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WORTHINGTON, Minn. -- Brandon Limlee Thavixay of Worthington has denied charges he used 52 counterfeit $20 bills to purchase a 55-inch, $1,071 television from a local retailer. He appeared in court Wednesday to be arraigned on two felony charges, counterfeiting of currency and theft by swindle, following the alleged incident in January. Security footage shows an Asian man purchasing the television, stepping outside of the store and passing off the purchase to a second Asian man, later identified as Inta Mikie Vongsynha, who brought the TV back...
BEMIDJI—At the end of the 2015 Minnesota legislative session, the fact no long-term solution for transportation funding was achieved was top of mind for many lawmakers and local civic leaders. What's changed with a March 8 start for the 2016 session? Nothing. The group Transportation Forward is touring the state urging those lawmakers to find a workable solution to increasing funding for all transportation infrastructure, including roads and bridges, but also for transit systems and biking and walking paths. The tour stopped in Bemidji on T...
A group pushing for Sunday alcohol sales is intensifying its effort at the State Capitol this year, rolling out a slick new social media campaign designed to put pressure on legislators to change the law. “Football tailgates. Relaxing on lakes. Tying up skates. These are things that Minnesotans do on Sundays,” a narrator says in one of the videos. “But buy a six-pack of beer? Heck no, for gosh sakes.” The new “Why Not Sundays?” campaign — in the form of Facebook posts, tweets and a YouTube video with more than 50,000 views — comes after yea...
Hospitals have switched from handwritten prescriptions and pills in Dixie cups to computerized order entry and robotic drug dispensing, but one thing hasn’t changed over the past two decades: the small but severe risk of injuries and deaths from medication errors. In a new report, Minnesota hospitals disclosed four deaths and 10 serious injuries related to medication errors in the 12-month period ending last Oct. 6. That’s the highest total in 12 years of “adverse event” reporting in Minnesota, which remains one of only five states to publicl...
A 25-year-old Hastings man was charged Thursday with two counts of stalking a former 12-year-old female student, according to the Dakota County attorney’s office. Cody Woodrow Hansen, who was a teacher at an Eagan middle school, allegedly sent numerous messages from November to January via Snapchat to the girl. He has since resigned from his teaching position. The student had screen shots and saved some of conversations, and reported them to Eagan police, the county attorney’s office said. http://www.startribune.com/former-e...
A St. Paul man has been indicted on a charge of illegally selling large quantities of weapons online while posing as a gun collector, one of the first cases charged in the wake of President Obama’s pledge to crack down on unregulated firearms sales. Several of the handguns allegedly sold by Eitan Benjamin Feldman, 29, soon turned up at Twin Cities crime scenes, according to a 10-count indictment unsealed Thursday. The indictment is just the third unlicensed-seller case charged by the U.S. attorney’s office in the last decade. htt...
The carcasses of three wolves “frozen solid” were found dumped in a ditch along a northern Minnesota highway in what conservation officials are confident is a case of poaching, federal authorities said Thursday. The discovery on Hwy. 8 near Floodwood, about 35 miles southeast of Grand Rapids, was reported on Jan. 22 to a state Department of Natural Resources poachers tip line, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). “The wolf carcasses were discovered in a pile in the ditch just off the shoulder of the road, as though someo...
Efforts to protect the only nonstop flight between Minnesota and Asia suffered a severe setback Thursday, as the United States and Japan agreed on a deal that Delta Air Lines has warned could imperil its Minneapolis-Tokyo service. The agreement provides for more daytime landing slots for trans-Pacific flights at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport, according to a release from the U.S. Embassy in Japan. Delta flies to Narita International Airport, 46 miles from downtown, and executives have said the new plan favors rivals American and United airlines. h...
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un recently ordered preparations for launching "terror" attacks on South Koreans, a top Seoul official said Thursday, as worries about the North grow after its recent nuclear test and rocket launch. In televised remarks, senior South Korean presidential official Kim Sung-woo said North Korea's spy agency has begun work to implement Kim Jong Un's order to "muster anti-South terror capabilities that can pose a direct threat to our lives and security." http://www.startribune.com...
SEATTLE — As homeless deaths mounted last fall in Seattle, elected officials declared an emergency, resorting to a tool often reserved for natural disasters to confront the burgeoning population of people living on the streets. The mayor opened a new city-sanctioned homeless encampment and committed millions more dollars to expand shelter beds and social services. Then the crisis hit new heights: Three homeless boys were charged this month with killing two people at a longstanding homeless camp known as The Jungle. And a one-night census of h...
Up to 4,000 indigenous women and girls may be "missing" in Canada, ministers said Tuesday, more than three times a previous estimate. The decades-long tragedy's sudden emergence as a national concern puts pressure on the new government, which promised during its campaign to renew the historically-stained relationship between Ottawa and its native communities. The new estimate comes from Walk 4 Justice, a Canadian activist group, who compiled a list of native women who were murdered or had gone missing before 2011. Previously, a 2014 report...
A Native American tribe is opposing protectionist regulations proposed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, saying the rules would eliminate consumer choice, reduce access to credit, and harm the economic vitality of its businesses. The bureau proposed rules in March 2015 that would apply to short-term credit options such as payday loans, requiring that lenders ensure that a consumer can repay the loan. These loans are typically required to be paid back in full within 45 days, and the bureau claims that they are expensive and risky for...
The Hoopa Valley Tribal Council is poised to declare a state of emergency Thursday due to an increasing criminal climate on the reservation, including the stabbing death of a Hoopa man last week. “The amount of crimes and the myriad of crimes is what has everyone concerned for their well-being and safety,” Hoopa Valley Tribal Council Chairman Ryan Jackson said. “... It seems to be escalating to a point where folks are not feeling safe in being able to just live in the community. As a result of that, questions continue to arise about the curre...
Quebec's ombudsman has released a scathing report on the treatment of Inuit in the provincial justice system. Raymonde Saint-Germain describes the conditions of people arrested and convicted as "unacceptable." She says the detention conditions are "below current standards" and infringe on the constitutional right to human dignity. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/inuit-quebec-justice-system-1.3453390...
POCATELLO—The Benedicte Wrensted photograph collection of Fort Hall Indian Reservation photographs owned by the Idaho Museum of Natural History has been digitized and is now accessible online. This project was completed by Matthew Bingman, an intern from the Idaho State University Department of History, who is working in Special Collections and Archives, Eli M. Oboler Library this semester. To view the collection and for more information, visit bit.ly/1Q4jBtV. http://www.idahostatejournal.com/members/benedicte-wrensted-photo...
