Kenmare

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.…