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Authorities Looking Andover Grass Fire Suspect
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Investigators in Andover want your help to find the person who started several grass fires over the weekend. About 10 fires were burning in Andover Saturday afternoon. The fire...
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35 Arrested In Winona Frac Sand Protests
WINONA, Minn. (WCCO) – Police arrested 35 protesters who shut down silica sand mining operations Monday at two facilities in Winona, Minn., authorities said. The Winona Police Department said it first...
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MN State Patrol: Report Morning Drunk Drivers
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Every year, police arrest thousands of people on suspicion of drunk driving in Minnesota. The majority of those arrests happen on weekends and in the overnight hours. But, there...
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Murder Charges Dropped In Fatal Bar Fight
STILLWATER, Minn. (WCCO/AP) – Murder charges have been dropped against a man accused of killing another man during a bar fight in Stillwater. Eric Richard won’t be held responsible in the death of...
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Prostitution Charges Against Former Football Coach Dismissed
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Prostitution charges against a former Twin Cities high school football coach have been dismissed, and in turn Mark Mauer must obey the terms of a 1-year probation and pay $500 in...
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Police: Chalice Worth More Than $2K Stolen From Church
NORTH MANKATO, Minn. (WCCO) – Police in North Mankato are investigating after a church reported that a chalice worth more than $2,000 had been stolen. Police say the theft happened at the Holy Rosary...
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Crews Search Lake For Trevino, Nothing Found
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — For two months, residents living along the shores of Keller Lake in Maplewood have seen Ramsey County deputies, St. Paul Police and hundreds of volunteers comb the lake trying to...
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2nd Minn. Prison Camp Escapee Charged
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The federal government has charged a convicted con artist with escape for walking away from a minimum-security prison camp in Duluth. Sixty-seven-year-old Gerald Greenfield was...
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Faribault Man Sentenced For Stealing $400K From Employer
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 39-year-old Faribault man was sentenced Tuesday in federal court for stealing more than $400,000 from his employer, money he then used to build his nearby lake home. Ronald Leo...
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Good Question: How Often Do Appeals Work?
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – For almost every criminal convicted in the state of Minnesota, the Court of Appeals is their last and only shot. “A lot of cases get appealed, but very few succeed,” said Donald...
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Wis. Elementary School Fire Investigated As Arson
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Authorities confirmed late Tuesday night a fire that closed an elementary school in western Wisconsin is being investigated as arson. Crews were called to the St. Croix Central...
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Senser Appealing Conviction In Hit-And-Run
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Amy Senser wants her conviction in a deadly hit-and-run case thrown out. Wednesday afternoon, three judges will hear arguments at the Minnesota Court of Appeals. Senser’s...
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St. Paul Woman, 66, Shot In Her Home; Son In Custody
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) – A 66-year-old St. Paul woman is in the hospital and her 32-year-old son is in custody after an early morning shooting, according to police. At 4:52 a.m., St. Paul Police...
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ND Man Pleads Guilty In MN To Child Porn Charge
WAHPETON, N.D. (AP) — A Wahpeton man has pleaded guilty to distributing child pornography from his collection of more than 75,000 images and nearly 1,900 videos. Forty-one-year-old William Upshaw...
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Man Gets 13+ Years For Conspiring To Murder Boyfriend Of Ex-Girlfriend
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 26-year-old Kenyon man will serve more than 13 years in prison for conspiring to kill the new boyfriend of his ex-girlfriend in May 2012. Jesse Allen Helgeson had been charged...
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Wis. Officials Say Bear Poached While Hibernating
MADISON, Wis. (WCCO) – Officials with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources believe a bear was killed while hibernating, and are offering a $500 reward to find out by whom. The DNR’s Bureau of...
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MN Seeks Dismissal Of Suits Over DNR Data Breach
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The state of Minnesota has asked a federal judge to dismiss lawsuits filed by people whose driver’s license data was accessed by a Department of Natural Resources employee. The...
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$5K Reward Offered In Wis. Elementary School Arson
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Authorities are now offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person or persons responsible for the arson fire that damaged St. Croix Central Elementary...
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Missing Princeton Man Found Safe In St. Cloud
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A missing Princeton man was found safe in St. Cloud on Wednesday, authorities said. Princeton police said Cody David Porter, 20, went missing Monday morning. He reportedly left his...
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49-Year-Old Man Gets Life For Meth Distribution
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A 49-year-old Moorhead, Minn., man has been sentenced in North Dakota to life in prison on a federal charge of conspiracy to possess methamphetamine with intent to distribute. U.S....
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