Cass County

"Its head was almost 'swallowed up by the huge shoulders' from their view angle. It had solid, dark hair with a uniform pattern over its body. The arms were long and slowly swung as it walked into the woods."

A northern Minnesota resort was destroyed by a fire early Friday morning.

A northern Minnesota woman has been arrested in connection with the death of her child.

Authorities are asking for the public’s help in an ongoing north-central Minnesota drug investigation.

The boy was flown to a hospital in the Twin Cities.

Cass County sheriff officials are investigating an apparent drowning in Leech Lake.

Authorities say a 27-year-old pregnant woman missing for more than two weeks has been found dead in the woods in northern Minnesota.

Cass County authorities say a 23-year-old man has been killed in a Minnesota snowmobile crash.

Longville, MN (Learfield Wire Services/TTWN Media Networks) - An 86-year-old woman from Longville and a 48-year-old woman from Remer are dead after a house fire early Friday

WALKER, Minn. (AP) — A Cass County man is accused of having sexual contact with three children under the age of 13 and producing video of the assaults.

WALKER, Minn. (AP) — Two duck hunters had to be rescued when their boat capsized on northern Minnesota's Leech Lake in windy, dark conditions.

WALKER, Minn. (AP) — A 25-year-old man now faces first-degree murder charges in the kidnapping and killing of a 5-year-old girl from central Minnesota.

Watkins, MN (KROC AM News) - The young Minnesota girl who was kidnapped from her home last Saturday and later sexually assaulted and killed was laid to rest Friday.

Walker, MN (KROC AM News) - The charges brought against the Coon Rapids man accused of abducting and killing the young daughter of a friend and coworker indicates 5-year-old Alayna Ertl had been sexually assaulted and strangled before her body was left in a swampy area of Cass County last weekend.