In this “Minnesota Vice” introduction column, Jeremy Fugleberg looks at a mysterious millionaire benefactor who sank his fingers deep into Princeton, charming the Minnesota town while using it as a base to launder piles of dirty money and hide his cocaine-smuggling airplane fleet.| Wadena Pioneer Journal
In Part 1 of the Minnesota Vice series, Customs pilots chase a rogue plane, TV reporters chase a mystery man, and a new DEA agent is assigned a curious case.| Wadena Pioneer Journal
In the epilogue column to his Minnesota Vice series, Jeremy Fugleberg describes his hunt for Casey Ramirez, who he found, and what the saga says about 1980s Princeton—and the rest of us, now.| Wadena Pioneer Journal
In part 2 of the Minnesota Vice series — Bizarre palm trees get planted, an airport is failing, a rich stranger offers champagne and prime rib, and a DEA agent goes undercover in Princeton.| Wadena Pioneer Journal
A Duluth judge sided with the victims’ family members, who argued strongly against a prison sentence for the alcohol-fueled crash.| Wadena Pioneer Journal
In part 3 of the Minnesota Vice series — Thousands of dollars of unreported cash are stashed, a box of money is discovered, youth hockey goals are achieved, and angry denials are made| Wadena Pioneer Journal
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Minnesota Vice is an investigative series about a drug smuggler who tried to hide out while living large in a little Midwest town, how the feds caught up with him, and what happens to a small town’s soul when it decides it won’t ask too many questions.| Wadena Pioneer Journal
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In part 6 of the Minnesota Vice series — A surprise offer, someone refuses to flip, a plane spills secrets, a task force turns the screws, someone agrees to squeal, and the big day finally arrives| Wadena Pioneer Journal
In part 7 of Minnesota Vice series — An unimpressed judge, a cash bag dusted with cocaine, flipped drug smugglers, an acquittal and a verdict| Wadena Pioneer Journal
In part 5 of the Minnesota Vice — a last good day, a chase, a rescue, screams of joy and so, so much evidence| Wadena Pioneer Journal
In part 4 of the Minnesota Vice series — The I-Team scrambles, a journalist makes a strange trip to Mexico, a bombshell report airs, and Casey turns to public ridicule and defiance| Wadena Pioneer Journal
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Trisha Taurinskas is an enterprise crime reporter for Forum Communications Co., specializing in stories related to missing persons, unsolved crime and general intrigue. Her work is primarily featured on The Vault. Trisha is also the host of The Vault podcast. Trisha began her journalism career at…| Wadena Pioneer Journal
Andrew Hawes and Elizabeth Hawes were convicted in 2010 and sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Edwin Hawes. The case is featured on "Killer Siblings," available to stream on Hulu.| Wadena Pioneer Journal
What compelled Marie Downing to leave her life at Windsor Castle for the windswept prairie?| Wadena Pioneer Journal
They have been overshadowed by others, but the local men raised a flag and immortalized another.| Wadena Pioneer Journal
As Jimmy Carter ran for office and eventually won, WDAY-TV anchorman Marv Bossart sought the opinions of everyday citizens of Fargo-Moorhead about the peanut farmer-turned-president.| Wadena Pioneer Journal
The 1925 New Year's Day edition of The Fargo Daily Tribune pondered life on Mars, living forever and if it could really get any better than radio.| Wadena Pioneer Journal
Jon K. Miller, 84, of Owatonna, was charged with first-degree murder in the death of Mary Schlais, of Minneapolis, in 1974. Investigative genetic genealogy credited with leading to his arrest.| Wadena Pioneer Journal
At 104, Ken Larson still hunts, reflects on his WWII service and enjoys life.| Wadena Pioneer Journal
With the help of the victim's family, this series digs deep into the investigation related to the 1972 slaying of 16-year-old Joli Truelson, with the goal of identifying her killer.| Wadena Pioneer Journal
If this election season has left you stressed, nervous and on edge, consider the remedies that got our ancestors through the tough times.| Wadena Pioneer Journal
Eunice Winstead, 9, made news in 1937 when she married a 24-year-old man in Tennessee. Minnesota was among the few states that fought back.| Wadena Pioneer Journal
News, photos and podcasts about true crime, historical true crime, mysteries, oddities and history from the upper Midwest, including Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota.| Wadena Pioneer Journal
The Dodge with the 1950 Minnesota plates now sits outside London, but the Finch family wants to honor where its story began.| Wadena Pioneer Journal
Children have played with the NERF football for more than 50 years, making it Fred Cox’s most successful score off the gridiron.| Wadena Pioneer Journal
