Baby Girl Stops Breathing, Dies At Daycare
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — An 11-month-old baby girl died Tuesday after she stopped breathing while at an in-home daycare center, according to authorities. The Fillmore County Sheriff’s Office received a 911...
View ArticleThreatening Text Prompts Activities Cancellation At Wis. School
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Authorities in Prescott, Wis., said they took precautionary measures canceling school activities Thursday after a student received a threatening text message late in the day. The...
View ArticleInmate Pleads Guilty To Fraudulently Getting $23K In Social Security
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 32-year-old woman, who’s incarcerated at the Federal Correctional Institute in Waseca, Minn., pleaded guilty Thursday to stealing more than $23,000 in social security benefits....
View ArticleCops: ‘Suspicious Substance’ Found In Envelope; 1 Treated
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Authorities are investigating after a suspicious substance was found Thursday afternoon in an envelope at a Wells Fargo building in Shoreview. One person was exposed to the...
View ArticleTech Used To Catch Boston Suspect Deployed Daily In Minn.
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Police say the Boston Marathon bombers planned more attacks in the heart of New York City. A picture of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev shows him in Times Square with friends just last fall....
View ArticleTexan Gets Nearly 20 Years For Enticing Minn. Girl
HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston-area man must serve nearly 20 years in prison for enticing a 9-year-old Minnesota girl he met online into posing nude and email him the photo. A federal judge in Houston on...
View ArticleWarm Weather Means More Volunteers For Kira Trevino Search
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Several searches are planned this weekend to find evidence related to the disappearance of Kira Trevino – the St. Paul woman who was last seen on Feb. 21. Her husband, Jeffrey...
View ArticleCops: Task Force Confiscates $200K Worth Of Meth In Mpls
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Hennepin County authorities said Friday that a task force arrested five people and confiscated 12 pounds of meth – estimated to have a street value of $200,000 – when executing two...
View ArticleSuspicious Substance Found In Shoreview Not Dangerous
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A suspicious substance that prompted the evacuation of 500 people from a Wells Fargo building in Shoreview Thursday was deemed not dangerous. The Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office...
View ArticleCops: Man Arrested After Champlin Wendy’s Robbery
CHAMPLIN, Minn. (WCCO) – One man is in custody after an armed robbery Friday night at a Wendy’s restaurant just off Highway 169 in Champlin. Police aren’t releasing many details about the incident that...
View ArticleReport: Bus Driver Assaulted 1st Grade Student
CLOQUET, Minn. (WCCO) – Cloquet authorities are investigating a report that a bus driver assaulted a first-grade student on Thursday. Cloquet police and the school district are investigating and taking...
View ArticleAlcohol Detected On Driver In Crash That Injured 7
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Authorities say alcohol was detected after a one-car rollover crash in Fridley, Minn. that left seven people seriously injured. Police said alcohol was detected on the driver,...
View ArticleWitness: Man Accused Of Killing 3 Seemed Desperate
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A witness in the trial of a St. Louis man charged with killing three people at a Minnesota home says he seemed “desperate” to silence a teenager who had accused him of molesting her....
View ArticleAndover Fire Officials Look For Arsonist In 12 Grass Fires
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Authorities are asking for the public’s help to identify the person or persons responsible for a number of grass fires over the weekend. By Saturday afternoon, there were several...
View ArticleFaribault Woman Stabbed Multiple Times Speaks Out
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — One week ago, a 20-hour manhunt came to an end in southern Minnesota for a man police say stabbed his girlfriend dozens of times. Now, the victim, LaLonnie Moorman, is speaking...
View ArticleMan Arrested For Attempted Murder In Albert Lea
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Authorities said a man was arrested Sunday after attempted murder in southern Minnesota after an altercation at a family event resulted in gunshots being fired. Albert Lea Police...
View ArticleGoing Behind The Scenes Of A Police Officer’s Job
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Police citizen’s academies are giving the community a better chance to learn about law enforcement in their city. Most of us think we have a good understanding of a police...
View ArticlePolice Investigating Shooting Outside Minneapolis Bar
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Authorities are investigating after at least one person was hurt in a shooting outside a downtown Minneapolis bar early Monday morning. Police responded to the shooting at about...
View ArticleMan Accused Of Groping Limousine Driver In Apple Valley
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 54-year-old man is accused of criminal sexual conduct against a female limousine driver in Apple Valley in late February, according to charges filed Monday in Dakota County...
View ArticleMan Held For Questioning In Wis. Triple Homicide
SOUTH WAYNE, Wis. (AP) — Lafayette County sheriff’s officials have identified the three people found dead in a house near South Wayne. Authorities say 70-year-old Gary Thoreson, his 66-year-old wife,...
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