As a young wildlife biologist, Adam Mortensen has worked in the mountains of New Mexico, the high desert of northern ...

MOOSE LAKE, Minn. — Plagued with a ballooning budget and a shrinking police force, the Moose Lake City Council voted Wednesday to effectively terminate its police department. Council members in the ...

Since 2016, 35 police departments have been dissolved in Minnesota, according to data from the Minnesota Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training Moose Lake's last remaining police officer, Chad ...

With lower populations of white-tailed deer and an abundance of suitable habitat in this part of Minnesota, moose might be gaining lost ground.

MOOSE LAKE — One person is dead after a suspected hit-and-run in Moose Lake, while a suspected driver is in custody. According to a news release from the Carlton County Sheriff's Office, deputies ...

The story originally aired in 2018 to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the Moose Lake fire. If you'd like to learn more about the Minnesota's worst natural disaster, the Moose Lake Historical ...

CARLTON — Nicolas Ladell Aron-Jones was desperate for a transfer to another correctional facility. So desperate that it nearly cost Mark Agurkis his life. "It’s no less than a miracle that I’m even ...

Riley Moser is a digital producer who covers breaking news and feature stories for CBS Minnesota. Riley started her career at CBS Minnesota in June 2022 and earned an honorable mention for sports ...

DULUTH — Interim Police Chief Chad Pattison is a force of one overseeing law enforcement of the northeastern Minnesota city of Moose Lake. Two officers resigned from the typically five-person force ...

The vote was partially motivated by budget concerns. Last fall, the City Council reduced the size of a "5-person police force" in order to fund the entire department," the outlet reported. Then, in ...