Kenmare

Bud Grant, the legendary coach of the Minnesota Vikings, was always an avid outdoorsman who loved hunting and fishing. One of the places where he hunted waterfowl was Kenmare, in Ward County.

A coal miner was murdered near Kenmare in late November of 1912, and it doesn’t appear his death was ever solved. The deceased was Carl Hanson, a 29-year-old born in Norway. A Soo Line section foreman discovered his body near the shore of Des Lacs Lake after following a bloody trail from the tracks

A shocking murder gripped Ward County in the 1900s. The story played out over many years, with two trials, a false name and a prison escape.R.S. Noah was…

News from around the state on this date:In 1894, Fessenden was itching to take over the Wells County seat, which they took from Sykeston ten days earlier.…