RHINELANDER, Wis. (AP) – Sheriff’s officials have identified the snowmobilers who died in an Oneida County lake. Two snowmobilers died and a third survived after their sleds hit open water on Lake Nokomis about 3 a.m. Sunday. Sheriff Grady Hartman said Monday the men were on separate snowmobiles when they hit thin ice and then plunged into the water. Thirty-one-year-old…
BRAINERD, Minn. (AP) – Authorities say a 39-year-old man died while being held in the Crow Wing County jail. According to the sheriff’s office, the man died early Friday. Authorities say life-saving measures were unsuccessful. Police in Nisswa had arrested the man on a warrant. The Ramsey County medical examiner’s office will conduct an autopsy. Categories: Minnesota, News, News –…
MINNEAPOLIS – A report shows the number of people in Minnesota arrested for driving while impaired is growing, partly due to people driving with cannabis, opioids, and methamphetamine in their system. The Star Tribune reports that the Minnesota Department of Public Safety released preliminary data on Thursday. It shows that most of the nearly 28,000 motorists cited last year for…
WASHINGTON (AP) – The United States is sending nearly 3,000 more Army troops to the Mideast in the volatile aftermath of the killing of an Iranian general in a strike ordered by President Donald Trump. Defense officials said the troops are from the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. They are in addition to about 700 soldiers from the…
MILWAUKEE – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has elevated Wisconsin to a high flu category after a dramatic increase of cases at the state’s Children’s Hospital. Wisconsin had been in the low flu category but the CDC made the change Thursday. Children’s Wisconsin Hospital said 829 pediatric flu cases were reported in December. That’s an increase of nearly…
WALKER, Minn. (AP) – Organizers have canceled the International Eelpout Festival on Leech Lake in Walker. They say the economics and other restrictions on the celebration of Minnesota’s ugliest fish no longer work. So they canceled what would have been the 41st annual event, which had been planned for Feb. 20-23. A statement posted on the festival’s website reads: Greetings…
WASHINGTON (AP) – Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren has announced raising $21.2 million for her presidential campaign in the final three months of last year. The total trails the amounts collected by the Democratic presidential primary’s three other front-runners: former Vice President Joe Biden with $22.7 million, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders with $34.5 million and former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete…
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota has reported another flu death. The state Department of Health reports the eighth death due to influenza. The death is one more than the previous week. But no child deaths due to influenza have been reported since the flu season began. According to the Health Department’s weekly flu update, Minnesota hospitals admitted 117 influenza patients…
WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. health officials will ban most flavored e-cigarettes popular with underage teenagers. But the plan from the Trump administration includes major exceptions that benefit companies that make and sell e-cigarettes and adults who use the nicotine-emitting devices. The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday the policy won’t affect menthol or tobacco flavors. The policy also won’t affect…
PHOENIX (FOX 9) – U-Haul announced it will soon reject job applicants who use nicotine in 21 states. The company said the new policy will go into effect on Feb. 1 and be enacted in Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington. The company said…
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Former Obama housing secretary Julián Castro is ending his run for president. Castro’s announcement Thursday comes after he failed to garner enough support or donations to make the recent Democratic presidential debates. The former San Antonio mayor languished around 1% in polls and lagged behind his 2020 rivals in fundraising. Castro was the only Latino candidate…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — It was a lucky New Year’s Day for two Minnesota residents who each won $1 million in the state’s Millionaire Raffle. The Star Tribune reports Minnesota lottery players have been on a lucky streak lately. In all, five players have won prizes of $1 million or more in the past three weeks. Five other players also won…
NEENAH, Wis. (AP) – A New York City education official has been arrested in Wisconsin for allegedly using a computer to facilitate a child sex crime. Police in Neenah say David Hay was arrested Sunday at the airport in Milwaukee County following an ongoing undercover investigation. Police said in a statement that the 39-year-old Brooklyn, New York, man was booked…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – New estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau show Minnesota’s population growth slowed down slightly in 2019. And, that has some concerned the state could lose a congressional seat after the 2020 Census. The spring census will determine how the country’s 435 congressional seats are divvied up. Minnesota’s population grew by about 0.6% last year or about 33,000…
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump will hold a campaign rally in Wisconsin next month, countering a Democratic presidential debate set for the same night in Iowa. Trump’s campaign says the rally will be Jan. 14 at the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena. It’s the same night that CNN and The Des Moines Register are sponsoring the first Democratic debate of 2020…
(courtesy: Fox 9) MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – An altercation in downtown Minneapolis has left one man dead and two other people with injuries. Police say a fight between two men resulted in one of them stabbing the other Sunday morning. Investigators say the man who was stabbed got in an SUV and intentionally ran over the other man accused of inflicting…
MINNEAPOLIS – A fierce winter storm that created blizzard conditions in parts of Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota, closed interstates and caused hundreds of crashes continues to linger in the region. The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning in northeastern Minnesota, northern Wisconsin and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula Monday where periods of heavy snow and gusty winds were…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) – It was a busy holiday out on the roads for law enforcement. The Minnesota Office of Traffic Safety says officers arrested more than 106 people statewide for DWI. The arrests all took place between 6 p.m. Tuesday night and 6 a.m. Thursday morning. So far this year, there have been more than 27,000 DWI arrests,…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – The Wisconsin Department of Justice is looking for information on a Madison high school business club’s past trips after students discovered hidden cameras in their hotel room this month. East High School DECA students found cameras in their room during a trip to Minneapolis on the first weekend in December. The school district placed an unidentified…
MADISON, Wis. – A Madison man is accused of fatally shooting his sister at her home on Christmas Eve. Fifty-seven-year-old Joseph Green is charged with first-degree intentional homicide in the death of 63-year-old Sheila Green of Madison. According to the complaint, after allegedly shooting his sister, Joseph Green went back to his apartment, dropped the gun in a trash bin,…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A private security firm that was banned from working Super Bowl-related events in Minneapolis last year over the qualifications of its workers has agreed to pay a $10,000 penalty to the state. A settlement deal finalized this month with the Minnesota Board of Private Detective and Protective Agent Services also prevents Entertainment Protection Group from seeking another…
WYOMING, Minn. (AP) – Authorities have arrested a Minnesota man accused of kidnapping his 6-month-old son from the boy’s mother after assaulting her. The infant was later found safe. Wyoming, Minnesota police on Friday apprehended 38-year-old Ben Tietz, along with help from the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office. Authorities say Tietz is the father of the child but does not have…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – Minnesota has reported another flu death this season. The latest influenza activity report from the Minnesota Department of Health says there have been seven flu deaths so far, up from six the previous week. But no child deaths from flu are reported. The report also says 78 people were hospitalized with the flu last week,…
MUIR WOODS NATIONAL MONUMENT PARK, Calif. (AP) – Authorities say a huge redwood tree fell and killed a man visiting Muir Woods National Monument Park in California on Christmas Eve. Officials say 28-year-old Subhradeep Dutta of Edina, Minnesota, died while walking on a marked dirt trail with two other people in the park north of San Francisco famous for its towering…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Minneapolis firefighters are trying to put out a blaze at an apartment building downtown that displaced more than 200 people and injured three others. The fire department says it responded to the Francis Drake Hotel apartments at about 3 a.m. Wednesday. The severity of the injuries is unknown. The one-time luxury hotel was built in 1926 with…
WOODBURY, Minn. – A Minnesota police officer who cited a 61-year-old widow for trying to steal groceries from a Walmart had a change of heart when he realized she was caring for numerous children and was desperate. After citing the woman for shoplifting a few days before Thanksgiving, Woodbury Officer Bryan Wagner looked further into her story and found her…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Minnesota’s law against revenge porn has been declared unconstitutional. The Minnesota Court of Appeals struck down the statute Monday as it reversed the conviction of a man who circulated explicit photos of a former girlfriend. The court ruled that the state law was such a broad violation of First Amendment free-speech rights that it couldn’t be fixed….
WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) – For decades, those who have participated in snowball fights in one Wisconsin city have risked getting in trouble with the law. But that may be about to change. A 1962 ban on throwing projectiles in Wausau lumps snowballs into the same category as rocks and other items that can cause serious harm. The City Council president…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has temporarily banned the movement of all farmed white-tailed deer within the state to try to limit the spread of a fatal brain disease. The DNR issued the order in response to the recent discovery of chronic wasting disease in a captive deer at a hobby farm in Douglas County of…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The Minnesota Court of Appeals has ordered state regulators to reconsider whether an environmental review is necessary for a proposed natural gas-fired power plant that would be built by Minnesota and Wisconsin utilities. Minnesota Power and Dairyland Power Cooperative are seeking approval in both states for the proposed $700 million Nemadji Trail Energy Center in Superior, Wisconsin….
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan are using the holiday season to call attention to a Trump administration plan to cut hundreds of thousands of Americans from the federal food stamp program. Walz and Flanagan plan to volunteer Monday at the Hallie Q. Brown Community Center food shelf in St. Paul. They’ll…
WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) – Officials say one person has died in an apartment fire in Waukesha. Firefighters and police responded to the 47-unit apartment building about 11 p.m. Sunday. Crews found smoke and fire coming from the first floor of the building. Authorities say they found the victim within five minutes after arriving. The cause of the fire is under…
(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) (AP) – Boeing’s CEO is resigning as the crisis enveloping the manufacturer related to its marquee aircraft, the Max 737 aircraft, drags on. The board of directors said Monday that Dennis Muilenburg will step down immediately. The board’s current chairman David Calhoun will become president and CEO on January 13. The board said a change in…
(courtesy: Fox 9) MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Two University of Minnesota wrestlers who were arrested on suspicion of criminal sexual conduct in June will not face criminal charges due to “inadequate evidence,” a prosecutor announced Friday. Gable Steveson and Dylan Martinez were arrested on suspicion of criminal sexual conduct after someone reported rape on June 15 and went to a hospital…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers says he will not consider a pardon request from a man convicted of rape and murder when he was a teenager whose story was documented in the 2015 Netflix series “Making a Murderer.” A letter released Friday says the request from Brendan Dassey filed in October does not meet the criteria for…
(AP Photo) MADISON, Wis. (AP) – The Wisconsin Transparency Project is suing Gov. Tony Evers on behalf of WITI-TV over his reluctance to release emails to the Milwaukee station under the state’s open records law. Evers released a day’s worth of emails after initially denying the station’s request. Evers was criticized by open records advocated for initially rejecting the reporter’s…
MINNEAPOLIS – A former worker at the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center is charged with filming 11 people with a hidden camera in a men’s restroom trash can. Forty-five-year-old Mauricio Morales of Eden Prairie was charged Tuesday with 11 counts of interfering with privacy. According to the charges, Morales said he drilled a hole into the trash can, mounted the…
(AP Photo/Jim Mone, File) DULUTH, Minn. (AP) – Minnesota regulators will hold a forum in Duluth on Thursday for members of the public to comment on additions to the state’s environmental review for Enbridge Energy’s plan to replace its Line 3 crude oil pipeline across northern Minnesota. The update became necessary after a court declared that the previous version was…
MADISON, Wis. – A new report says Wisconsin school districts are fueling the largest annual increase in property taxes in a decade. The Wisconsin Policy Forum analyzed data from the state Department of Revenue and found school districts are levying about $5 billion in property taxes this year. That’s a 4 1/2 percent increase from last year and the largest…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump was impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday night, becoming only the third American chief executive to be formally charged under the Constitution’s ultimate remedy for high crimes and misdemeanors. The historic vote split along party lines, much the way it has divided the nation, over the charges that the 45th president abused…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – A special bipartisan legislative committee has unanimously approved pay raises for University of Wisconsin and state employees. The Joint Committee on Employment Relations on Wednesday approved 2% pay raises in each of the next two years. The raises are for state workers, University of Wisconsin System employees and workers on the flagship Madison campus. The committee…
ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) – Authorities have arrested two suspects after a woman was shot and seriously wounded in St. Cloud. Police say the 42-year-old woman was shot multiple times Wednesday. She was taken to St. Cloud Hospital with serious injuries but is expected to survive. The shooting happened just before 9 a.m. The suspects fled. About an hour later…
(AP Photo/Steve Karnowski, File) ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – Twin Metals Minnesota has formally submitted a plan to regulators for an underground copper-nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota. The filing launches what’s expected to be a lengthy environmental review and permitting process for what would be Minnesota’s second copper-nickel mine. The project has drawn fierce opposition because it would sit just…
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) – The family of former NHL player Scot Kleinendorst says he has died of injuries suffered in a workplace accident in northern Minnesota. Kleinendorst suffered severe brain trauma and numerous broken bones at UPM Blandin paper plant in Grand Rapids on Dec. 7. He was airlifted to a Duluth hospital. His daughter, Kelby Kleinendorst, wrote on a…
WASHINGTON (AP) – The House has gaveled in for a historic session to impeach President Donald Trump. He faces charges he abused his power and obstructed Congress. Speaker Nancy Pelosi asked Democratic lawmakers to gather for what she calls a “solemn” session Wednesday. As soon as it opened, Republicans tried to halt the proceedings with a procedural vote. It was…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers’ top aide is warning Foxconn Technology Group that it won’t collect any state incentives for its scaled-down factory in Wisconsin if it doesn’t renegotiate the deal. Foxconn had originally promised to build a massive flat-screen factory in Mount Pleasant that would eventually employ 13,000 people. But the company said this spring that…
ST. PAUL, Minn. – State officials are asking deer farmers to not transport the animals to and from their properties for a month while investigators trace a new case of chronic wasting disease on a farm in western Minnesota. The St. Paul Pioneer Press reports that the Board of Animal Health last Wednesday asked the state’s 330 deer farms to…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Wisconsin and the Midwest recorded their wettest year ever in 2019 since record-keeping began in 1895, climatologists said. More than 43 inches of rain and snow fell across nine states in the Midwest through November. That breaks the previous record set in 1993 by 2 inches, according to data from the Midwestern Regional Climate Center. Climatologist…
MINNEAPOLIS – Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota is scrambling to improve its cybersecurity after an internal whistle blower raised concerns that the state’s largest health insurer has neglected thousands of important updates to its computer system. The company’s top cybersecurity executive, Amy Ecklund, says the insurer has been working diligently in recent weeks to reduce its vulnerability for a…
MONTGOMERY, Minn. (AP) – Sheriff’s officials say a snowmobiler has died in a collision with a pickup truck in Le Sueur County. Deputies say the crash happened in Montgomery Township Saturday afternoon. The victim is identified as 55-year-old Larry Gene Haynes, of Montgomery. The sheriff’s office says it appears Haynes was unable to stop before crossing a road and collided…
