Northern Minnesota

Fire Destroys Brainerd Church while Congregation Gathers for Services   
Congregation members came to the South Long Lake Presbyterian Church of Brainerd for Sunday services only to find their place of worship burning to the ground.
 
Tom Burch New Cass County Sheriff
A recount has affirmed that Cass County Chief Deputy Tom Burch has been elected the new sheriff of the northern Minnesota county.
 
Alleged Border Patrol Agent's Gunpoint Assault Prompts FBI Investigation
On Sunday the Beltrami County Sheriff's Office received two urgent calls from the Koochiching County Sheriff's Office and from the U.S. Border Patrol reporting that an officer was down and had sounded a distress call on Highway 71 approximately 40 miles north of Bemidji.