Somewhere out there is a driver of a semi who swerved into the wrong lane on I-94 near Dalton, Minn., and causing 18-year-old Zach Kvalvog to overcorrect. Zach and his 14-year-old brother, Connor, died in the crash.
The truck driver kept on going, and apparently is willing to let a number of other people take the fall. Or was there a semi at all? Read more →
The players have boycotted practice and are threatening to sit out the team’s bowl game, apparently a move to try to pressure school officials to ignore whatever was in that 82-page report.
There can be only one reasonable reaction: Go ahead.
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Sometime between Sunday and Tuesday morning, someone broke in and stole the Christmas presents under the tree of one of the families in the building, the Duluth News Tribune says. Read more →
What makes some out-of-towners adopt Minnesota? Let’s ask Ralph Bradley, who was an undercover narcotics officer in the Oakland, Calif., area when he first set foot on Minnesota sod. He was here picking up a prisoner. Read more →
The court ruled in the case of James Yates, of St. Paul, who had coverage from Founders Insurance Company as an Illinois resident when he moved here in 2013. He didn’t know the company wasn’t licensed to sell insurance in Minnesota. He found out two months later when he collided with a car that had spun out of control on a highway ramp in Maplewood. Read more →
The Minnesota Court of Appeals today said if someone says he hopes a Minnesota state trooper will be shot, that’s not a terroristic threat.
The court ruled in the case of Gregory Allen Olson, who was in a car stopped by police in October as he and a friend were driving to Chisago City after an evening of heavy drinking. Read more →
The jury in South Carolina reported today it’s deadlocked in the trial of the police officer who killed Walter Scott.
They deliberated 14 hours over three days and decided they can’t decide whether this constitutes murder. Read more →
It happened in the city’s Lakeside neighborhood where Martin Running has several pine trees in his yard.
Someone thought, ‘I’ll just saw off the top of one of his trees and save some money’ apparently, because that’s what happened. They cut about 12 feet off, presumably leading police to suspect the thief is someone with a high ceiling. Read more →
Dakota County — Minnesota — Sheriff Tim Leslie is getting tired of the phone calls about the protest by the –North Dakota — Standing Rock Sioux over a planned oil pipeline. Read more →
The court overturned a lower court ruling that the initial search of a camper by a Maplewood police officer was permissible under the so-called “plain-view doctrine.” Read more →
In the wake of a decision by a federal judge today, here’s a pro tip for attending a baseball game: Stop looking at your phone during the action. Read more →
It was considered a criminal offense to try to pay taxes with a bad check in Minnesota. Until today. Read more →
The Minnesota Court of Appeals today ruled that you cannot lose your driver’s license for refusing to submit to a urine test for DUI if a police officer says it’s a crime not to.
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On Tuesday, Massachusetts voters will go to the polls to decide whether to legalize recreational use of marijuana. Read more →
Ryan Larson, an innocent man falsely portrayed as the likely killer of a Cold Spring police officer, gets his day in court this week.
He’s suing news organizations who were far too quick to identify him as a suspect in the 2012 slaying of officer Tom Decker, who was shot to death after he’d made a wellness check on Larson. Read more →
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