A group of good Samaritans saved a driver in Minnesota after he crashed and became trapped inside his car as the vehicle burst into flames along I-94 on Thursday. The crash happened around 6:30 p.m. near Snelling Avenue in St. Paul, when a Honda SUV went off the road and hit a light pole before catching fire, the Minnesota Highway …
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A judge has dismissed some of the most serious charges against a former Minnesota college student who police and prosecutors feared was plotting a campus shooting. Waylon Kurts, of Montpelier, Vermont, who was then a student at St. Olaf College in Northfield, was charged last April with conspiracy to commit second-degree assault, conspiracy to commit threats of violence, making terroristic …
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DEARBORN, Mich. — The movement to deny President Bidena second term that gained traction in the Detroit suburb of Dearborn has plans to continue a national campaign to target swing states in the general election. “We’ve mobilized our infrastructure that we’ve been able to build as a grassroots movement in Michigan to support other key states,” Lexis Zeidan, one of …
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Minnesota Democrats have disavowed a local party chapter’s endorsement of a state House candidate who has a violent criminal history and is accused of stalking and harassing the Republican lawmaker he is challenging. Judd Hoff was endorsed this month by Democrats in District 12 to run for a central Minnesota seat that has been represented by Republican Rep. Mary Franson …
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Nicolae Miu was convicted Thursday after fatally stabbing a high school student and injuring four others during a fight on a Wisconsin river that he said was self-defense. Miu and the others had been tubing on the Apple River on July 30, 2022 when a fight broke out, which resulted in the death of Isaac Schuman, 17. After eight days …
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Travis Gienger is the Michael Jordan of giant pumpkins: the greatest of all time. The stone craftsman, horticulture teacher and gourd whisperer from Anoka, Minnesota set the world record last year by growing a 2,749-pound pumpkin. The orange colossus was boldly named Michael Jordan in the spring, in honor of the basketball player widely considered the GOAT (Greatest of All …
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A black bear was rescued from the side of a Minnesota highway on Sunday night, thanks to the help of a good Samaritan and a local law enforcement official. The Isanti County Sheriff’s Office posted on Facebook that Deputy Damion Kosmosky, with the help of a good Samaritan, located the black bear cub on Highway 65 in Stanchfield Township before …
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The final three people accused in the killing of a young mother have pleaded guilty in a rare situation where Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz took the case away from Hennepin County prosecutors and handed it to Attorney General Keith Ellison amid public criticism that the original plea deal was too lenient. In a plea agreement, Erick Haynes pleaded guilty Monday …
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A school district in Minnesota posted a racially charged job listing seeking an administrator to help steer the district’s policy on race. The St. Louis Park Public School District recently posted a job listing for an Assistant Superintendent earning between $134,141 – $201,212. The position “Oversees the districtwide efforts related to student management/discipline” and “Participates in legislation and rulemaking at …
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A University of Minnesota Law School diversity fellowship will now give equal consideration to White and male applicants following a civil rights complaint. According to The College Fix, the application for a full-ride diversity fellowship sponsored by the Jones Day law firm has been changed after education watchdog Adam Kissel filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office …
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