Patient Who Helped Nurses During Attack Reacts To Surveillance Video
Surveillance video shows metro nurses scrambling to get away from a man wielding a metal bar. A patient, 68-year-old Charles Logan, first swings a bar through the nurse's station.
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Surveillance video shows metro nurses scrambling to get away from a man wielding a metal bar. A patient, 68-year-old Charles Logan, first swings a bar through the nurse's station.
Last November, an out-of-control car crashed into a retention pond off Highway 100 in St. Louis Park. Five children spent at least 25 minutes submerged in the freezing water. Two didn't survive. One of the most seriously injured, 7-year-old Zarihana Rennie, is still working on her recovery.
For the first time in more than 20 years, a Minnesota tree is on its way to Washington D.C. as the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree. The 88-foot white spruce stopped at Garlough Environmental Magnet School in West St. Paul Thursday. Students had a chance to see the tree and write a note on the side of the truck. "We don't have many windows on the side of the truck," said Mike Theune, project lead for the 2014 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree. "If we have too many it creates a greenhouse effect."
With his signature black hat and his sentimental lyrics, Garth Brooks is bringing country back to an audience that loves him. Sandy Jung doesn't have concert tickets yet, but she's got some fancy cowgirl boots and a western belt with bling from Minneapolis' Schatzlein Saddle Shop on Lake Street. "I think the fact that he's coming back and it's like a renewing of his kind of old style and bringing it back into current is really fun," Jung said.
Minnesota has wrapped up its 2014 road construction season. The state Department of Transportation says major bridge construction, highway lane additions and road resurfacing were among the 308 projects underway during the season.
WCCO Meteorologist Chris Shaffer had a chance to sit down with Garth Brooks early Thursday night, right before the start of his 11-show run at the Target Center in Minneapolis. Chris is a huge fan, and says Garth is truly one of the nicest guys he's ever met. In the video above, Garth tells Chris how Minnesota and the Target Center have a special place in his heart.
An unusual crash backed up traffic in the southwest metro Thursday morning. A driver lost control on Highway 169 near Bren Road and landed right on top of the concrete divider.
You can play the part of designer this holiday season, as Target has a new line of custom 3D printed products.
The Minneapolis Police Department is re-evaluating its escort policy for NFL teams, following the recent crash of buses carrying the Washington Redskins on their way to play the Minnesota Vikings.
For Minnesota's 500,000 firearms deer hunters the Friday before opening day is much like the day after Thanksgiving. The day has become such a popular shopping day for hunters that one major sporting goods retailer trademarked the name, "Orange Friday."
A Wayzata couple has been taken to jail to serve a yearlong sentence for theft that prosecutors say led to a bank's failure. A Hennepin County judge this week sentenced Philip and Virginia Carlson to 21 months in prison. The couple will not have to serve prison time if they remain law-abiding. Judge Lois Conroy also ordered the Carlsons to serve a year in the workhouse.
More than 20 Twin Cities students lost their homes to an apartment fire earlier this week. The Anoka-Hennepin School District says some of them came to school Monday in pajamas and without shoes.
Mizna's 9th Arab Film Festival hits the Twin Cities this weekend, with dozens of films from several countries. This year's festival features several exciting selections, like Kaouther Ben Hania's thrilling "Challat of Tunis." Filmed in a gripping, faux-documentary style, "Challat" is inspired by a rumor ignored by local authorities over a decade ago about a biker who would slash women while they walk on the streets of Tunis.
Authorities in Brainerd are putting out another alert in regards to a vulnerable adult who went missing from Brainerd. Police are asking for the public's help in locating 47-year-old Marc Charles Welzant.
A 38-year-old Coon Rapids man faces arson and burglary charges after allegedly telling police he set a fire in his brother's home while on drugs and then broke into another home, where he destroyed the master bedroom and slept under the bed.
