Organ Donation Helps Stillwater Family Cope With Tragic Loss
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Twenty-nine-year-old Adam McCloud died in Oct. 2012 after he was beaten at a Stillwater bar. Eric Richard was convicted of first-degree assault after punching McCloud at Smalley’s...
View Article‘U’ Students Want Crime Alerts To Avoid Using Racial Descriptions
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – School officials at the University of Minnesota are working with black student and facility organizations after they wrote a letter to the school’s president about the racial...
View ArticleAaron Schaffhausen’s Ex Is Remarried, Pregnant
RIVER FALLS, Wis. (AP) — A mother whose three daughters were murdered by their father in northwestern Wisconsin is working to honor their memory, is remarried and is expecting a child. Jessica Peterson...
View ArticleMinn. Man Gets Probation In Baby’s Death In Van
MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) — A Moorhead man has avoided going to jail for the death of his baby daughter in a hot minivan last year. Andrew Sandstrom was given a four-year suspended jail sentence and 10...
View ArticleMinn. Man Gets Probation In Baby’s Death In Van
MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) — A Moorhead man has avoided going to jail for the death of his baby daughter in a hot minivan last year. Andrew Sandstrom was given a four-year suspended jail sentence and 10...
View ArticleMan Pleads Guilty 3 Days Into Federal Drug Trial
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A man who backed out of plea deal at the last minute in a drug conspiracy case agreed to plead guilty after all, three days into his trial. David Cerna Jr., of Moorhead, Minn., is...
View ArticlePolice: Suspect Sought In Big Lake Restaurant Burglary
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Authorities are looking for a suspect after a man burglarized the China Buffet restaurant in Big Lake this week. Police said the incident happened at about 1 a.m. Thursday on the...
View ArticleReport: Fraudulent Purchases Made On 5M Cards After Breach
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO/AP) – About 5 million credit and debit cards out of the approximately 40 million whose information was stolen in a massive Target data breach have been used to make fraudulent...
View ArticlePolice: 1 In Custody After Minneapolis Homicide
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – One man is in custody after a homeowner was shot and killed in north Minneapolis late Friday morning, according to police. Minneapolis Police were called to the 3700 block of...
View ArticleMan, 19, Pleads Guilty In 13-Year-Old’s 2011 Shooting Death
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A Minneapolis teenager pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder in connection with the 2011 shooting of 13-year-old Rayjon Gomez. Donquarius Davon Copeland pleaded...
View ArticleDuluth Man Suspected In Wis. Cabbie Stabbing
SUPERIOR, Wis. (AP) — A 21-year-old Duluth, Minn., man is suspected of stabbing a Superior cab driver who had picked him up. Police say a Courtesy Cab driver picked up the man as a fare around 8 p.m....
View ArticleFriends, Family Of Hit-And-Run Victim Hoping For Answers
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Friends and family of a St. Paul woman killed in a hit-and-run say they’re not giving up. They’re working to help police find the driver who killed 53-year-old Tracy Klotz three...
View ArticleMinnesota Sisters Arrested For Selling Drugs In ND
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — Two sisters from Minnesota are accused of dealing large quantities of methamphetamine in North Dakota. Jacqueline Weiss, 22, and Jennifer Weiss, 25, of Zimmerman, Minn., are...
View ArticlePolice Looking For Suspects In St. Cloud Assault
ST. CLOUD, Minn. (WCCO) – Authorities said they are looking for suspects after an assault in St. Cloud late Friday night. Police responded to the incident at about 10:17 p.m. Friday near the area of...
View ArticleMan Hit By Train In Minneapolis, Badly Hurt
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Authorities are investigating after a man was hit by a train and badly hurt on Nicollet Island in Minneapolis early Saturday morning. Police responded to the 200 block of Island...
View ArticleDPS Reminds Football Fans To Plan Sober Ride
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Officials with the Department of Public Safety are reminding football fans to plan ahead for a sober ride if they will be drinking during Super Bowl festivities. Authorities are...
View ArticleVictim Shot After Letting Man In Mpls. Home
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO/AP) — A 69-year-old Minneapolis man who thought he was saving another man’s life when he let him into his home was instead shot in the head and killed, according to the victim’s...
View ArticleMN Man Arrested After Alleged Sioux Falls Carjacking
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A man is in custody on several charges after an alleged carjacking in Sioux Falls. Police say the 36-year-old man fled on foot from the scene of a vehicle crash about 8:40 p.m....
View ArticleOfficials: No DWI-Related Deaths Over Super Bowl Weekend
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – State officials say there were no DWI-related deaths on Minnesota roads over the Super Bowl weekend. While data shows authorities did arrest 175 drivers for DWI, there were no...
View ArticleMan Charged With 2nd-Degree Murder In Shooting Death
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office has charged a 20-year-old man with second-degree murder, in connection with the shooting death of a Good Samaritan who was trying to help him....
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