Minneapolis man found guilty of lying in vote fraud trial
A Minneapolis man was found guilty Tuesday of lying to a federal grand jury about abusing a process for submitting absentee ballots for other voters during Minnesota's primary election in August 2020. After a day of testimony, the jury of 10 women and two men took just 40 minutes to convict Muse Mohamud Mohamed of two counts of making false statements to a grand jury, according to Minnesota Public Radio. Mohamed, 34, was accused of falsely telling the grand jury last fall that he had obtained three absentee ballots for the primary on behalf of three voters who then filled them out before he returned them to the election office.
news.yahoo.comMurder complaint: Minnesota woman abandoned 2 newborns
A Minnesota woman has been arrested and charged in the death of her newborn who was abandoned at a lake nearly 20 years ago, and in a criminal complaint acknowledged abandoning another newborn whose body was found in the Mississippi River years earlier, state and local officials said Monday. Investigators used advances in DNA technology and genealogical research to link the newborns to the woman, and community donations helped to pay for testing to resolve the cold case. Jennifer Matter, 50, of Red Wing, was charged with second-degree murder in the 2003 death of a newborn boy whose body was found in Frontenac on the shore of Lake Pepin, a body of water on the Mississippi River.
news.yahoo.comJon Michael Biddick
Jon Michael Biddick Jon M. Biddick was born Nov. 25, 1952, in Lakefield, Minnesota, and passed away peacefully on May 2, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas. Jon was a wonderful and loving husband who was crazy about his four children. Jon loved with his whole heart and received love the same way from others. Jon
uvaldeleadernews.comMinn. GOP candidate wants Democratic elections chief jailed
A leading Republican running for Minnesota governor has suggested that the state’s Democratic secretary of state should go to prison for his running of the state's election system, without providing any evidence that he's done anything illegal. Scott Jensen, a doctor and former state senator known for his skepticism of the COVID-19 vaccine and the state's response to the pandemic, attacked Secretary of State Steve Simon at a recent GOP district convention. “We are not voter suppressors," Jensen told the delegates.
news.yahoo.comMinnesota Human Rights department alleges Minneapolis police engaged in a pattern or practice of race discrimination
The investigation, announced after the murder of George Floyd in May 2020, examined whether the city and the police department were using racially discriminatory practices and policies.
cbsnews.com13-year-old Minnesota youth set to graduate from college
A 13-year-old boy from Minnesota will soon earn his bachelor's degree from college — with a major in physics and a minor in math. Elliott Tanner is maintaining a 3.78 grade point average at the University of Minnesota and is participating in undergraduate research while also tutoring classmates. “I have an incredible passion for physics,” he said.
news.yahoo.comArena says Matt Turner suffered frostbite at game in St Paul
New England Revolution coach Bruce Arena says goalkeeper Matt Turner suffered frostbite during the U.S. national team's World Cup qualifier in Minnesota but is sidelined with an unrelated injury. Turner tweeted Saturday that the United States' Feb. 2 World Cup qualifier in frigid weather at St. Paul “has nothing to do with what's kept me off the field these last few weeks.” Arena said March 8 that Turner was injured during a practice game at Los Angeles FC.
news.yahoo.comGophers' Steveson wins Hodge again as top college wrestler
Olympic gold medalist and two-time NCAA champion Gable Steveson of Minnesota has been named repeat winner of the Dan Hodge Trophy as the top college wrestler. WIN magazine on Monday announced Steveson had received 49 of 59 first-place votes from a panel of retired coaches, a representative from each of the national wrestling organizations, media members, past winners and fans. Three-time NCAA champion Yianni Diakomihalis of Cornell was runner-up and two-time national champ Nick Lee of Penn State was third.
news.yahoo.comHe was a congressional candidate in Minnesota. Then he withdrew from politics to go fight in Ukraine.
The only Democrat running for Congress in Minnesota’s 7th District is putting his political aspirations on hold in an attempt to join the foreign legion fighting Russian forces in Ukraine.
washingtonpost.comBeverley, Hill ejected in feisty Bucks-Timberwolves matchup
Minnesota's Patrick Beverley and Milwaukee's George Hill were both ejected in the first quarter Saturday in a matchup between the surging Timberwolves and defending champion Bucks. Milwaukee's Serge Ibaka and Minnesota's Taurean Prince got tied up after a Timberwolves free throw attempt and were talking to each other when Beverley raced in and pushed Ibaka.
news.yahoo.comIditarod musher Sass reaches halfway point 1st
A musher originally from Minnesota is the first to reach the halfway point of this year’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Brent Sass, who now calls Eureka, Alaska, home, pulled into the checkpoint in the ghost town of Cripple Wednesday afternoon. Sass was the Iditarod’s 2012 Rookie of the Year but has never won the nearly 1,000-mile (1,609-kilometer) race across Alaska.
news.yahoo.com‘What is Duluth?’: ‘Jeopardy!’ contestants miss final question about Minnesota’s port city
DULUTH — Clue: This completely missed Final Jeopardy answer had people across Minnesota face-palming in disgust Monday. Answer: What is Duluth? None of the contestants on the long-running TV game show — a professor, a healthcare administrator and a writer — correctly answered the clue "At about 90,000, it's the most populous U.S. city on North America's biggest lake." And social media was not ...
news.yahoo.comBurglar pulls off $250,000 Pokémon heist of Minnesota shop after smashing through a wall
A burglar reportedly stole about $250,000 worth of Pokémon cards from a video games and collectibles shop in Minnesota. Punch-Out Gaming, a family-owned business that has been operating in Forest Lake, Minnesota, for eight years, was hit with a burglary on Thursday morning, reported Pioneer Press (TwinCities.com). The intruder took an unspecified amount of money and Pokémon trading cards worth around $250,000.
news.yahoo.comParents of Missouri student sue fraternity over hazing
The parents of a Minnesota man allege in a lawsuit that he has been unresponsive and requires constant medical care since being forced to drink a bottle of vodka at a fraternity at the University of Missouri. Daniel Santulli, 19, of Eden Prairie, Minnesota, was found in cardiac arrest inside a car at University Hospital on Oct. 20, according to the lawsuit. The lawsuit contends Santulli and the rest of his pledge class at Phi Gamma Delta were each forced to drink a bottle of hard liquor, given to them by their “pledge fathers.”
news.yahoo.comJudge in federal trial in Floyd death urges quick proceeding
The judge handling the federal trial for three former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights is urging attorneys to “move the case along” to reduce chances that the proceeding will be disrupted by COVID-19.
'The fire that's here': US is still battling delta variant
While all eyes are on the new and little-understood omicron variant, the delta form of the coronavirus isn’t finished wreaking havoc in the U.S., sending record numbers of patients to the hospital in some states, especially in the Midwest and New England.
First steps made in Congress to honor pop superstar Prince
Minnesota’s Congressional delegation on Monday is introducing a resolution to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to pop superstar Prince, citing his “indelible mark on Minnesota and American culture,” The Associated Press has learned.