Son Shows School Principal Evidence That His Mom Uses Meth
WRIGHT COUNTY, Minn. (WCCO) – After a 12-year-old boy showed his school principal evidence that his mother was using narcotics, 32-year-old Sabina Marie Coolen, of Chatham Township in Wright County,...
View ArticleWis. Police Chase Ends In Oakdale
OAKDALE, Minn. (WCCO) – A police chase that started in Wisconsin ended with two arrests in Minnesota Friday morning. A task force in Wisconsin’s St. Croix County had been watching movement on two...
View ArticleMan Sentenced For Playing With Gun, Shooting & Killing Friend
BURNSVILLE, Minn. (WCCO) – A 23-year-old Burnsville man was sentenced on Friday to 48 months in prison in connection with the shooting death of 22-year-old Justin James Schauer. Kyle Alan Dague was...
View ArticleSuspect Charged In S. Mpls. Officer-Involved Shooting
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Charges have been filed against the suspect in an officer-involved shooting Wednesday night in south Minneapolis. David Tsehai Embaye, 22, was charged with three counts of...
View ArticleJudge Tosses Child Porn Case Against Minn. Coach
MINNEAPOLIS (AP/WCCO) — A Minnesota judge on Friday dismissed child pornography charges against a college football coach accused of making pornographic videos of his children. Blue Earth County...
View ArticleCops: Help Track Down Richfield TCF Bank Robber
RICHFIELD, Minn. (WCCO) – Police are asking for help in finding the man who robbed a Richfield TCF Bank Friday morning. Authorities say the suspect provided a note and demanded cash from the teller of...
View ArticleEx-Iowa Official Convicted In Girlfriend’s Death
WASHINGTON, Iowa (AP) — Jurors on Friday convicted a former Iowa public official of second-degree murder for shooting his longtime girlfriend while she was riding a lawn mower behind their home. The...
View ArticleHigh-Risk Sex Offender To Move From Golden Valley To Mpls.
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A level 3 sex offender will relocate from Golden Valley to Minneapolis, according to Minneapolis Police. Sixty-four-year-old Clarence Opheim committed more than 100 sex acts with...
View ArticleSuspect Details Emerge In Cold Spring Officer Shooting
COLD SPRING, Minn. (WCCO) – Ryan Larson, the suspect in the shooting death of a Cold Spring police officer, is a 34-year-old in his second year at St. Cloud Technical and Community College. Police say...
View Article3 Suspects Arrested In Connection With Pope County Cabin Arson
POPE COUNTY, Minn. (WCCO) — Police have arrested three people involved with an Oct. 16 cabin fire in Pope County, and the trio are expected to be charged with arson, burglary, felony theft and criminal...
View ArticleCharges: Corrections Officer Admits To Sex With Inmate
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 56-year-old man faces seven felony charges after telling investigators he had sex with an inmate while working as a corrections officer in northern Minnesota, according to court...
View ArticlePolice Investigating Shooting In Rudolphs Parking Lot
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Minneapolis police are investigating an early Saturday morning shooting. It took place around 1 a.m. in the parking lot of Rudolphs Bar-B-Que restaurant, at the corner of Franklin...
View ArticlePolice: Chiefs Player Killed Girlfriend, Then Self
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher fatally shot his girlfriend early Saturday, then drove to Arrowhead Stadium and committed suicide in front of his coach and general...
View ArticleMinn. Deputies Looking For Gun Used To Kill Officer
COLD SPRING, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota authorities are still looking for the gun used to kill a Cold Spring police officer this week. The Stearns County sheriff’s office put out a request Saturday asking...
View ArticleFamily Of Fallen Cold Spring Officer Speaks
COLD SPRING, Minn. (WCCO) – It will be a very tough Christmas for the family of a police officer, killed while on the job. Officer Tom Decker’s children haven’t stopped crying since getting the news...
View ArticlePolice Investigating Sunday Afternoon Mpls. Shooting
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Minneapolis police are on the scene of a Sunday afternoon shooting with unknown injuries on the 1400 block of Morgan Avenue. The call came in at 1:55 p.m. as authorities say they...
View ArticlePolice Need Public’s Help Locating 14-Year-Old Mpls. Girl
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Police are seeking the public’s help in locating a 14-year-old girl after she went missing in south Minneapolis. The child, identified as Sarahi Ruiz, has been missing since...
View ArticleFatal Rollover In Apple Valley
APPLE VALLEY (WCCO) – A fatal rollover occurred in Apple Valley late Sunday afternoon, according to the Minnesota State Patrol. The crash was reported at 5:53 p.m. on northbound Highway 77 at McAndrews...
View ArticleMassive Brawl Erupts At Wis. Bar After Packers-Vikings Game
ASHWAUBENON, Wis. (WCCO) — Two men are in jail and one man is in the hospital after a massive fight erupted at a Wisconsin sports bar after the Packers-Vikings game Sunday afternoon. According to the...
View ArticleSt. Paul Christmas Tree Stand Burglarized, Vandalized
ST. PAUL (WCCO) — The holiday season is off to a rough start for a Christmas tree stand in St. Paul. The money made selling trees at the stand located at the Highland Park Golf Course goes to send...
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