Police to crack down on distracted driving
Starting this week, hundreds of city and county officers as well as the State Patrol will be on the lookout for drivers fiddling with phones or other distractions.
Starting this week, hundreds of city and county officers as well as the State Patrol will be on the lookout for drivers fiddling with phones or other distractions.
The crash occurred when the driver fled police during an attempted traffic stop in Coon Rapids.
The kindergartner's father was trying to get full custody of his son.
"It is horrifying and difficult to process a tragedy of this magnitude, especially in our close-knit community," the superintendent wrote.
The shooting occurred on the 800 block of Elwood Avenue North at around 9:15 p.m.
“MPS requires schools to follow protocols in times like that and I did not,” Friestleben said.
Police say two people are in custody.
The shows were scheduled for Friday and Saturday at the Brave New Workshop Comedy Theatre.
Austin Retterath was last seen alive in the morning hours of May 8.
The 2022 Chroma Zone Mural & Art Festival will take place this weekend in St. Paul's Creative Enterprise Zone, with ensuing events happening this summer.
It offers privacy at the end of a dead-end road fronting onto Lower Prior Lake.
Golden Valley PD confirmed it received a report of a carjacking Monday evening.
Hundreds of law enforcement agencies focused on drivers who were distracted and texting behind the wheel. Officials with the Department of Public Safety say distracted driving is a contributing factor in a quarter of all fatal crashes in Minnesota.
Undercover officers, often posing as customers answering ads on websites like Backpage.com, are aggressively going after prostitutes and pimps in Plymouth. Police hope recent arrests, as well as more exposure of the problem, will help drive out an industry that often takes advantage of vulnerable people.
They'll step up patrols on Highway 13.
Rioters overturned cars, started fires and looted stores in Dinkytown after the Gophers won the NCAA hockey tournament in 2002 and 2003. With the team possibly headed to the championship round on Saturday, campus and city police are putting together a "fairly significant police deployment plan," which includes plenty of officers as well as surveillance cameras.
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