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ONAMIA, Minn. -- The Mille Lacs Band Tribal Police Department is actively investigating a suspicious death discovered Monday on Ataage Drive in Onamia. The department is partnering with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and the Mille Lacs County Sheriff's Office on a continuing investigation into the death, Mille Lacs Band Tribal Police Chief Jared Rosati said in a statement Monday. The department believes there is no threat to the public in connection with the incident.
DULUTH, Minn. -- One day after Gov. Mark Dayton came out strongly against the proposed Twin Metals copper mine near Ely, opponents of the project piled on, releasing results of a statewide poll showing two-thirds of Minnesotans do not want a mine near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. The poll found that 67 percent of Minnesotans questioned oppose "sulfide mines on the edge of the Boundary Waters Wilderness" while only 16 percent support it.
LUTSEN, Minn. -- Three people were injured Tuesday afternoon when a logging truck rolled onto its side and spilled logs across Minnesota Highway 61 in Cook County just north of Lutsen. Brandon Smith, 32, of International Falls, and Constance and Russell Almquist, both 80, of Bloomington, Minn., were taken from the scene by ambulance, the Minnesota State Patrol said in a news release.
WILLMAR — A Pennock, Minn., man has been charged with second-degree assault in Kandiyohi County District Court after an apparent drug deal at Casey's General Store in Willmar went awry as he was given salt instead of drugs and a tussle ensued. Court documents say 41-year-old Emilio Florez told police that he had met two people Feb. 23 at Casey's to buy what he referred to as "candy." After paying $90 for the substance, he left the store, then realized that the bag of "candy" was really just a bag of salt.
ITASCA COUNTY -- An Itasca County teenager has pleaded guilty in the accidental shooting death of his friend in November.
ST. PAUL PARK, Minn. — Police are investigating a report that a man tried to lure a teen girl into his vehicle Monday morning. A 13-year-old girl told police about 10 a.m. that as she walked to school in the 900 block of Third Street in St. Paul Park a man pulled up in a red vehicle and asked if she needed a ride. The man told her to get in his vehicle, but the girl refused and continued to school, according to police.
ST. PAUL -- The first fatal motorcycle crash of 2016 claimed the lives of both the driver and passenger. The crash happened Monday in Fridley, a northern Twin Cities suburb. The motorcycle ran a stoplight and hit a minivan, according to the Anoka County Sheriff’s Office. The names of the deceased have yet to be released.
CROOKSTON -- The condition of a woman who was struck by a semi while walking along a highway near Crookston early Sunday morning has improved. Amber Shablow, 25, Lake Bronson, Minn., was listed in satisfactory condition Monday at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, a hospital spokeswoman said. Shablow was walking southbound on U.S. Highway 75 north of Crookston at about 1:25 a.m. Sunday when she tried to flag down a semi, a 2014 Freightliner, which struck her, the Minnesota State Patrol said in a report.
ST. PAUL -- Minnesota House Speaker Kurt Daudt faced three lawsuits in the past year over credit card charges. Minnesota Public Radio reported on the first day of the 2016 legislative session Tuesday that he also incurred penalties for not paying 2015 property taxes on the Isanti County land where he lives.
A leap day tip lead to the Nisswa Police Department arresting a man on a drug possession charge. On Feb. 29, the Nisswa Police Department received a tip from a Minneapolis-based bounty hunting and fugitive recovery company that Alexander Paul Kempe, 34, was staying at the Magnuson Hotel in Nisswa and had active felony warrants for his arrest. A group of Nisswa police officers and Crow Wing County sheriff's deputies located Kempe at the hotel in unit 115 and took him into custody.