Western Wisconsin Elementary School Locked Down
A western Wisconsin elementary school went into a lockdown Wednesday after a third-grade girl saw a man she didn't recognize.
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A western Wisconsin elementary school went into a lockdown Wednesday after a third-grade girl saw a man she didn't recognize.
If you're going to attempt a jailbreak, wouldn't you have a plan for ditching your orange jumpsuit? Rice County authorities say two minimum-security inmates, both 18 years old, threw a fire extinguisher through a window and escaped from the county jail in Faribault early Wednesday morning.
A plea hearing will be held in Mankato Wednesday for former Gophers quarterback Phillip Nelson. It comes after he decided to plead guilty to fifth-degree assault for his part in a fight that nearly killed former MSU-Mankato football player Isaac Kolstad.
The Bloomington Police Department has released the identities of the police officers involved in fatal shooting of a 24-year-old man. On Jan. 15, Bloomington police were called to the 9900 block of Briar Road just after 11 p.m. on a report of a suicidal person. When officers arrived, they accounted an armed, white male outside the residence.
A Wisconsin man is facing sentencing in the fatal shooting and dismemberment of a Minnesota man. Twenty-eight-year-old Kou Thao pleaded no contest to a second-degree intentional homicide in the death of 58-year-old Tong Pao Hang, of St. Paul, Minnesota.
Opening statements in the trial of a man accused of killing a Mendota Heights police officer have been delayed another few days. Another juror was released from duty after expressing concerns for her safety. She told the judge media reports had listed her occupation.
DNR officials said four men face charges following a five-year investigation that ended with 37 guns and 28 deer antler sets being seized.
A 44-year-old man was arrested Monday night for driving drunk, threatening officers and backing into a squad car in St. Cloud, according to police.
An adult male is in critical condition after allegedly being stabbed Sunday evening in Winona. According to the Winona Police Department, at 7:56 p.m. on Jan. 18 officers received a call of a domestic disturbance in the 250 block of Orrin Street.
The Duluth Police Department has identified a 33-year-old man found dead with an apparent head injury. Matthew Walker of Duluth was discovered Saturday morning outside of a multi-unit rental property. Police say the victim was assaulted, but have declined to comment further.
The growth of the for-profit prison care industry raises questions about how to divide expensive and complicated responsibilities between public agencies and private companies. It turns, though, on a thornier underlying issue: How do you ensure care of people that society mostly would prefer not to think about?
Police found the bodies of three people in an Apple Valley home Saturday. Neighbors called Apple Valley police Saturday afternoon after seeing bodies in a home on Ramsdell Drive at about 1 p.m. Police say they do not know how long the bodies have been there.
A Twin Cities man is accused of helping plot the attempted overthrow of an African country's government. Papa Faal of Brooklyn Center is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. The 46-year-old is accused of secretly shipping guns from Minnesota to his native country of The Gambia in West Africa.
University of Minnesota Duluth police say a man tried to lure a girl to his SUV Thursday afternoon. The incident happened at about 3 p.m. at the intersection of Ordean Court and University Drive in Duluth.
The University of Minnesota Duluth is warning its campus after a man tried to abduct a girl on Friday.
