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Man Found Dead In Mpls. Identified, Death Ruled Accidental
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Minneapolis Police say the death of a man once ruled “suspicious” in nature has now been determined to be accidental. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office concluded their...
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Police Investigate Hoax Letter From Prior Lake H.S.
PRIOR LAKE, Minn. (WCCO) – School officials, police officers and the postal service in Prior Lake are investigating after people reported getting an offensive hoax letter. The letter looked official,...
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ATF Rounds Up Gang Member And Alleged Gun Buyers
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Convicted felons lose their rights to purchase firearms legally. That’s why they will often turn to “straw buyers” to do it for them. “In this case, the gang members want guns, and...
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Police: Bones Believed To Be Human Found In Lakeville Park
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Lakeville Police say bones believed to be human have been found in Ritter Farm Park early Thursday afternoon. At 2 p.m., police were called to the park located on 195th Street and...
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Abduction Victim Speaks Out On Wetterling Case
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Few Minnesota crimes are as notorious as the unsolved abduction of Jacob Wetterling. A masked stranger grabbed the 11-year-old as he biked home from a store in St. Joseph on...
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Minneapolis Police Reveal Crime-Fighting Strategy
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minneapolis Police Department is announcing new strategies to help fight crime and violence on the city’s north side over the summer. Several different federal, state, and local...
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Klobuchar Uses Minn.’s ‘Safe Harbor’ Laws To Fight Sex Trafficking
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Sen. Amy Klobuchar is using Minnesota’s sex trafficking laws as a way to improve safety across the country and the world. The state’s “Safe Harbor” laws ensure children who are...
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Man Charged In Head-On Crash That Killed 2
WALKER, Minn. (AP) — Prosecutors have charged a 27-year-old man with causing a head-on crash that killed two people in northern Minnesota while he was driving drunk. Cass County Attorney Christopher...
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Veterans’ Graves Robbed In Olmsted Co. Weeks Before Memorial Day
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – They served our country and now police say veterans are being disrespected. Police want to find whoever is stealing from their graves. The thieves took dozens of brass rods that...
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New Evidence Leads To Arrests In 1999 Shooting
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – New evidence had led to an arrest and new charges in a deadly shooting from 15 years ago. Hennepin County prosecutors say in July of 1999, Earl Vang and Tou Lu Yang killed Miguel...
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Man Found Shot In The Back Near DT Mpls.
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Minneapolis Police are investigating a shooting early Saturday morning near downtown. Police received reports of shots fired in the area of 15th Street and LaSalle Avenue at about...
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Man Hits Minneapolis Cop With Car, Flees
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A man struck a Minneapolis Police officer with his car before leading authorities on a high-speed chase in Minneapolis early Saturday morning. Police responded to a domestic...
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Issac Kolstad Still Critical After Surgeries
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The former Mankato football player who was allegedly assaulted by two men last weekend successfully underwent another surgery Friday morning, according to his CaringBridge page....
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Grand Jury Indicts 2 In 1999 Minneapolis Killing
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A grand jury has indicted two St. Paul men in a 15-year-old murder case. Authorities allege 32-year-old Earl Vang, of St. Paul, was one of two men who shot and killed 19-year-old...
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Mo. Man Dies After Fight Outside Of Hastings Perkins
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Missouri man has died from his injuries after a fight outside of a Perkins Restaurant in Hastings last week. According to Hastings Police, 32-year-old Bradley Sanders passed away...
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Police Search Residence As Part Of 1989 Missing Girl Case
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — There could be a new development in a missing persons case from 1989. Authorities announced Sunday they executed a search warrant as part of the decades-old investigation. The...
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Authorities Looking For Wanted Fugitive Near Rochester
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Authorities in southeastern Minnesota are asking for the public’s help as a fugitive who is wanted for fleeing police is at-large. The Olmsted County Sheriff’s Office located the...
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Man Gets 30 Years In Duluth Landlord Killing
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — A northeastern Minnesota man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for fatally stabbing a Duluth landlord. Forty-two-year-old Raymond Weeks pleaded guilty in March to...
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Church Discloses Names Of 5 More Accused Of Abuse
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has added five names to its list of priests and religious brothers with substantiated claims of abuse against them. The names include...
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Fmr. Robbinsdale Police Chief Pleads Guilty To Prostitute Solicitation
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The former chief of police in Robbinsdale pleaded guilty to soliciting a prostitute earlier this year. Steven Smith, 45, was arrested in Coon Rapids during a prostitution sting in...
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