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Harsh Minn. Winter Threatens Deer Population
TOWER, Minn. (AP) – This year’s particularly harsh winter has hit northern Minnesota’s deer population hard, and the survivors could even be in trouble if spring weather doesn’t kick in soon. The...
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Minn. Man Charged With Threat To Amtrak Train Arraigned
GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — A Minnesota man charged with making a threat that led to the evacuation of an Amtrak train in northern Montana pleaded not guilty to federal charges of false information and...
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Minn. Man Wants Guilty Plea Tossed In Biden Threat
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota man who admitted using his neighbor’s online identity to email death threats to Vice President Joe Biden wants to withdraw his guilty plea. Barry Ardolf of Blaine...
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U Of M Building Reopened After Bomb Threat
MINNEAPOLIS (AP/WCCO) – The University of Minnesota has reopened the Science Teaching and Student Services Building, more than an hour after it was evacuated because of a threat against the facility....
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Minn. Man Gets 18-Year Term In Biden Email Threat
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for hacking into his neighbors’ wireless network and framing them for distributing child pornography and email threats...
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DNR Crews Search For Threat Of Asian Carp
AFTON, Minn. (WCCO) — On a beautiful sun-splashed stretch of the St. Croix River, the search is on for an ugly and dangerous invader. Somewhat like looking for a needle in a haystack, finding evidence...
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Naked Iowan Said He Was Forced To Hold Nuke
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – A naked 41-year-old Iowa City man told deputies that he’d been forced by four men to handle a nuclear bomb at his home in Iowa City. The Iowa City Press-Citizen reports deputies...
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Man Threatens Bank With Bomb, Gets Tasered
OAKDALE, Minn. (WCCO) — A man was tasered and arrested after police say he told a bank employee that he had a bomb. The incident occurred around 7:41 a.m. Wednesday at a Lake Elmo Bank on 600 Inwood...
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Burned Cat Treated As Possible Obama Threat; Reward Offered
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO/AP) — Federal officials are treating the discovery of a burned cat in a south Minneapolis park as a possible threat against President Obama. A park employee found the cat’s body...
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Minneapolis South Put On Lockdown
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Minneapolis South High School has been placed on lockdown over an unspecified concern, according to school officials. The building is under a “code yellow” lockdown, which...
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Police Investigate After Violent Threat Made At Wal-Mart
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (WCCO) — A Fergus Falls Wal-Mart was evacuated Saturday after someone made a threat to hurt employees and customers of the store. Police say they received a 911 call from the store...
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Police: All Clear, No Evidence Of Downtown Mpls. Shooting
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO/AP) – Minneapolis police gave the all clear Friday as they say they found no evidence of any gunshots fired, bullets or victims after there was a report of shots fired that morning...
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Authorities Investigating Threats Against Rush City High School
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Authorities are investigating after an apparent threat was made against a school in Rush City on Tuesday. Administrators with the school district put a notice on their web site...
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Rush City Student Arrested, Accused Of Making Threats
RUSH CITY, Minn. (AP) — A student at Rush City High School in Chisago County is accused of making threats to bomb or “shoot up” his school. Sheriff’s officials say the 17-year-old male student was...
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Extra Security At Sleepy Eye, New Ulm Schools After Online Threat
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Extra security is now in place with students resuming class in Sleepy Eye and New Ulm Monday. The action was taken after a teenager was arrested for allegedly posting threats on...
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Charges: Man Threatens To Shoot Up Coon Rapids Hospital
COON RAPIDS (WCCO) — A 38-year-old Wisconsin man has been accused of threatening to shoot up a Coon Rapids, Minn. hospital earlier this month, according to charges filed. On the early afternoon of Jan....
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Officials Close Chaska High School After Reported Threat
CHASKA, Minn. (WCCO) – A threat to Chaska High School put the school on lockdown Tuesday morning and canceled classes for students later in the day. Police and the school officials are not giving...
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Extra Police At Eden Prairie High School Thursday After Threat
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Authorities say there’s an enhanced police presence at Eden Prairie High School Thursday after tensions between students prompted the threat of a gun being brought to school....
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Charges: Eagan Teen Threatens Dad’s Life Over Car
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – An Eagan teen faces charges after her father told police she threatened his life when he wanted to take her car away, court documents filed last week say. On March 12, a man told...
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Door-To-Door Booksellers Target Children, Creep Out Parents
HUGO, Minn. (WCCO) – It seems an online rumor has parents in the Twin Cities scared that their kids could be kidnapped. Parents in Washington County and Inver Grove Heights said they’re being...
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Bomb Threat Prompts Evacuation Of Mpls. CVS
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Police and bomb squad units are investigating after a bomb threat was called in at a local CVS Pharmacy on Monday. Officials say employees at the CVS Pharmacy at Franklin and...
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Threat Prompts Maple Lake To Cancel Classes
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Maple Lake Public Schools have canceled classes after a threat was left in a bathroom stall, according to officials. At approximately 12:15 p.m. on Wednesday, a threat was found on...
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Man Arrested For Threatening Student At Somerset (Wis.) School
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 20-year-old man was arrested Thursday after he verbally threatened a student at Somerset (Wis.) Elementary School and forced the school district to go into a lockdown, according...
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Esko School Evacuated After Bomb Threat
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A written bomb threat prompted the evacuation of Esko School Tuesday afternoon, according to the Carlton County Sheriff’s Office. At 12:25 p.m. the bomb threat was found inside the...
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Cops: Man Threatened To Shoot Neighbor Teaching Daughter To Ride A Bike
ROSEMOUNT, Minn. (WCCO) – A Minnesota man is charged with two felonies after police say he admitted to pointing a shotgun at his neighbor over how he was teaching his daughter to ride a bike....
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Washburn High School Open After Threat Deemed Not Credible
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Officials at Washburn High School in Minneapolis say classes will go on as usual Thursday after a threat was made and police determined it was not credible. The school sent out a...
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MOA Strengthens Security Following Video Threat
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The Mall of America is beefing up security after the terror group that carried out a deadly attack at an African shopping mall called for a similar mission on shopping venues in...
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Talking Points: Klobuchar On Al-Shabaab Threat Video
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The latest terror video from al-Shabaab comes days after the White House convened a terror summit that focused on combating recruiting here in the Twin Cities and the rest of the...
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Minn. Law Officials Express Concern Over Stalled Homeland Security Bill
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Congress has until midnight Friday to avoid a partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland security. The agency’s funding bill has become tied up in the immigration dispute...
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Police: Man Threatened To Shoot Up National American University
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 20-year-old man is accused of threatening to carry out a shooting at National American University in Burnsville last Friday over his frustrations in locating the school for a...
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Cell Video Shows Cop Allegedly Threatening To Break Teen Suspect’s Leg
http://media.minneapolis.cbslocal.com/CBSMIN_20150403193926420AA.mp4 MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A smartphone appears to have captured a Minneapolis police officer threatening a teenager. Seventeen-year-old...
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Crime Alert: U Student Threatened, Robbed On University Avenue
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Officials say a University of Minnesota student was threatened and robbed of her purse early Tuesday morning near campus. University officials say Minneapolis police were called...
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Extra Security Precautions & Officers In Fairmont Schools After Threat
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Fairmont police say a threat posted to an anonymous internet application, Yik Yak, has prompted extra security precautions and officers in area schools this week. On Saturday,...
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Cloquet Teen Stopped By Police After Possible School Threat On Facebook
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 13-year-old Cloquet girl was questioned by police after writing a threatening post on Facebook that turned out to be lyrics from a rap song. The St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office...
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Student Arrested After Bringing Gun, Ammo To Mpls. School
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — — For the second time in one week, a metro area high school student has been arrested for bringing a gun to school. The latest incident happened Monday at Patrick Henry High School...
View ArticleCharges: Man Threatened School Shootings On Facebook Page
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 19-year-old man from Siren, Wis., is facing charges after threatening violence on social media that prompted the closure of Grantsburg (Wis.) Schools on Tuesday. Jacob Aaron...
View ArticleLockdown Lifted At 2 Brooklyn Park Schools After Apparent Threat
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Authorities say two Brooklyn Park schools were placed on lockdown Thursday after an unspecified threat. Brooklyn Center police say that just before noon, they received a phone call...
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Student Arrested In St. Francis High School Bomb Threat
A student has been arrested in connection to a bomb threat directed at St. Francis High School Friday afternoon, according to the Anoka County Sheriff’s Office.
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Man Pleads Guilty To Threatening To Kill Rep. Omar
A western New York man has pleaded guilty to threatening to kill U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar.
View Article3 Students Arrested, Suspected Of Making Threat At Wisconsin School
MARSHFIELD, Wis. (AP) — Three students have been arrested on suspicion of making a threat to Marshfield High School. An 18-year-old male and two 17-year-old boys were taken to the Wood County Jail...
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