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Minnesota BCA looking for help finding Joshua Woolsey, 40
FOLEY, Minn. — The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) needs help finding a missing 40-year-old man.The BCA says Joshua Woolsey was last seen Aug. 9 in the Foley area, which is just northeast of St. Cloud.At that time, he was wearing a Fox racing shirt, tan cargo shorts and flip flops. The BCA says Woolsey may be in the Twin Cities. He is described as 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighs 140 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. If you have any information on where he might be, call 911, the Foley Police Department at 320-968-0800 or the Benton County Dispatch at 320-968-7201.
Minnesota Win First Championship In Thriller
The Minnesota Wind Chill defeated the Carolina Flyers 17-16 in the championship game to win their first UFA title. The Wind Chill entered the final four weekend as the last seed, but prevailed over two favored contenders thanks to a true team effort and a defensive intensity that limited opponents to just 29 goals combined.
2 people injured in motor vehicle v. horse-drawn vehicle crash
CHASEBURG, Wis. (WEAU) - Two people were injured Monday afternoon in a crash between a motor vehicle and a horse-drawn vehicle in rural Chaseburg in Vernon County. According to a news release from the Vernon County Sheriff’s Office, the crash took place on Aug. 26 on County Road KK northwest of Waldenberger Lane, near the border of the towns of Harmony and Hamburg.
Fair-goers scorched by heartland heat wave take refuge under misters as some schools let out early
FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. (AP) — Visitors to the Minnesota State Fair sought relief from soaring temperatures under misters Monday while some Midwestern schools dismissed classes early or called off sports practices. Highs approaching the century mark combined with oppressive humidity to made it feel like 105 to 115 degrees (40 to 46 Celsius) across the country’s heartland, the National Weather Service said. It issued heat warnings or advisories for large swaths of Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana and Ohio. “There’s going to be some records in play today,” warned Ashton Robinson Cook, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service Weather Prediction Center in College Park, Maryland. Several cities opened cooling centers, including in Des Moines, Iowa, where city buses were available to give people free rides to the sites. Experts urged those venturing outside to drink plenty of water.
Minnesota’s Minimum Wage to Rise January 1st, 2025
UNDATED (WJON News) -- The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry is reminding employers ahead of January 1st that new minimum-wage rates will be going into effect. The 2024 legislature revised the law to remove the reduced minimum wages for small employers so that the minimum wage rate will be $11.13 for all employers including J-1 visa wages for hotels, motels, and lodging businesses. The changes also include workers under 18-years-old.
Minnesotans try to beat the heat amid excessive heat warning
MINNEAPOLIS — The heat can't be ignored on Monday."We are slowing down our pace a little bit, but we're doing OK," Paul Burke said in the middle of his walk around Lake Harriet.An excessive heat warning is consuming much of the state on Monday."I mean it's like a sauna," Beth Kalin said. "You don't have to get in the sauce, you're in the sauna."While the heat index made it well into the 100s, it didn't stop some Minnesotans from getting their steps — or laps in."It's heating up," Greg Shobert said after his swim across Lake Harriet. "It's nice to...
Five Big Winning Lottery Tickets Remain Unclaimed in Minnesota
Lottery players are all motivated to buy tickets for one reason and one reason only - to win big. But what happens when you hit that big jackpot you've been chasing, but never follow through with claiming your prize?. That's the case for five winning tickets in Minnesota, and there's...
2 hurt, one from possible stabbing, at Minnesota State Fair on Saturday night
FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. — Minnesota State Fair police say its officers had to respond to two violent incidents on Saturday night, including a possible stabbing.Police say "an altercation involving multiple individuals" broke out at Underwood Street and Carnes Avenue just before 9 p.m. One person suffered an apparent head injury and was treated by medics on-site. Soon after in the second incident, police say a fairgoer was found with "a non-critical injury to his leg" near the DNR Building off Carnes Avenue and Nelson Street. He was also treated and released by fair medics.Police say it's unclear how he was...
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