Police: 1 In Custody After Shots Fired In St. Paul
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) – Authorities said one man is in custody after shots were fired in St. Paul Friday night. Police were called to the 600 block of Ashland Avenue at about 9:06 p.m. Friday on a...
View ArticleMan, Woman Found Dead In Wis. Home
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A man and woman are dead after an apparent altercation inside a northwest Wisconsin home, according to authorities. The Bayfield County Sheriff’s Department received a 911 call...
View ArticleAlleged Drunk Driver Crashes Into Crystal Police Squad
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Crystal Police are investigating an overnight crash between a squad car and another vehicle full of people. The accident happened around 12:30 a.m. at 62nd and County Road 81....
View ArticleSmall Community Mourns Deaths Of Elderly Couple
IRON RIVER, Wis. (AP) — A small community in Bayfield County is mourning the deaths of an elderly couple, killed in an attack at their home. Sheriff’s officials identified the couple as Jim Crain, 79,...
View ArticleLawsuit Seeks List Of Accused Priests In Duluth
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — A lawsuit filed on behalf of a man who claims he was sexually abused by a priest in the Diocese of Duluth in the 1970s is asking the diocese to release its list of 17 priests...
View ArticleSt. John’s Abbey Releases List Of 18 Accused Monks
COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. (AP) — St. John’s Abbey published the names Monday of 18 current and former monks it says likely have sexually abused minors, but victims’ advocates say the list is incomplete and...
View ArticleDakota Co. Man, 27, Pleads Guilty To Drunken Crash That Killed 1
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 27-year-old Hampton Township man has pleaded guilty in connection to a deadly crash that killed a 27-year-old Canon Falls man, according to the Dakota County Attorney’s Office....
View ArticleAttempted Armed Robbery Near ‘U Of M’ Campus
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The University of Minnesota issued a crime alert after an attempted robbery off-campus in the Marcy-Holmes Neighborhood Sunday. At around 4:30 p.m., the attempted robbery occurred...
View ArticleNativity Scene Figures Stolen From St. Joseph Church
ST. JOSEPH, Minn. (WCCO) – In this season of giving, someone has taken part of the nativity scene from a Minnesota church. Mary and Joseph are among the figures stolen from a display outside the...
View ArticlePolice: Burglaries On The Rise In South Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Police are warning residents on the south side of Minneapolis after a recent uptick in burglaries in the area. Police said homeowners in the Third Precinct should keep an extra eye...
View ArticleMinn. Senate Panel Looks Into Campus Safety
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO/AP) — Minnesota senators are hoping to learn more about campus crime and security in the wake of several high-profile incidents. The Senate Higher Education and Workforce...
View ArticleJudge Denies New Trial For Minn. Head Shop Owner
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday denied a motion for a new trial or acquittal for a Duluth head shop owner and two employees convicted in a major synthetic drug case. U.S. District Judge...
View ArticleTeen Pleads Guilty In Elderly Woman’s Robbery, Killing
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 16-year-old boy has pleaded guilty to being the “lookout” in a 79-year-old Willmar woman’s stabbing death, according to the Kandiyohi County Court. On Tuesday, Devon Jenkins...
View ArticleCottage Grove Man Gets 74 Months In Stillwater Bar Death
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A Cottage Grove man was sentenced to more than six years in prison in Washington County Court Tuesday after a September 2012 bar fight turned deadly. Eric Richard, 22 was charged...
View ArticleMinn. Officials Highlight Mental Illness In Jails
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota’s local jails are badly overburdened by mentally ill inmates who don’t have access to the kind of treatment they need, law enforcement officials said Tuesday. The state...
View ArticleSenator, County Sheriff Calling For Officers To Carry Heroin Antidote
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – There’s a drug that works as an antidote to save someone overdosing from heroin. Now a Minnesota state senator who lost her own daughter to a heroin overdose wants all law...
View ArticleDriver In Fatal Drunk Driving Crash Ordered To Pay $37K
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A Cokato man has been ordered to pay more than $37,000 after drunkenly causing a car crash that killed three generations of a family last year in Kandiyohi County. Paul...
View ArticlePolice: Man Dies After South Mpls. Shooting
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A man is dead after being found on the city’s south side early Wednesday morning with an apparent gunshot wound, police say. Officers found the man lying in the street on the 2600...
View ArticleMinn. Man Accused Of Army ID Theft
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A member of the Minnesota National Guard and self-described commander of a militia group was charged Wednesday with stealing names, Social Security numbers and security clearance...
View ArticleMpls. Police Union Won’t Fight Firing Of Cops Who Used Slurs
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The Minneapolis police union won’t fight the firing of two officers caught on camera using racial slurs, WCCO-TV learned Wednesday night. Minneapolis Police Chief Janeé Harteau...
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