The Dispatch publishes records as part of its obligation to inform readers about the business of public institutions and to serve as a keeper of the local historical record.
For more than a decade, the mystery of who stole the treasured Wizard of Oz ruby red slippers from Judy Garland's childhood home in 2005 consumed the town of Grand Rapids and spawned speculation.
Dogged persistence led to the discovery of a self-published book by the gang leader of the 1930 Willmar Bank robbery that left one robber dead and three citizens injured.
Ayden Furlong-Mulligan, 18, was charged Friday in Crow Wing County District Court with several felonies, including premeditated aiding and abetting first-degree attempted murder.
