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Duluth Rally Remembers Missing, Murdered, and Trafficked Indigenous Women

Dozens gather in Canal Park to bring awareness to the issue.

DULUTH, Minn.- On this Mayday, members of the indigenous community in Duluth gathered in Canal Park to raise awareness about indigenous women who have gone missing, been murdered, or have been victims of human trafficking. Ralliers said they were obligated to come out and stand in the cold, rain, and wind. Because while it wasn’t easy, what the women in…

Itasca County Murder Trial Begins

Victim was Beheaded

GRAND RAPIDS, Minn.-A murder trial began today in Itasca County beheading case. Thirty-six-year-old Joseph Thoreson is facing multiple counts of first- and second-degree murder for allegedly killing 20-year-old David Haiman last June. Thoreson accused the victim of raping his girlfriend Kayleene Greniger. The girlfriend has already plead guilty for her role in the crime and will be sentenced to around…