The parents of 3-year-old Reena Mae Williams have been charged with felony child neglect in the accidental drowning death of the girl in northwestern Wisconsin in August.

A North Chisago Lakes Township woman was acquitted Thursday night in the death of 8-month-old child at her unlicensed home day care last year. Salli D. Schultz, 43, was found not guilty of second-degree murder and manslaughter in the death of Brooke Kowarsch, of Lindstrom. Defense attorney Earl Gray said Friday that authorities rushed to judgment in filing homicide charges.

A Farmington day care's provider's license has been suspended by Minnesota regulators following the death of a 3-month-old infant in her care on Tuesday. The death was the eighth in an in-home day care this year.

The Wisconsin parents charged Friday with neglect after their 3-year-old daughter last month wandered into a canal near their northwestern Wisconsin home and drowned have surrendered to police.

The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office says an 11-year-old boy apparently drowned Wednesday in a Corcoran farm pond Wednesday. Officials say two young brothers from St. Paul were visiting the farm with their family when one brother alerted an adult that his brother was in the pond and needed help. Officials say the boy had been under water and was unconscious.