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  • Jerald Loud, Minnesota House candidate, disowned by two of three daughters

    J Patrick Coolican, Star Tribune|Oct 24, 2016

    Jerald Loud, a DFL House candidate in northern Minnesota, boasts on his campaign website that he has three adult daughters, but two of them say they have disowned him, and he has no contact with the third. "He is not a father or a family man, and we are not his daughters," said Emily Metzger, who said Loud abandoned her when she was 10 after a 2004 divorce, Loud's second. Metzger's sister Natasha Laumei said she changed her name to disassociate herself from Loud. "I want nothing to do with him, and I don't want him to have any kind of claim on...

  • Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton and other elected officials to speak at DNC

    J Patrick Coolican, Star Tribune|Jul 22, 2016

    Gov. Mark Dayton, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Sen. Al Franken and Rep. Peggy Flanagan will speak at next week's Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. The Minnesotans will be there in support of the Democrats' presumptive nominee, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who is expected to accept the nomination with a convention speech Thursday. Flanagan, a DFL state representative from St. Louis Park who is a member of the White Earth Band, will be one of the few state legislators on a docket packed with national figures, including...

  • In long ago divorce, DFL legislative candidate found to have 'battered' ex-wife

    J Patrick Coolican, Star Tribune|Jul 13, 2016

    Jerald Loud, a DFL legislative candidate in a high profile race, was found to have "battered" his ex-wife in a judge's divorce ruling more than 30 years ago, which also granted a restraining order to the woman. Loud, a 10 year Navy veteran who runs a program for needy families for the Red Lake Nation, is competing for an open seat currently held by the GOP. The race in northern Minnesota — pitting Loud against retired Clearwater Sheriff's deputy Matt Grossell — will be one of the most closely watched in the upcoming November elections, as the...