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Weapons recovered after children crash stolen car into muddy New Brighton pond, police say
NEW BRIGHTON, Minn. — Police in the north metro say an attempted traffic stop of a stolen car filled with children led to a standoff in a wooded area early Wednesday.New Brighton police said in a Facebook post officers first saw the vehicle speed down Silver Lake Road near 17th Street Northwest and gave chase.The driver of the vehicle missed a turn on West County Road E, according to police, and drove down an embankment into muddy "waist-deep water" in the northeast corner of Silverwood Park. The driver and four others then fled into the woods on foot.Officers from several local agencies...
Twin Cities musician seriously injured when tree falls during storm clean up
HUDSON — A Twin Cities musician is recovering, after he was crushed by a tree while cleaning up from this week's storm damage. Zach Beinlich said he was helping his parents clean up storm debris Tuesday in Hudson, Wis., when a tree gave way. "One branch got moved and the whole big section of the branch fell right on top of me," said Beinlich. "In that moment I was like 'oh this could be it."Beinlich's parents, Kurt and Lynette Beinlich, were somehow able to free their son."They saw it happen and then immediately jumped in to try to get this thing off...
18-year-old injured in rollover wasn't wearing seatbelt
One person was injured in a Livonia Township crash Sunday, Aug. 25 after not wearing a seat belt. The two-vehicle crash occurred on Highway 169 near 273rd Avenue and resulted in a rollover. At approximately 7:55 p.m., Kyle Luukkonen, age 18, from Zimmerman, was traveling in a 2012 Ford F-250 pickup truck headed northbound on Highway 169 near 273rd Avenue in the right lane. ...
Woodbury State Senator Pleads Not Guilty to Burglary
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota state senator has pleaded not guilty to burglarizing the home of her estranged stepmother after her father's death. Sen. Nicole Mitchell, a Democrat from the St. Paul suburb of Woodbury, was charged in April. She told police at the time that she broke into the home in the northwestern Minnesota town of Detroit Lakes because her stepmother refused to give her items of sentimental value from her late father, including his ashes, according to the felony criminal complaint.
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