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Man Gets 26 Years After Pleading Guilty To Killing Teen
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A Minneapolis gang member will spend 26 years in prison after pleading guilty to shooting a 16-year-old whom he thought would tell authorities about an attempted robbery, the...
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Minn. Man Sues DNR Over License Data Breach
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Washington County resident whose records were accessed by a Department of Natural Resources employee has filed a lawsuit in federal court. Jeffrey Ness is one of about 5,000 people...
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No Charges For Police Who Fatally Shot Teenage Hostage
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A grand jury declined to issue an indictment Thursday in connection to the officer-involved shooting that killed an unarmed St. Paul teenager last August as he tried to flee a...
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Homeowner Stabbed In St. Cloud Burglary Attempt
ST. CLOUD, Minn. (WCCO) – Authorities say a man was arrested Thursday in connection with stabbing following an attempted burglary earlier this month. Adam John Hinnenkamp, 23, was arrested Thursday...
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Charges: Man Pointed AK-47 At Daughter Over Grades
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) – A 51-year-old St. Paul man is accused of pointing an AK-47 assault rifle at his daughter after the two argued about her grades in school, according to charges filed Friday in...
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Man Sentenced In Drunken Crash That Killed Coach’s Son
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The 38-year-old man accused of driving drunk and killing a Minnesota coach’s son in Starbuck, Minn., this summer has been sentenced to three counts of criminal vehicular homicide...
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DNR IDs Former Employee Behind Illegal Data Breach
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources identified John A. Hunt as the former employee who viewed the data of 5,000 Minnesotans while off-the-clock, and without any...
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Turbine Company Faces Lawsuit After Allegedly Cheating Customers
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The Attorney General’s Office filed a lawsuit Friday against Minnesota-based Renewable Energy SD. The suit claims the energy company, owned by Shawn Dooling, cheated farmers out...
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Police: 2 Injured After S. Mpls Shooting
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Police are investigating after a Friday night shooting on the city’s south side sent two men to the Hennepin County Medical Center. Sgt. Bill Palmer, with Minneapolis Police, said...
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Esme’s Blog: Who’s Watching State Databases?
The news that DNR manager John Hunt made 19,000 queries of private driver’s license information is not only creepy, it raises serious concerns about how well the state is keeping our private...
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Widows Satisfied With Driver’s 30 Day Jail Sentence
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The widows of two workers killed in a construction zone on Interstate-35W feel satisfied with the sentence given to the driver whose car that hit their husbands. Kirk Deamos will...
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Charges: Driver Leaves Boy, 3, On Bus For Hours In The Cold
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A school bus driver in northeastern Minnesota is charged with child endangerment after a 3-year-old boy was left on a bus for three hours in the freezing cold. Ty Stiffarm, 3, was...
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2, Including State Trooper, Sent To Hospital After Crash
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A late Saturday night crash sent two people, including a state trooper, to the hospital. The accident happened around 10:30 p.m. Saturday night on the 494 on-ramp at Interstate...
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2 Arrested After Bar Fight Gets Rowdy In St. Cloud
ST. CLOUD, Minn. (WCCO) – Two men were arrested early Sunday morning and a rowdy crowd had to be pepper-sprayed during a bar fight in St. Cloud, according to police. Authorities said the incident...
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Police: Excavator Stolen In Dodge Center
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Authorities in southeastern Minnesota are looking for at least one suspect after an excavator was recently stolen. Police say sometime between last Thursday and Friday, a 1991...
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Deputy Cleared In Shooting Of Rockville Murder Suspect
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Authorities said Monday a Stearns County deputy won’t face charges after shooting and injuring a murder suspect back last October. Officials with the Stearns County Attorney’s...
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Coon Rapids Man Sentenced For Stealing From Vulnerable Adult
ANOKA, Minn. (WCCO) — A 39-year-old man has been sentenced for stealing over $65,000 from an 82-year-old vulnerable adult, the Anoka County Attorney’s Office announced Monday. On Friday, Steven Miller...
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Kids Forced Into Subzero Temperatures In SD
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota woman has been charged with neglect after reportedly kicking five children out of her home and into subzero temperatures over the weekend. Local media report...
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Expert: Treatments For Heroin At Record High In Twin Cities
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — While the use of prescription opiates is down, drug expert Carol Falkowski says there’s seeing a record number of people going into treatment for heroin addiction. “The...
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Minn. House Panel Plans 3 Days Of Gun Hearings
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota House committee is gearing up for three days of hearings next week to take testimony on proposed changes to the state’s gun laws. The House Public Safety and Finance...
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