A former Lutheran pastor from Gibbon goes to trial in Sibley Co., on accusations he had inappropriate contact with a 16-year-old girl. He's also accused of stalking and accessing the girl's email.
The 18-year-old is accused of speeding and going the wrong way when he crashed into a vehicle that may have been attempting to flee police.
The 49-year-old suspected of DUI was booked into jail around 1:30 a.m. Saturday.
The crash involved two people from Alexandria and five from Bloomington.
The suspect allegedly assaulted an officer outside Kwik Trip, fled and broke into a home.
The storm system could arrive in the Tuesday-Wednesday timeframe.
Plans for the two-day sale were revealed Friday morning.
The alarming incident was spotted by the new MPD chief, Brian O'Hara.
The driver was more than four times the legal limit.
The suspect abandoned the vehicle with the child still inside just 5 minutes after the theft.
The movie stars Jesse Bradford and Katie Lowes.
The 47-year-old Texas man was arrested around 12:30 a.m. Thursday.
The fatal crash happened near the Minneapolis Convention Center on Nov. 21.
Bradley Schmeling resigned from his post at an Atlanta church and will join Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in St. Paul. Pastors Schmeling and Darin Easler made national news and triggered a fierce fight within the Lutheran community when they made their relationship public. Church leadership removed both men from the clergy roster but later reinstated them after the church voted to accept gay clergy members in relationships.
The majority of Lutheran representatives attending an annual assembly Saturday afternoon voted to install Ann Svennungsen as the new bishop of the ELCA's Minneapolis synod. The Star Tribune reports Svennungsen is currently an interim college pastor at St. Olaf College in Northfield. She will now lead the nation's largest Lutheran synod.
Trial starts Monday for two Rochester women accused of providing support to a Somali terrorist group. Prosecutors says Amina Farah Ali and Hawo Mohamed Hassan are part of a pipeline that funneled money to the rebel group al-Shabab. They are charged with raising money to help the group recruit young men to fight in Somalia.
The Star Tribune reports the majority of Lutheran representatives attending an annual assembly of the Minneapolis Area Synod of the ELCA voted against the constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage. This is the first major Lutheran body to go on the record against the amendment. The St. Paul Area Synod will hold its annual assembly in May.
Sgt. David Clifford left jail Tuesday morning after a judge set bail at $15,000 with conditions. He is charged with third-degree assault after a bar fight Saturday night left a man with severe injuries. Clifford claims he acted in self-defense. The man Clifford is accused of punching, Brian Vander Lee, was showing small signs of recovery after two brain surgeries and nearly 40 hours on life-support.
Southwest Minnesota ethanol cooperative Corn Plus faces felony charges after federal regulators accuse them of misleading reports about pollution equipment. The latest complaint says company officials falsely claim pollution equipment was working when it wasn't. It's the latest in a series of environmental infractions.
The Austin Daily Herald reports Doyle Tarrence of Spring Valley is accused of stealing money from greeting cards in the Lyle area last year. According to court records, the 47-year-old postal carrier has admitted to taking $200 to $300 over a four-month period.
Jury selection began Monday in the trial of surgeon Jon Norberg, who is accused of drugging his wife with the powerful anesthetic propofol, the drug that featured prominently in the death of pop singer Michael Jackson. Norberg is accused sexually assaulting his wife Alonna Norberg, alos a doctor, while she was sedated.
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