Lawyer: Regions Hospital wasn’t honest with family of discarded stillborn child
Four years ago, Regions Hospital employees mistakenly tossed out a stillborn baby with the laundry after promising the family it would cremate the child. After the family filed a lawsuit last week, the...
View ArticleMaplewood man sentenced for defrauding people with false promise of Hmong...
Seng Xiong preyed upon “the open wounds” of particularly vulnerable people within the Hmong community when the Maplewood man promised them access to a new Hmong homeland in Southeast Asia in exchange...
View ArticleConviction overturned for driver who inhaled canned dust remover
The Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday reversed the impaired driving convictions of a woman who was found slumped over in her car on three occasions after allegedly inhaling from a can of dust...
View ArticleOklahoma prisons selling inmates cold case playing cards
OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma authorities are hoping to solve killings and other cold cases by selling playing cards that feature the cases to prisoners. The first in a planned series of decks is already on...
View ArticlePressure mounts for Vegas police to explain response time
Pressure mounted Wednesday for Las Vegas police to explain how quickly they reacted to what would become the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history after two hotel employees reported a gunman...
View ArticleSt. Paul man sentenced for Walmart shooting
A St. Paul man was sentenced to a year in the Hennepin County workhouse for shooting at a gang rival last year outside a Walmart in Brooklyn Center. Treshaun Brian Mason, 24, was one of three men...
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Stillwater prison warden, fired for sex comments, other behavior, reinstated
The Stillwater prison warden — fired after an internal investigation over sexually explicit emails and work comments, an explosive complaint hearing and a false work reference — has been awarded...
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A guilty plea, but no motive disclosed, in girl’s drive-up shooting death
Dauntrelle Bullock admitted to driving up alongside another vehicle in St. Paul this past summer and fatally shooting a 17-year-old girl riding as a passenger inside it, court records say. Keyira Nunn...
View ArticleWisconsin driver with 14 DWI convictions crashes into propane tanks
A driver with a revoked license and convicted 14 times of drunken driving crashed into a cage of propane tanks before being stopped by police, according to charges filed this week in St. Croix County....
View ArticleOakdale police warn residents of phony letters from city officials
Oakdale police are warning residents to beware of phony letters purporting to be from city officials. The letters, brought to the attention of police on Thursday, were addressed to residents of Olson...
View ArticleSynthetic marijuana causes 50 overdoses in two weeks, Hennepin County...
Hennepin County officials believe synthetic marijuana has caused more than 50 non-fatal overdoses there in less than two weeks. The Hennepin County sheriff’s office issued an alert Thursday warning the...
View ArticlePolice called to crash find driver shot near Grand and Dale in St. Paul
A Stillwater man was shot in St. Paul early Friday before he crashed his car into a tree, according to police. Paramedics took the 43-year-old man to Regions Hospital with injuries that are believed to...
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Minneapolis cop sues mayor, alleging defamation
Minneapolis police Lt. John Delmonico and Mayor Betsy Hodges A Minneapolis police lieutenant is suing the mayor who blocked his promotion, alleging she defamed him in a text message to the chief. In...
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At least 1 killed as small plane crashes into Mississippi River at Anoka
A woman died late Friday afternoon when a small airplane hit power lines and crashed into the Mississippi River in Anoka, according to the Anoka County sheriff’s office. The woman, who was not...
View ArticleRash of overdoses leaves 1 dead on northern Minnesota reservation
WHITE EARTH, Minn. – The White Earth Nation is alerting residents to a flurry of drug overdoses in the last day or so that have claimed at least one life, according to a notice posted Friday on the...
View ArticleIs that a raccoon butt? Duluth police free stuck critter
DULUTH, Minn. — A masked bandit quickly realized it was in over its head in Duluth earlier this week — and police officers came to the rescue. This contortionist raccoon ended up bottoms-up in a sewer...
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‘We need closure,’ says mother of innocent bystander fatally shot in St. Paul...
Tuesday should have been Synika James’ 39th birthday. But instead of celebrating with him by going out to eat, his family and friends released balloons in his memory across the street from where he...
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Minnesota man put a bullet hole in passing plane, charges say
FERTILE, Minn. — A northwest Minnesota man has been charged with second-degree attempted murder for shooting an airplane flying over his property last week, according to court documents. Chad Lynndell...
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Guilty plea: Brick-throwing fight turned into deadly car chase in Minneapolis...
It started when a woman threw a brick at a Minneapolis man’s car in April. Then her boyfriend punched him. The Minneapolis man threw the brick back at the woman’s windshield. Then the car chase began....
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Princeton husband and wife were aboard plane that crashed into Mississippi...
A couple from Princeton was in a single-engine plane that crashed into the Mississippi River in Anoka Friday evening, according to the Anoka County Sheriff’s Office. Jill Marie Rygwall, 48, was found...
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