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Lawsuit: Police Urged Paramedics to Sedate Minnesota man

Man Says he Suffered Breathing Problems

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – An attorney for a Minneapolis man is drawing parallels between his client’s lawsuit and the recent debate over police urging paramedics to sedate unruly people. Forty-eight-year-old John Powell says he suffered breathing problems and needed emergency care after suburban police allegedly asked paramedics to inject him with the powerful sedative ketamine three years ago. Powell filed a…

Powerful Storms Cause Floods and Wash out Minnesota Roads

There Were Roughly 1,500 Strikes During a 15 Minute Span

MORA, Minn. (AP) – Powerful overnight storms dumped significant amounts of rain in northeast and east-central Minnesota, leading to floods and washed-out roads in some areas. The National Weather Service says between four to seven inches of rain fell by Thursday morning from the Lake Mille Lacs area southeast to Mora, roughly 70 miles north of the Twin Cities. Flood…

Mother, Daughter Killed by Boulder That Fell off Truck

Both Victims Died at the Scene

ROSEMOUNT, Minn. (AP) — Authorities say a mother and daughter were killed when an 800-pound boulder rolled off the back of a truck and struck their car in suburban St. Paul. Police in Rosemount are looking for the driver of the truck. Sixty-seven-year-old Karen Christiansen and her 32-year-old daughter, Jena Christiansen, were killed Monday afternoon when their Toyota Avalon was…

City: Slip Bridge Mechanical Failure is not Major

DULUTH, Minn. – City officials confirm that the newly renovated MN Slip Bridge malfunctioned on Monday, but that the malfunction was nothing more than a mechanical mishap. Officials say the bridge was unable to lift for a few hours on Monday for boat traffic, but the bridge was still accessible for pedestrians. Dave Campbell, the Aerial Lift Bridge supervisor who…

Rock Climber Critically Hurt in Fall in Minnesota State Park

The Climber Remains in Critical Condition

TAYLORS FALLS, Minn. (AP) – Authorities say a rock climber was critically injured when he fell in a Minnesota state park along the St. Croix River. Twenty-three-year-old Nicholas Walberg remained in critical condition Wednesday at Regions Hospital in St. Paul. Witnesses told authorities that Walberg slipped Monday while trying to climb the rocky gorge in Interstate State Park on the…

Minnesota man Recovers Stolen Bike by Answering Facebook ad

Police are Still Searching for the Suspect

ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) – A Minnesota man has his stolen expensive bicycle back after answering an ad for the bike on Facebook. The 25-year-old Rochester man told police he stopped at a convenience store on Monday. When he came out, his unlocked Italian-made bike, valued at $5,000, was gone. On Tuesday morning, the owner found a Facebook ad from someone…

Body of Minneapolis man Recovered in Boundary Waters

An Autopsy Will be Done to Determine Cause of Death

DULUTH, Minn. (AP) – The body of a Minneapolis man has been recovered from a lake in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. The Cook County Sheriff’s Office says the 75-year-old man was paddling on Sawbill Lake Tuesday when he canoe overturned. Officials say the man was not wearing a life jacket. His body was recovered about 5:30 p.m. An…

South Dakota Officials Approve new 300-Megawatt Wind Farm

Xcel Energy Plans to Build and own the Project

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) – State officials have approved a roughly 300-megawatt wind farm in Grant and Codington counties of northeastern South Dakota. The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission on Tuesday approved a permit with conditions for constructing the $380 million project, which is expected to be finished in 2021. The Dakota Range wind project is expected to encompass up to…

Searchers Find Body of St. Paul man in Crow Wing County Lake

The Victim was Found in Nine Feet of Water

BRAINED, Minn. (AP) – Authorities have recovered the body of a 60-year-old St. Paul man from a lake in north-central Minnesota. Crow Wing County Sheriff Todd Dahl says the man was swimming near a pontoon with others on Adney Lake when he went under the water Sunday afternoon. Searchers were forced off the water that day because of an approaching…

Woman Dies After ATV Overturns in Beltrami County

The Driver was not Wearing a Helmet

BELTRAMI COUNTY, Minn. – Beltrami County Deputies responded to reports of an overturned ATV on Monday just before 8:30 a.m. The accident took place near the intersection of Nature Road Northwest and Mayflower Road Northwest in Eckles Township. Upon arriving at the scene officers determined the adult female driver of the ATV was deceased. The driver was identified as Rosalee…