>>5 Boys Injured in Explosion near Bagley Hospitalized in Stable Condition
(Bagley, MN) — The five brothers who were injured in a storage unit explosion near Bagley remain hospitalized in stable condition with burn injuries. A GoFundMe account says the boys were airlifted in critical condition and are now at the Hennepin County Medical Center Burn Center. The Clearwater County Sheriff’s Office said the explosion happened Monday when their father lit a cigarette inside a metal storage unit where a propane tank had been leaking. The father was also burned, but his condition hasn’t been released. The GoFundMe campaign has raised over 29 thousand dollars toward the 50-thousand-dollar goal.
>>Wisconsin Presidential Count Likely to Go Into Early Wednesday
(Madison, WI) — We might not know until early tomorrow morning whether Donald Trump or Kamala (CAH-muh-luh) Harris won in neighboring battleground Wisconsin. Wisconsin Elections Commission chair Ann Jacobs predicts a final count will take until 2 or 3 am Wednesday morning. That’s because 1 point 6 million absentee ballots must be opened and processed once the polls close at 8 pm. Jacobs reminds people that 3.3 million Wisconsinites voted in the 2020 elections, so be prepared to wait.
>>Superior Man Charged in 2 Attempted Carjackings
(Superior, WI) — A Superior man faces multiple charges related to an attempted carjacking on Wednesday. Officers responded to the report around 3:30 p.m. in Superior. The victim and witnesses said the suspect approached a parked vehicle while its owner was near the trunk. The suspect punched the victim and attempted to take the car, which had a young child inside at the time. Two bystanders intervened and restrained the suspect, 37-year-old Michael Thompson, before police arrived. Thompson was also the suspect in a second attempted carjacking incident just a short distance away.
>>Two Arrested on Drug Charges in Weekend Stop near Moorhead
(Moorhead, MN) — Two men were arrested on Sunday on I-94 near Barnesville for transporting drugs from the Twin Cities to Moorhead. An investigation started in June. Moorhead police and Clay County deputies stopped 35-year-old Tyler Kania of Moorhead and 34-year-old Laquedrick Lemel As-Sidiq of St. Louis Park, Minnesota, on felony drug charges. During the stop, methamphetamine, cocaine, marijuana, and morphine pills were seized. The street value is estimated at $15,000.
>>Granite Falls Man Who Held Girlfriend Captive Sentenced To 90 Months In Jail
(St. Paul, MN) — A Granite Falls man who pled guilty to holding his girlfriend captive and waterboarding her is going to jail. Keanu Labatte was sentenced yesterday in Ramsey County Court to 90 months behind bars. The 20-year-old was also ordered to stay away from the victim and register as a sex offender for life. Authorities say Labatte visited his girlfriend at Saint Catherine University in September 2023 before he assaulted her. Court records show he was on probation at the time of the attack for violating a restraining order involving a different woman in Yellow Medicine County.
>>MN PUC To Hold Hearings On SW MN Power Line Project
(Granite Falls, MN) — The state Public Utilities Commission is holding hearings this week about a proposed 170-mile high-voltage power line across southwest Minnesota. Xcel Energy wants to build the power line to connect a substation in Lyon County to the utility’s Sherco substation in Becker. Xcel says the line will help the utility connect up to four thousand megawatts of electricity to the Minnesota power grid. On Thursday, public hearings are scheduled tomorrow in Granite Falls, Olivia, Marshall, and Redwood Falls.
>>”Wizard Of Oz” Slippers Stolen From MN Museum Now Up For Auction
(Grand Rapids, MN) — A famous pair of shoes with ties to Minnesota has been placed on the auction block. The pair of ruby slippers once worn by Judy Garland in “The Wizard of Oz” is being sold in an auction that will end next month. The shoes were once displayed at the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids until they were stolen in 2005. The shoes were recovered and returned to their owner, and the Northern Minnesota Museum has been raising money to get them back. The slippers have an estimated value of over three million dollars.
