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Lonnie Smith, owner of Drifting Cowboy Saddle Shop, cuts out the bars to the saddle tree for a saddle in his workshop in Ree Heights. (Matt Gade / Republic) play button
Saddle making: Hobby turned full-time career
REE HEIGHTS – Lonnie Smith’s duplicator saw screamed as it trimmed an 8- by 4-foot cut of wood. This process created three wooden bars to...
 Life/Farm July 21, 2017 - 1:00pm
A Winner Police Department vehicle. (Republic file photo)
Winner man accused of beating, strangling girlfriend
WINNER — A Winner man was arrested recently on multiple charges after assaulting his live-in girlfriend and fleeing from the scene. Brandon...
 News/local July 21, 2017 - 9:11am
Staff Sgt. Kelly Holzer, of Ethan, will be deploying to Kuwait. (Matt Gade / Republic)
Ethan father of three leaving behind pregnant wife to serve
ETHAN — When Kelly Holzer returns from Kuwait, he'll meet his youngest child for the first time. The now-father of three young children...
 News/local July 22, 2017 - 7:35am
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Judge to inmates: Get sterilized and I'll shave off jail time
A judge in central Tennessee is hoping to help repeat offenders "make something of themselves" by offering them a highly original and probably...
 News/crime July 21, 2017 - 10:05am
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Colorado woman arrested for providing marijuana to children
WINNER — A Colorado woman faces child abuse charges after allegedly admitting to South Dakota law enforcement that she lets her two sons...
 News/local July 21, 2017 - 9:12am
Despite being attacked by something -- perhaps a fish -- in Island Lake on Wednesday afternoon, 11-year-old Maren Kesselhon was doing well on Thursday. "She's not too shaken," said her father, Ryan Kesselhon of Duluth. Ryan Kesselhon photo
'She could feel her foot in its mouth': Minn. girl bitten 25 times in lake, possibly by muskie
DULUTH, Minn.—Ryan Kesselhon couldn't figure out what was happening to his 11-year-old daughter, Maren. One minute, Maren had been peacefully...
 News July 20, 2017 - 7:52pm
Amateur baseball playoffs roundup: Mudcats shut down Mount Vernon
PARKSTON — Jake Weber and Brady Nolz teamed up for the Parkston Mudcats to shut out Mount Vernon 1-0 Friday and advance to the District...
 sports July 21, 2017 - 11:21pm
Birdsfoot trefoil grows wild in ditches. Michael Vosburg / Forum News Service
Yellow-flowered street-side plant identified
Q: What can you tell me about the tiny yellow flowers that I'm seeing this year? They're low-growing and smell so nice. I see them along the...
 News July 22, 2017 - 7:35am
Guericke commits to D-I Northern Illinois softball team
ALEXANDRIA—Megan Guericke has two years of high school left, but she's already made her college decision. The Hanson junior-to-be recently verbally committed to play softball at Division I Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois. "It's always been a dream come true...
 sports/prep July 21, 2017 - 11:25pm
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Performance Pet sets sights on canning operation near I-90
Performance Pet Products will have a page full of questions to answer before it can add a 70,000-square-foot pet food canning operation near...
 News/local July 21, 2017 - 3:22pm
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'Bro, you scared to see a dead person?': Teens filmed, mocked man as he drowned, police say
About seven seconds into the video, a teenager raises the specter of death. "Get out the water, you're gonna die," one of the teens shouts to...
 News July 21, 2017 - 6:53am
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Two injuries following pickup vs. semi crash near Tripp
TRIPP — Charges are pending against a Tripp teenager following a pickup vs. semi collision Friday in which two people sustained minor injuries....
 News/local July 21, 2017 - 9:09am
Brookings man sentenced in large illegal drug case
PIERRE (AP) — A Brookings man has been sentenced to more than 15 years in prison for conspiring to distribute large amounts of illegal drugs. Authorities began investigating 20-year-old Luis Cabrera last year when they intercepted packages linked to him that contained more than...
 News/crime July 21, 2017 - 9:37am
Tyndall, Canova, P/G advance at state junior teener tourney
BALTIC — Three area baseball teams are among the four semifinalists in the Class B VFW 14U junior teener state tournament in Baltic entering...
 sports July 21, 2017 - 11:44pm
'We'll miss you, Dad' ... Springfield soldier prepares for third deployment
SPRINGFIELD — When A.J. Armstrong deployed in 2007, it was easier. With no wife, kids or home of his own, Armstrong had little holding him back in his pursuit to serve the United States in the armed forces. Now, 10 years later and preparing for his next deployment, Armstrong's...
 News/local July 22, 2017 - 6:30am

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