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St. Cloud · St. CloudST. CLOUD, Minn. — Mark Lee Erickson hoped his brother was joking. Talking about becoming a vampire cult after watching the new blockbuster movie “The Lost Boys” was one thing, but killing someone for their blood was something entirely different. It was murder. While searching for branches to burn along with runaways Andrew Thielen, 17, and a never-before-named 13-year-old early on March 22, 1988, Mark tried to convince himself everything was OK…See the Story
Teens Carry Out Gruesome ‘Vampire Murder’ Inspired by Blockbuster Movie
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De Smet · De SmetBISMARCK — Organizations from Minnesota, North Dakota and Manitoba held events on both sides of the U.S.-Canada border on Thursday, Aug. 21, to point out problems they see in large dairies planned to be built in the Red River Valley of North Dakota. Riverview Farms, a beef, crops and dairy company based in Morris, Minnesota, has operations in Minnesota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Arizona and New Mexico. Expansion efforts are underway in North Dakot…See the Story
Opponents of Riverview's planned dairies voice concerns about water quality, quantity in cross-border events
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