15 years after Joel Lovelien was found slain, his death, and the murder trial and verdict that followed, continues to reverberate in many people's lives.
The Dakota Spotlight podcast reviews what evidence Grand Forks County submitted against Travis Stay when he was arrested for the murder of Joel Lovelien in 2007.
Joel Lovelien was a big man with a big personality. Not aggressive, but smart, with a dry, raunchy sense of humor. And don't forget his fondness for belting out the "SpongeBob Squarepants" theme song.
In this Dakota Spotlight episode, the podcast tracks the movements and actions of Travis Stay and others. What was going on with him and his friends that weekend night just before Halloween?
As police responded to the scene of the beating death of Lovelien in Grand Forks on Oct. 28, 2007, they quickly zeroed in on three costumed partiers that night: a clown, a cowboy and a hunter.
CAIR-MN Executive Director Jaylani Hussein called for an FBI probe of the incident and for federal hate crime charges to be brought against the suspect in the case, Suzette Gay Thompson, during a news conference held Thursday in the Islamic Center
Jenessa Kelley, 21, of Crookston, struck a vehicle on DeMers Avenue in East Grand Forks multiple times minutes before causing a deadly crash blocks away in Grand Forks on Saturday, Jan. 9.
EAST GRAND FORKS -- A Grand Forks man facing felony charges for driving a stolen vehicle was alerted to authorities after having strange conversations with children in East Grand Forks, police say.
