Joel Lovelien was a big man with a big personality. Not aggressive, but smart, with a dry, raunchy sense of humor. And don't forget his fondness for belting out the "SpongeBob Squarepants" theme song.
In this Dakota Spotlight episode, the podcast tracks the movements and actions of Travis Stay and others. What was going on with him and his friends that weekend night just before Halloween?
As police responded to the scene of the beating death of Lovelien in Grand Forks on Oct. 28, 2007, they quickly zeroed in on three costumed partiers that night: a clown, a cowboy and a hunter.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar recalled the other towns and local businesses throughout Minnesota she’s visited before coming to East Grand Forks Wednesday, Jan. 11, and what she has noticed along the way.
CAIR-MN Executive Director Jaylani Hussein called for an FBI probe of the incident and for federal hate crime charges to be brought against the suspect in the case, Suzette Gay Thompson, during a news conference held Thursday in the Islamic Center
"In my lifetime I have murdered 21 human beings, I have committed thousands of burglaries, robberies, larcenies, arsons and, last but not least, I have committed sodomy on more than 1,000 male human beings. For all these things I am not in the least bit sorry."
People filled grandstands by the Red River to watch dogs compete for the longest jump into a nearly 40-foot pool, as well as attempt to break the world record of 32 feet in a single jump.
The event is meant as a criticism of a state shutdown order and a recently passed aid package for business owners. Organizer Justin LaRocque has not yet secured a permit for the protest, but said the city council will decide on the matter in the first week of January, though he is confident it will be approved.
“I feel like I’m on the Titanic and our governor has made us a third-class citizen that has to be on the bottom of the ship,” said Jeff LaBean, owner of the Depot Bar & Grill in Faribault, said at a Friday protest at the Capitol. “He wants to drown us.”
