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Rochester police officer hurt in traffic accident
A Rochester police officer was hurt in a late night car accident over the weekend.

Knives, gun found in backpack inside Chipotle
Rochester police officers are trying to figure out who left a backpack filled with a loaded gun and two knives inside a the Chipotle restaurant in south Rochester.

Roof collapses on former, popular Iowa hangout
A former, long-time hotspot and bowling alley collapses Sunday morning in Hampton, Iowa.

Minnesota man who sued jail over frostbitten feet dies
A Minnesota man who was suing jailers for failing to get him care for frostbitten feet has died in Iowa.

Man critically hurt in Chisholm bar shooting improves
CHISHOLM, Minn. (AP) -- The man critically wounded in a fatal bar shooting in northeastern Minnesota is improving at a Duluth hospital. Twenty-nine-year-old Cale Steve Nelson was shot twice in the abdomen

La Crosse man pleads guilty to retirement fund swindle
LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) -- A former La Crosse retirement fund manager has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $850,000 from investors. Donald Johnson disappeared in 1995 after raiding the retirement accounts

IA House approves cell phone ban for young drivers
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- The Iowa House has narrowly voted to ban the state's youngest drivers from any use of cell phones or other hand-held electronic devices. The bill approved Monday would ban the

10 former Agriprocessors workers to be deported
POSTVILLE, Iowa (AP) -- Ten undocumented aliens who were arrested and charged in the May 2008 raid at the former Agriprocessors kosher slaughterhouse in Postville have learned that they will be deported

Eagan school bus driver arrested for DWI
EAGAN, Minn. (AP) -- An Eagan school bus driver has been arrested for drunken driving after he crashed the bus into a parked car. KSTP-TV reports that the bus was transporting seven students home from

Stash of fake money found in Olmsted County
OLMSTED COUNTY, Minn. (KTTC-DT) -- The Olmsted County Sheriff's Office is investigating a stash of counterfeit cash. Deputies say an 18-year-old was fishing at Silver Creek Reservoir Monday morning, when






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