Cass County

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.

LITCHFIELD, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota man is jailed on suspicion of first-degree murder and kidnapping in the death of a co-worker's 5-year-old daughter.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Authorities have found the body of a 5-year-old Minnesota girl just hours after they had issued an Amber Alert saying she had been abducted by a family friend.

BACKUS, Minn. (AP) — A northern Minnesota man has died after a tire came off a dump truck and struck him last week.

PINE RIVER, Minn. (AP) — Two people have died in the crash of a small plane south of the Pine River airport in north-central Minnesota.