KBRF Radio reports nearly 200 marijuana plants were found at Maplewood State Park near Pelican Rapids. Law enforcement officials removed the plants and are now looking for suspects.

It sounds like something out of a Coen brothers movie: Eight people are suspected of plotting to kill a Pelican Rapids, Minn., man over $200 and 2 ounces of marijuana and then burn his house down, WDAY reports. They were armed with bear spray, a crow bar, knife, machete, metal baseball bat and a gun. What could go wrong? The intended target pulled a gun and fired at the fleeing suspects – who then called police.

Drug testing is being temporarily suspended in the St. Paul Police Department crime lab, MPR reports. The action comes after a Dakota County court hearing this week when two crime lab workers and the director of the lab said the lab does not follow any written procedures for drug testing and does not document most of the steps they take when testing evidence for illegal drugs.

This week -- a hiker's tip led authorities to a large marijuana-growing operation at Maplewood State Park near Pelican Rapids. And last week, 300 marijuana plants were found growing in at the heart of Hastings.

The Department of Natural Resources says a rare Blanding's turtle has been discovered in Martin County in south central Minnesota. Until now, the youngest Blanding's turtle was estimated to be 14-years-old.