Duluth Head Shop Owner, Son Facing Serious Drug Charges
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Duluth head shop owner and his son have been charged with allegedly selling Schedule 1 Stimulant Controlled Substances to undercover law enforcement agents, the St. Louis County...
View Article$25,000 Reward For Info On Missing Chisago Co. Woman
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The reward for information on the whereabouts of Danielle Jelinek, the who went missing last December, has been increased to $25,000. Jelinek, 27, was last seen on Dec. 8, 2012,...
View ArticleTeen Sues, Says Brain Was Injured In School Attack
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A teenager is suing his southwest Iowa school district, several administrators and his former high school football coach, claiming they didn’t do enough to protect him from...
View ArticleMinn. Among States Where Drug Cartels Expanding
CHICAGO (AP) – Mexican drug cartels that have been expanding their reach in the U.S. in recent years have set up shop in the Upper Midwest, among other regions, law enforcement officials say. Cases...
View ArticleJury Selection Set In Schaffhausen Murder Case
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Nine women and six men have been selected to serve on the jury in the trial of a Wisconsin man accused of killing his three daughters. The jury was set Monday afternoon after a...
View ArticleMpls. Police & Crime Stoppers Offer Reward For Info On Bar Robbery
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The Minneapolis Police Department is joining forces with Crime Stoppers to solve an armed robbery that took place at a bar in the early hours of March 17. An armed man wearing a...
View ArticleInsanity Trial To Begin For Dad Who Killed 3 Girls
HUDSON, Wis. (AP) — Opening statements are expected to begin in the insanity trial of a man who admitted last week that he killed his three daughters in their River Falls home. Thirty-five-year-old...
View Article86-Year-Old’s Voter Fraud Case Tossed Out
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A great-great-grandmother charged with voter fraud will have her case dismissed, according to her attorney. Margaret Schneider, 86, voted by absentee last year from her St. Peter...
View ArticleMan Charged In Bicyclist’s Hit-And-Run Death
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 27-year-old man has been charged in the hit-and-run crash that killed a bicyclist early last Saturday morning. Police responded to the area of Lake Street East and Cedar Avenue...
View ArticleAuthorities Investigating Apparent Murder In Columbus
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Authorities are looking for a suspect after a body was found in a cul de sac Monday in the north metro town of Columbus. The Anoka County Sheriff’s Office was called at about 9:30...
View ArticlePolice Seek Suspect In Theft Of Band Equipment
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Police are investigating after a several items of band equipment were stolen out of a garage in Sauk Rapids last Friday and Saturday. Authorities say the incident happened at a...
View ArticlePolice Make Dakota County’s Largest-Ever Heroin Bust
HASTINGS, Minn. (WCCO) – Authorities say they believe an arrest last week has resulted in the largest-ever heroin bust in Dakota County. According to Dakota County Attorney James Backstrom, 48-year-old...
View ArticlePolice: Priest’s Cloak Stolen From St. Cloud Catholic School
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Police say someone broke into a St. Cloud Catholic school overnight Sunday, etched obscene language on the bulletin board and stole a priest’s cloak – an item valued at $1,000. The...
View ArticlePolice: Fatal Shooting In North Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Minneapolis Police say a man has died after a shooting in north Minneapolis Tuesday afternoon. According to police, officers responded at 3:20 p.m. to the shooting on the 1000...
View ArticleCharges Come Down As Friends Mourn Cyclist Killed In Hit-And-Run
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Vehicular homicide charges will not be filed against the driver accused in the hit-and-run death of a Minneapolis bicyclist early Saturday morning. Even though the 27-year-old...
View ArticleSt. Paul Man Charged In Fiery Crash That Pinned Woman
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 33-year-old St. Paul man has been charged after he allegedly crashed in to another driver during a police chase early Saturday morning. On Tuesday, Florencio Cordero was charged...
View ArticleTwo Kids Board Metro Transit Bus With Fake Guns
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Two boys are banned from Metro Transit for one month after concerned passengers and witnesses called police saying they were armed. Metro Transit spokesman John Siqveland says...
View ArticleScheme Lands Former Minn. Man In Federal Pen
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal judge has sentenced a former Minnesota man to 6½ years in prison without parole for bilking investors out more than $2 million. Sixty-seven-year-old Garry Milosevich,...
View ArticleGood Question: How Does An Insanity Defense Work?
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The father who killed his three daughters in Wisconsin says he was insane when he did it. Aaron Schaffhausen has pleaded guilty, but hopes his insanity defense will mean the rest...
View ArticlePolice: 1 Hospitalized After Stabbing In Coon Rapids
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Authorities say one person has been hospitalized after a stabbing late Tuesday night in Coon Rapids. Police were called to the 10000 block of Patridge Street in Coon Rapids at...
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