State Patrol: 152 DWI Arrests Made Statewide New Year's Eve
Minnesota State Patrol made 152 DWI arrests New Year's Eve , according to a state patrol spokesperson. The state patrol reported that 125 of those arrests were made after midnight.
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Minnesota State Patrol made 152 DWI arrests New Year's Eve , according to a state patrol spokesperson. The state patrol reported that 125 of those arrests were made after midnight.
A man is in critical condition after being shot in the early hours of New Year' Day in Minneapolis. Police say the shooting happened at about 2 a.m. on the 500 block of 8th Avenue Southeast.
The mayor of a northern Wisconsin city is apologizing for his Facebook comments calling President Barack Obama a Muslim. A letter from Superior Mayor Bruce Hagen appears in the Superior Telegram on Friday. In his letter, Hagen says his calling Obama a Muslim was "a poor choice of words in a moment of anger."
One man is dead after a logging accident in St. Louis County Thursday. According to the St. Louis County Sheriff's Office, around 5:30 p.m. the sheriff's office responded to a call of a logging accident roughly seven miles west of Cook, Minn.
A Minnesota panel has now approved a plan to change the state's drug sentencing guidelines. The Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission voted 7 to 3 to approve the plan. It will ease penalties for drug possession and dealing.
From violent crime being on the rise but arrests being low in Minneapolis to the threat of terrorism at New Year's Eve celebrations across the world, here are the top four stories to know for Jan. 1, 2016.
Friday ushers in the New Year and also brings new laws to Minnesota. Most new laws took effect over the summer but a handful start Friday, including proof of insurance upon vehicle registration.
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As 2015 went one, gas prices went down. In fact, AAA said we enjoyed the second-cheapest gas prices in a decade. The national average was just $2.40 a gallon last year. That's nearly a dollar cheaper than 2014.
Temperatures aren't expected to reach above 25 degrees on Friday, but cyclists in Sioux Falls still plan to take to the streets. Chad Pickard of the Spoke-N-Sport bicycle shop says the 29th annual New Year's Day Ride will help build awareness for the Center of Hope and help fund its Bike to Work Ministry program.
A man says he will plead guilty to assaulting a Bureau of Indian Affairs officer on the Fort Berthold Reservation. Benedict Frank Heart Sr., of New Town, is charged in federal court with assaulting and resisting a federal officer. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.
The Minnesota sponsor of the annual Great American Think-Off says income inequality is this year's debate topic. Entrants will debate whether income inequality threatens democracy. Arguments should be based on personal experience and observations.
A woman who was about to get in a cab on New Year's Eve night was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver in Minneapolis. Police spokesperson John Elder says the victim was hit just after 9:20 p.m. on the 3900 block of Lyndale Avenue North.
Fire officials hoping to make Minnesotans safer by requiring sprinklers in new homes were delivered a blow this week. The Minnesota Supreme Court decided not to review a decision made by a lower court regarding those sprinklers being part of the Minnesota State Building Code.
More than half of us watch the New Year's Eve festivities in New York City's Times Square on TV. And the main attraction is the dropping of the 12,000-pound sparkly sphere, which is 12 feet in diameter and has 32,000 LED lights.
