The Senate unanimously passed a bill that would also ban many more of the synthetic compounds and make it easier for pharmacy officials to ban new ones. The House already passed a similar bill.
"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.
A provision was approved by a legislature committee on Thursday but still awaits a final decision from the House and Senate.
A hiring fair will be held for the positions.
Past laws banning specific compounds have simply prompted chemists to create new "analogs" -- similar compounds with the same effects -- to get around the rules. New legislation at the Capitol has broader language that sponsors say would ban both existing synthetics and their analogs.
Gov. Mark Dayton signed a bill Thursday morning at the capitol that will make it a felony to sell synthetic drugs starting Aug. 1. With the action, the state is joining a national crackdown on what's better known as incense, or bath salts.
A bill headed for the House floor would up the charges for selling certain synthetic drugs from a gross misdemeanor to a felony, punishable by up to 5 years in prison.
An overwhelming majority of Representatives voted on Wednesday to outlaw 250 more chemicals, slap more severe penalties on sellers and make it possible for authorities to quickly add new drugs to the list of banned substances.
The Justice Department is throwing its support behind bills from Sen. Amy Klobuchar that would ban synthetic drugs such as "bath salts," which the senator says are dangerous but still available over store counters.
The guilty plea to third-degree murder means Timothy LaMere will serve nearly ten years in prison. His trial was scheduled to begin next month. LaMere brought the synthetic drug 2C-E to a party where 11 people overdosed, one of them fatally.
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