Zachary Drew was meeting his father, who was returning from Iraq, when a car suddenly rounded a corner in the airport parking ramp and struck the boy. Drew suffered a broken leg, nose, and is missing some teeth, but doctors expect a full recovery. The driver was charged on suspicion of criminal vehicular operation and officials are awaiting the results of a toxicology report.

On a hot July night, a Houston County sheriff’s deputy behind the wheel of a Dodge Charger, and a city of Caledonia officer driving a Crown Victoria, raced each other at the Caledonia municipal airport runway, the Winona Daily News reports. The Caledonia officer got a one-month suspension. But the Houston County deputy was not formally disciplined.

It looks like horse racing might return to Fargo as soon as this summer after being shut-down for two years because of major debt. Forum Communications reports the horse park has paid off several thousand dollars and found new revenue streams. The commission is set to discuss racing dates later this month.

The anti-violence group MAD DADS is among the organizers of a vigil for three-year-old Terrell Mayes, who died hours after a bullet came through his home's wall and struck him. Organizers plan to gather near the boy's north Minneapolis home on Saturday afternoon.