The Globe Gazette reports John Arndt, of Hayfield, was arrested and booked into the Mower County Jail. He's awaiting extradition to Iowa. Police believe Arndt stole the pigs over the span of a year and sold them at livestock auctions.

A Moorhead man who only wanted his dog back now faces two felonies. Police say he broke into an animal hospital and freed the unlicensed pooch rather than pay a $103 fee.

Cavalier, N.D., residents will likely be in the Guinness Book of World Records after making the planet's longest ice cream sundae along Main Street on Saturday -- about twice as long as the previous record-holder. They used rain gutter as a bowl for the 170 gallons of ice cream. And yeah, they ate it all.

Daryl Johnson has collected more than four million of them. Johnson says he plans to cash them all in and give the proceeds to the Ronald McDonald House Foundation -- which helps families with seriously ill children.

The Minnesota State Fair is marking the 40th edition of its amateur talent contest by upping its grand prize to $10,000. The winner can come from any of the three categories: open, teen, or pre-teen. Don't lollygag, though. Auditions are less than two weeks away.

Timothy Eugene Peterson says he was blacked out last January when he attacked his neighbor, Ivan Mallas, with a bowie knife, trying to cut off his toes and scalp him, looking to collect his soul.

Nathan Jesh will also have to pay restitution for his role in a fraud scheme involving at least 200 houses, most of which were in north Minneapolis. Jesh admitted he closed sales for TJ Waconia when he knew the loan applications were fraudulent.