning when...

http://www.brainerddispatch.com/stories/110810/new_20101108010.shtml

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