Medical examiner rules Aitkin shooting of eighth-grader a homicide
Superior TelegramRuling means someone else handled the weapon, not intent.
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Vandals down 14 trees over holiday weekend
Superior TelegramTrees were targeted by vandals over the Fourth of July weekend in Superior. Along the boulevard of Hughitt Avenue in the area of North 12th Street, 14 young trees were...
View ArticleFelon gets six years prison for illegal gun
Superior TelegramMADISON — A Superior man who “made his living dealing drugs” was sentenced Monday in federal court to six years in prison for possessing a sawed-off shotgun.
View ArticleMinneapolis man awaiting sentencing beats up another prisoner
Superior TelegramAhmed Farah Hirsi, 27, Minneapolis, pleaded guilty this week to one count of battery by prisoners.
View ArticleHibbing man gets nearly 10 years for death of 2-year-old
Superior TelegramA Hibbing man has been sentenced to nearly 10 years in prison for causing the death of a 2-year-old child in 2012 -- a case that was stalled for nearly...
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Third suspect faces murder trial early next month
Superior TelegramThe second of five suspects in the shooting death of Garth Velin is set to go to trial...
View ArticleAppeals court: Prostitution laws don’t violate First Amendment
Superior TelegramProstitution laws do not violate the First Amendment, the Minnesota Court of Appeals held Monday.
View ArticleEly man charged with raising shotgun at neighbor
Superior TelegramA 57-year-old Ely man has been charged in state district court after admitting to police that he pointed a shotgun at another man after he was awoken by a man...
View ArticleAshland business owners agree to plead guilty on drug, tax charges
Superior TelegramJohn W. Vaudreuil, United States attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that John C. Morrison, 70, and Anna F. Novak, 57, of Ashland, Wis., have agreed...
View ArticleTractor Supply store under construction, burgled overnight
Superior TelegramASHLAND — Ashland police are asking the public’s help in solving a burglary at a construction site in the city that occurred overnight Wednesday.Workers discovered the theft upon...
View ArticleGrand jury indicts suspects for meth, threatening the president
Superior TelegramA Webster man was charged with conspiring to distribute meth and a Tomah man was charged with two counts of threatening the life of President Barack Obama when...
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Superior TelegramDouglas County Circuit CourtJune 8Jason Alexander Lane, 38, Duluth, threats to injure amended to carry concealed weapon, bail jumping, no contest pleas,...
View ArticleNo new trial for man who killed daughters
Superior TelegramIn March 2013, Schaffhausen, now 37, pleaded guilty to the murders of his daughters but not guilty by reason of mental disease.
View ArticleAlleged robber arrested after posting photos of loot on Facebook
Superior TelegramInvestigators say a masked man walked into a convenience store earlier this month, threatened the clerk with a sword and stole cash and cigarettes.
View ArticleCar hits officer on bike; driver arrested for DUI
Superior TelegramMinot police said two bicycle patrol units had stopped a vehicle for a minor traffic violation in the 2000 block of East Burdick Expressway when a vehicle rear-ended the bike...
View ArticleHudson couple hit by suspected drunk driver on annual bike ride in Iowa
Superior TelegramBruce and Barbara Blair, both of Hudson, were taking part in the Des Moines Register's Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa (RAGBRAI). It was the first day of the 468-mile,...
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Homicide suspect arrested in Superior
Superior TelegramPolice in northwest Wisconsin arrested a suspect Wednesday afternoon in the July Fourth Chicago slaying of 7-year-old Amari Brown, police said.
View ArticleHayward woman sentenced to prison for importing bath salts
Superior TelegramA Hayward woman will spend 57 months in federal prison without the possibility of parole for her involvement in importing bath salts to the United States.
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Officer shoots, kills person at Twin Cities Arby’s
Superior TelegramAn officer from the Plymouth Police Department responded to a call of a disturbance at an Arby’s in Plymouth and, and after a scuffle, fatally shot the person, the Minnesota...
View ArticleWisconsin man sentenced to nearly 10 years for bank robberies
Superior TelegramJesse Sweeter, 20, of Rice Lake, will serve 9½ years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release for the May 2014 robbery of the Shell Lake State Bank...
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