14-year-old Dawson Erickson of Thief River Falls caught a 70-inch sturgeon last week while fishing off a dock at Ballard's Resort on the Rainy River near Baudette along the US/Canadian border.

THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn. — Hundreds of Arctic Cat employees will soon be unemployed after its parent company announced widespread layoffs at its Thief River Falls facility.

Arctic Cat has resumed production at its Thief River Falls and St. Cloud, facilities, shortly after new ownership took over. Limited work had been running in St. Cloud earlier this year, and Thief ...