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Elderly Homeowner Fatally Shoots Intruder In Pine County
SANDSTONE, Minn. (WCCO) – A Pine County man shot and killed an armed intruder breaking into his house early Thursday morning. A second intruder fled on foot and for much of the morning a manhunt was...
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Wis. Ranch Under Investigation After Horses Found Dead
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Sheriff’s deputies in Wisconsin are investigating a horse farm where neighbors say the animals are starving. The Polk County sheriff said four horses were found dead at Otter...
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Charges: 2 Stole 2,000 Trees To Resell For Xmas
(credit: Getty Images) HIBBING, Minn. (AP) – Two people are charged with stealing nearly 2,000 spruce trees from county-managed forestland in northeastern Minnesota. Authorities say the two planned to...
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La Crosse Woman Accused Of Strangling Boyfriend’s Dog
LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) – A La Crosse woman could face animal cruelty charges after her boyfriend’s dog was found dead. Police say the 32-year-old woman broke into the man’s apartment early Thursday and...
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Boy, 16, Arrested In Fatal Pine County Home Invasion
SANDSTONE, Minn. (WCCO) – A 16-year-old has been arrested in connection with a fatal home invasion in Pine County that happened Thursday morning. A Pine County homeowner in his 70s shot and killed an...
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Call To Take Shelter Lifted After Reported Mankato Stabbing
Updated Story: 6:27 p.m. Original Story: 5:01 p.m. MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – An alert to take shelter has been lifted at Minnesota State University – Mankato after school authorities say a “non-student”...
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Years After Minn. Man’s Killing In Philadelphia, Police Have A Suspect
MINNEAPOLIS(WCCO) – Nearly five years after a Minnesota man was shot to death on the streets of Philadelphia, police say an arrest in connection to Beau Zabel’s murder is imminent. The victim’s...
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Pine Co. Teen Charged In Burglary That Left Accomplice Dead
SANDSTONE, Minn. (WCCO) – A Pine County teenager is now charged in a home invasion that left a man dead. It happened after the intruders entered the house of a 75-year-old man around 2:30 a.m....
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Couple Arrested For Stealing Musical Instruments
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) – Police made some quick arrests after several musical instruments were stolen from local college campuses. On Friday, St. Paul Police asked for the public’s help in locating a...
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Police Eying Uptown After String Of Robberies
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Mikayla Chuma of Bloomington spends her Fridays in Uptown. “I like all the stores, the people. There’s always somebody walking around,” she said. But she takes more than a wallet...
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Police: Man Assaults St. Cloud Hospital Worker
ST. CLOUD, Minn. (WCCO) — St. Cloud Police say they arrested a 22-year-old after he allegedly assaulted a hospital worker early Saturday morning. Police say Zeppelin Michael Peterson was arrested after...
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Doctor Found Dead After Fatal Officer-Involved Shooting
ORONO, Minn. (WCCO) – Family and friends are in shock after a prominent Twin Cities doctor was gunned down in his home in Orono Friday night. According to the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office, police...
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St. Thomas Professor On Catholic Church Scandal
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Charles Reid is a professor at the University of St. Thomas, where he teaches canon law. He is also a Catholic, and is asking for prayers for the church. “Say a prayer for...
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Suspect ID’d In Doctor’s Slaying
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Hennepin County Medical Examiner has released new information in the deaths of two men at an Orono home. Dr. Stephen Larson died of multiple gunshot wounds inside his home...
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Suspect Injured In St. Paul Officer-Involved Shooting
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Scary moments for neighbors in St. Paul, who had bullets come through their homes during a police chase early Sunday morning. One of those bullets nicked a young man who was...
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Minn. Lawmakers Take On Sex Offender Program
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota Senate committee is holding a hearing on the legally imperiled Minnesota Sex Offenders Program. The Judiciary Committee convenes Monday morning at the Capitol....
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Murder Charges Recommended In Minn. Nazi Case
BERLIN (AP) — A retired Minnesota carpenter, shown in a June investigation to be a former commander in a Nazi SS-led unit, ordered his men to attack a Polish village that was razed to the ground,...
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Charges: Wife Attacks Husband’s New Girlfriend
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 37-year-old woman is charged with assault after authorities say she ran her husband’s new girlfriend off the road and beat her with an aluminum bat. Beatriz Fernandez, of...
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Charges: Anoka Man Entered Woman’s Apartment, Stole Underwear
ANOKA, Minn. (WCCO) – A 36-year-old Anoka man is accused of breaking into the apartment next door and taking a young girl’s underwear. According to the criminal complaint, the girl told police she...
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Ruling In Minn. Malnutrition Case Upheld On Appeal
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A court was right to strip a Minnesota couple of their parental rights to an adopted 8-year-old son who was so malnourished when authorities intervened that he weighed what a boy...
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