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Minneapolis Giving Away Free Radon Kits
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The City of Minneapolis wants to help you find out if there are dangerous levels of radon in your house. Next Tuesday, 250 free radon kits will be available from 8 a.m. until 4:30...
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Charges: Husband Killed, Dismembered Wife In St. Paul
ST. PAUL (WCCO) — The 35-year-old man accused of killing his wife and leaving her body in a White Bear Lake garage has been charged with intentional second-degree murder. According to the charges,...
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Task Force: Man Flees Cops, Drives Into Squad Car
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A traffic stop in St. Cloud ended with a suspect driving his vehicle into a squad car Wednesday evening, authorities say. The incident happened around 4:30 p.m. when St. Cloud...
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Authorities: Arrest Made In Chaska High Lockdown Case
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Authorities say a boy was arrested in connection with the threat that prompted the lockdown and closing of Chaska High School Tuesday morning. Details are sparse, but on Wednesday...
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County Attorney: Officer Justified In Use Of Deadly Force
NORTH BRANCH, Minn. (WCCO) – The Chisago County Attorney’s Office has declared an officer-involved shooting in North Branch last summer to be a justified use of deadly force. Police responded to the...
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Rash Of Catalytic Converter Thefts In NE Mpls
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Police are alerting northeast Minneapolis residents after a rash of catalytic converter thefts. Minneapolis Police say there have been seven catalytic converter thefts since Dec....
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Man Previously Jailed In Cop’s Death Accused Of Stalking
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The man once accused in the death of a Cold Spring police officer has been accused of stalking his ex-girlfriend. Police say 34-year-old Ryan Larson allegedly called his...
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Oakdale Woman Charged In Man’s Overdose Death
STILLWATER, Minn. (WCCO) — A 21-year-old Oakdale woman is accused of providing methadone to a 23-year-old man who overdosed and died on Aug. 1, 2012. On Thursday, the Washington County Attorney’s...
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Man Charged In Finger-Breaking Ring Robbery
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Charges came down Thursday on a Fridley man who allegedly broke the finger of a Kay Jewelers employee while robbing the store of a diamond ring worth more than $15,000 late last...
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Mpls. Man Charged In Woman’s Stabbing Death
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Police have charged a 31-year-old Minneapolis man with the late December stabbing death of a 43-year-old woman. The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office charged Honora Tremaine...
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Summit In Minneapolis To Address Gun Violence
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO/AP) — To get 85 of the top law enforcement officials from Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa in one room takes a full year of planning. That was the case for the day-long 2013 Summit to...
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FDA Orders Makers Of Sleeping Pills To Cut Dosage For Women
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — In today’s Health Watch, the FDA is ordering the makers of Ambien and and other sleeping pills to slash the dosage in half for women. And it’s not just Ambien, it’s all...
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Dash Cam Shows Chilling Ambush Of St. Paul Cops
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) — Dash cam video has been released from the night two St. Paul police officers were ambushed with gunfire. Officer Daniel King crashed into a dumpster after being shot and...
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Student Sentenced To Workhouse For Uptown Hit-And-Run
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 19-year-old University of Minnesota student was sentenced earlier this week to 180 days in the county workhouse after pleading guilty to seriously injuring a man in a Minneapolis...
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Jury Clears Eye Doctor Of Sex Assaults On Patients
MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — A jury has cleared a former Mankato Clinic eye doctor of sexual assaulting two of his patients. The Free Press reports that Todd Gavin faced two felony and two gross misdemeanor...
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Boy Abducted In ’94 Found In Minnesota
WOLCOTTVILLE, Ind. (AP) — A 24-year-old man discovered living in Minnesota under an assumed name was abducted by his paternal grandparents nearly two decades ago when his unemployed mother was living...
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Reward Offered In Disappearance Of Oakdale Woman
CENTER CITY, Minn. (WCCO) – Crime Stoppers has offered a reward of up to $1,000 for information regarding the disappearance of 27-year-old Danielle Jelinek. Jelinek went missing in Chisago Lakes...
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Minn. Activist’s Dad Admits To Bumping Prosecutor
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A suburban Minneapolis man has pleaded guilty to bumping a federal prosecutor in Iowa two years ago after his son was sentenced and immediately imprisoned for his role in a 2006...
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Judge Dismisses Moorhead Drug Ordinance Challenge
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging a Moorhead ordinance outlawing drug paraphernalia. Chief U.S. District Judge Michael Davis found the ordinance is constitutional...
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Andover Man Sentenced For Killing Girlfriend’s Son
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – An Andover man was sentenced Friday to more than 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to unintentionally killing his girlfriend’s young son in September of 2011, court...
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