Diane Fortenberry, 51, was killed on May 20, 2011, when she returned to her family’s home in rural Osakis during her lunch break and caught Alexandria's Jeffery Brooks in the middle of a robbery.
Finding a matching kidney for Amy Infanger that her body would accept was said to be a 1-in-3,000 chance. A 16-person donor chain that included her husband, Bill, donating his kidney to a stranger he has still never met helped Amy find that match and get on her way to living a healthier life again.
The ninth-ranked Osakis Silverstreaks rebounded from a tough defeat to Perham by picking up a 75-60 victory over the Wadena-Deer Creek Wolverines on Feb. 11 in Wadena.
The Osakis boys basketball team won 25 games in the regular season. They weren't satisfied. On Thursday night, the Silverstreaks won their opening round game of the Section 8AA tournament 72-45 over Wadena-Deer Creek (8-19). The win was Osakis' t...
The Wadena-Deer Creek Wolverines face an uphill battle when they open the Section 8AA boys basketball playoffs on March 7 in Osakis. The Wolverines (8-18) open against the No. 2 seeded, Osakis Silverstreaks (25-1), in the first round of the playoffs.
An investigation into credit card fraud and embezzlement from a creamery association in the north-central Minnesota town of Osakis has led to felony drug charges with three people charged in the cases.
