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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.
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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.
Cretin-Derham Hall, a private high school in St. Paul, went on lockdown Thursday morning after school officials say a gunman was spotted nearby.
Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis went into lockdown Tuesday afternoon after reports of gunfire outside of the hospital, according to sources. The incident happened sometime after 3 p.m. near the area of 8th Street and Chicago Avenue, which is near the hospital's 8th Street ER entrance
Roseville Area High School was put on lockdown Thursday morning after a suspect fled towards the school following a bank robbery. Roseville Police say the TCF Bank located inside of Cub Foods near Har Mar Mall was robbed just after 9 a.m. The suspect was last seen fleeing northeast from Har Mar Mall towards the school, which is one mile away.
Staff and visitors at Hennepin County Medical Center in downtown Minneapolis had a tense morning after a man's threat caused the building to go into lockdown. The incident happened at about 11 a.m. when a hospital staffer reported that a man was threatening to use a gun.
Two people were arrested Thursday after witnesses saw someone with a gun on the University of Minnesota Duluth campus. The school was put in lockdown when a UMD employee called 911 after seeing a man drop a weapon. The university says a 15-year-old boy and a 19-year-old man were arrested, and a pellet gun was recovered.
A 20-year-old man was arrested Thursday after he verbally threatened a student at Somerset (Wis.) Elementary School and forcing the school district to go into a lockdown, according to the Somerset Police Department.
Pine County Schools have escalated their security measures after a 15-year-old student reportedly ran from his home with guns Friday.
A police standoff with a man in southeastern Minnesota that put a high school on lockdown Wednesday night ended Thursday morning with the man taking his own life, authorities said. Lake City Police responded to a residence on the 500 block of South 6th Street in Lake City at about 5:19 p.m. Wednesday after a report of threatening text messages and weapons inside the residence.
A WCCO crew's en route to Lake City after reports of an apparent standoff. The Lake City Police Chief said the lockdown situation in his town was precautionary, but the Rochester Post-Bulletin reports the standoff began at 5:30 p.m. outside a Lake City man's home.
A south metro school went into lockdown briefly Wednesday morning, police say, after someone walked into the nearby woods and fired a shotgun into the ground. The Bloomington Police Department said an adult male who lives in the area of the school had taken his grandfather's shotgun and fired it behind Life Academy, on 2201 West 108th Street.
After nearly a week of being in lockdown, things are back to normal at the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Stillwater. The facility said visits will resume on Thursday, Aug. 1, and all offenders are expected to return to their normal programming by the end of Thursday, too.
Authorities say a boy was arrested in connection with the threats that prompted the lockdown and closing of Chaska High School Tuesday morning.
District officials said Wednesday morning that unspecified threats against Red Wing schools have put the district on lockdown for the day.
The deadly shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary has many parents thinking about the security measures at their child's school.
Minneapolis police gave the all clear Friday as they say they found no evidence of any gunshots fired, bullets or victims after there was a report of shots fired that morning at a downtown Minneapolis office building.
Minneapolis South High School has been placed on lockdown over an unspecified concern, according to school officials. The building is under a "code yellow" lockdown, which increases the level of school security both inside and outside the building.
A school in Waseca went into a protective lockdown Tuesday morning after two children went unaccounted for, according to police.
A 53-year-old Inver Grove Heights man faces charges after allegedly triggering a lockdown of Dakota County's Northern Service Center Thursday morning.
Officials in Dakota County said a building in the east Twin Cities metro was put on lockdown Thursday morning after a man was spotted with a gun, police said.
A reported "weapon" that caused a lockdown at a St. Cloud State University building turned out to be a tool for an educational project, according to police.
Two schools in St. Paul went on lockdown Monday afternoon after shots rang out, authorities said.
Three adults were killed early Monday at an in-home day care in a suburb northwest of Minneapolis, and a nearby college was locked down as police searched for a suspect who fled on a bicycle.
A report of a knife on Maple Grove Senoir High School's campus caused a lockdown Wednesday, according to school officials.
A junior high school in Lake Elmo was placed on lockdown Wednesday morning after a snowmobile theft nearby.
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Law enforcement in Isanti, Minnesota, is asking people to avoid the area near the 800 block of Cedar Street Southwest as they respond to a shots fired called.
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Law enforcement in Isanti, Minnesota, is asking people to avoid the area near the 800 block of Cedar Street Southwest as they respond to a shots fired called.
Every item at Radish features the name and location of the farm or producer. They are also encouraged to go a step further, providing education on how they make their products and why their farms are special.
Throughout Operation Metro Surge, tear gas was used at several standoffs across the Twin Cities metro. They're sites and scenes that an assistant University of Minnesota geography professor says could have long-term health effects.
A Minneapolis man charged in a string of business burglaries across the city has pleaded guilty to three of five counts against him, court documents show.
Concessions workers at Target Field are walking out for an unfair labor practices strike Wednesday after they say their management company subcontracted union work to a "sham charity" shut down by the Minnesota Attorney General's Office.
One of the most competitive races in next Tuesday's Minnesota primary election is for who will be the nominees for U.S. Senate. And Tuesday, Senate candidates battled at Farmfest in Redwood County over benefit cuts that could shrink your grocery budget.
An 11-year-old boy is in custody after he allegedly stabbed a teenager he did not know inside a business in St. Cloud Tuesday evening.
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The mother of a man charged in the shooting death of a 17-year-old boy in southern Minnesota is now facing criminal charges herself after allegedly helping her son evade arrest.
The race for Congress in Minnesota's Second District is getting heated. On Tuesday, candidates faced off at Farmfest in Morgan.
A Dane County judge ruled Tuesday that Wisconsin's paper-only absentee ballot system denies disabled voters the equal opportunity to vote privately and independently, though a trial on electronic voting as a remedy is still ahead.
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An 11-year-old boy is in custody after he allegedly stabbed a teenager he did not know inside a business in St. Cloud Tuesday evening.
A Minneapolis man charged in a string of business burglaries across the city has pleaded guilty to three of five counts against him, court documents show.
The Milwaukee mosque leader's former Israeli attorney testified in immigration court that Sarsour was coerced into confessions and was never convicted of any charge linking him to a terrorist organization.
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Police say two people were injured, one of them critically, during a shooting Tuesday afternoon in south Minneapolis.
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WCCO meteorologist Chris Shaffer says it'll be another pleasant evening.
In Minnesota, weather can be all over the place. Here at WCCO, we want to give you what you need to prepare for what's happening next.
Expect more sunshine, low humidity and highs near 80 Tuesday, says meteorologist Chris Shaffer.
The next couple of days will be mostly sunny, dry and comfortable in the Twin Cities.
The beautiful weather continues with high pressure in control in the wake of Tuesday morning's cold front, WCCO meteorologist Joseph Dames reports.
WCCO meteorologist Chris Shaffer says it'll be another pleasant evening.
Throughout Operation Metro Surge, tear gas was used at several standoffs across the metro. A team of researchers says that substance could have left heavy metals in our soil. Frankie McLister spoke with those working to find out as part of a project at the University of Minnesota.
Concession workers are back on the picket line outside Target Field. They're hoping to gain attention during a sold out concert tonight. Jason Rantala joins us with the union's new allegations about alleged unfair labor practices.
A Republican hasn't sat in Minnesota governor's office in 15 years. Who will give the GOP the best chance to change that? Today, that debate moved to western Minnesota for Farmfest. Esme Murphy has the Farmfest fireworks before voters decide next week's primary.
Expect more sunshine, low humidity and highs near 80 Tuesday, says meteorologist Chris Shaffer.