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A 60-year-old man who had tried to take several county officials hostage during a board meeting in central Minnesota died of multiple gunshot wounds after law enforcement officers confronted him, according to ...

Nobody paid much attention when Gordon Wheeler Sr. took a seat in the back row at a Morrison County commissioners meeting this week.

After all, Wheeler had been a regular presence at the government center for years, battling public officials over the strip club and porn shop he ran near this central Minnesota city 100 miles northwest of Minneapolis. On Tuesday, he sat quietly in his bib overalls, clutching a manila folder.

"He showed up midway through the meeting and didn't say anything," Commissioner Duane Johnson said. "When we adjourned, he said, `No, not yet,' or something like that."

Authorities scheduled an autopsy Wednesday on the body of a gunman who took hostages during a rural Minnesota county board meeting.

Authorities say a hostage situation at a county courthouse complex in Little Falls, Minn., has ended with a suspect being wounded.

According to the Morrison County Sheriff's Department, at approximately at 10:22 a.m. its office received a call that a gunman was holding hostages in the Morrison County boardroom of the Morrison County ...

LITTLE FALLS - Alex Stang took the first airplane ride of his life Saturday. 'I'm looking forward to it, so I'm not really nervous,' Stang, 10, of Clear Lake said before the flight.

It may be rare to find local versions of television's "American Idol" and "The Amazing Race," but pop culture events are becoming the highlight of the Little Falls Dam Festival.

Ellefson, Matt and Amy; Paynesville; girl; Monday, June 16, 2008. ST. GABRIEL'S HOSPITAL, LITTLE FALLS Dobosenski, Stan Jr.

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LITTLE FALLS - Morrison County Administrator Tim Houle has resigned to accept the same position in neighboring Crow Wing County.

Anika Vos has joined Sensational Styles & Spa Inc., Avon. Vos is a graduate of Albany High School and the Professional Salon Academy, Waite Park.

Area residents will benefit from bills passed by the 2008 Minnesota Legislature, Sen.

The detour of Minnesota Highway 24 near U.S. Highway 10 in Clear Lake was supposed to cause only brief delays, but Monday the area became a danger zone for drivers.

FORT RIPLEY - Kevin and Cheryl Hoskins, 18173-263rd St., announce the engagement of their daughter, Brenda, to Kevin Lundorff, son of Steve and Beverly Lundorff, 18117 Riverwood Drive, Little Falls.

LITTLE FALLS - The Clothes Review will be closed Fridays from June 6-Oct. 3. No clothing donations will be accepted on those days.