Minn. St-Mankato Coach No Longer On Leave
MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota football coach cleared by a judge of child porn charges stemming from cellphone video of his naked children is no longer on administrative leave, but hasn’t yet been...
View ArticleFirearm Found Inside Mpls. School Staff Member’s Locker
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A staff member who was worried about safety after the tragedy in Connecticut brought her own loaded gun to an elementary school on Wednesday. It happened at Seward Montessori in...
View ArticleNJ Man Accused Of Threatening Bachmann, Jindal
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) – Federal prosecutors say a New Jersey man made threatening phone calls to public officials including Louisiana’s governor and Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann. Authorities have...
View ArticleSuzy Favor Hamilton Says She Has Worked As Escort
Three-time Olympian Suzy Favor Hamilton says she coped with depression and a troubled marriage by turning to a life of prostitution. In a series of posts to her Twitter account, Favor Hamilton...
View ArticleFmr. Lonsdale Debt Collector Indicted For Bank, Mail & Wire Fraud
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 34-year-old former debt collector from Lonsdale has been indicted for bank fraud, mail fraud and wire fraud, the United States Attorney’s Office announced Thursday. Khemall...
View ArticleCharges: Teacher Swore At, Maliciously Punished Students
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A former substitute teacher at a Bloomington elementary school is in jail after allegedly yanking a group of students out of class, cursing at them and then trying to talk with one...
View ArticleBoy, 15, In Custody After Bringing BB Gun To School
PINE CITY, Minn. (WCCO) – Police say a 15-year-old brought a cylinder-powered BB gun with a replica silencer screwed onto the end to Pine City High School on Thursday. The Pine City Sheriff’s Office...
View ArticleMinn. Sheriff Meets With Biden On Gun Violence
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Hennepin County Sheriff Rick Stanek says he raised the issue of untreated mental illness in a meeting with Vice President Joe Biden on curbing gun violence. Stanek was among law...
View ArticlePolice: Man Knocked Out In Eagan Road Rage Incident
EAGAN, Minn. (WCCO) — Eagan police need your help finding the driver involved in a road rage attack. A 62-year-old Inver Grove Heights man went to the hospital with a broken nose and wrist after a...
View ArticleThieves Rob Trailer From Habitat For Humanity
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A real-life Grinch stole tools and a trailer from Habitat for Humanity. Now, a mother and her son won’t get to move into their new house until after the holidays, and the charity...
View ArticleMan Facing Murder Charge In Minneapolis Beating Death
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 25-year-old man is accused of murder in the Nov. 17 beating death of a man on the north side of Minneapolis, according to charges filed in Hennepin County Court. Deandre Montrell...
View ArticleCharges: Man Threatened To ‘Blow Up’ Eagan Restaurant
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 23-year-old Eagan man is accused of threatening to “blow up” a restaurant where he worked and kill everybody there because he said the restaurant was corrupt, according to...
View ArticleCharges: Woman Stabbed Spouse, Called Officer ‘Pig’
BURNSVILLE, Minn. (WCCO) – A 52-year-old Burnsville, Minn. woman accused of stabbing her husband in the hand allegedly told officers she wishes she had been the shooter in the recent Connecticut school...
View ArticleSt. Paul Man Found Guilty In Gang Rape Of Teen
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) – A 25-year-old St. Paul man was found guilty Friday on four separate counts related to his role in the gang rape of a teenage girl in November of 2011. Mang Yang was found...
View ArticleMpls. Mom Sentenced To 10 Years For Death Of Daughter
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 23-year-old Minneapolis woman was sentenced Friday to more than 10 years in prison for the second-degree murder of her daughter. Deqa Mohamed Yusuf pleaded guilty to the murder...
View ArticleDuluth Head Shop Owner Pleads Not Guilty To Charges
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — The owner of a Duluth head shop and three workers have pleaded not guilty to federal charges of selling synthetic drugs that authorities say were misbranded and marketed as...
View ArticleMpls. Police Need Public’s Help To Solve Cold Case
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Minneapolis Police and Crime Stoppers have teamed up to find a woman who’s been missing for 22 years. Victoria Jane Owczynsky went missing on August 26, 1990. She was living in...
View ArticleMan, 54, Dies After Stabbing In Duluth Duplex
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — Duluth police say a 54-year-old man has died from severe stab wounds, and investigators are following several leads. The man staggered to a neighbor’s apartment Friday night...
View ArticleMinn. Mom Pleads Guilty To Trying To Smother Baby
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Litchfield woman accused of trying to smother her infant son by pinching his nose shut has pleaded guilty to domestic assault by strangulation. Twenty-four-year-old Katie Elaine...
View ArticlePolice Investigate Double Shooting In Grand Rapids
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — One man is in jail after a man and a woman were found shot at a home in Grand Rapids, Minn. The Grand Rapids Police responded to a shooting on the 500 block of 10th Avenue...
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