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Wright County Man Airlifted to Hospital After Stabbing
COKATO TOWNSHIP (WJON News) -- A Wright County man had to be airlifted to the hospital after another man stabbed him in the neck Tuesday night. Sheriff's deputies were dispatched to 2717 Nevens Avenue SW at around 9:10 p.m. Officers arrived to find a man had been stabbed by another...
Man who drove into Park Tavern patio granted supervised release leaving family of those killed distraught
Friends and family of the two people killed by a drunk driver outside the Park Tavern in St Louis Park are distraught Tuesday after the man charged in their death was given supervised release.
Man charged in fatal Minneapolis firefighter shooting pleads guilty
MINNEAPOLIS — A 29-year-old man charged in connection to the shooting death of a Twin Cities firefighter in May entered a guilty plea on Wednesday.Marquise Hammonds-Ford was charged with two illegal gun charges and one count of first-degree riot. He pleaded guilty to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm, but the other charges were dropped, court documents say. As part of the deal Hammonds-Ford faces an aggravated sentence of 6.5 years in prison, which is 1.5 years longer than the presumptive sentence for the charge.Joseph Johns, an Eden Prairie firefighter, died in the shooting on May...
Minneapolis Police Chief "disgusted" by negativity towards new Somalian-American and Mexican immigrant recruits
After the MPD hiring of a Somali-American and a permanent resident from Mexico, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said that he’s been disgusted by all the hate that’s been directed at them and says they’ve earned their opportunities.