>>Testimony In Feeding Our Future Trial Resumes Today
(Minneapolis, MN) — Testimony in the federal Feeding Our Future fraud trial resumed today in Minneapolis. The former head of the Feeding Our Future nonprofit, Aimee Bock, and co-defendant Salid Said are accused of conspiring to steal $250 million in federal funding earmarked for feeding children during the pandemic. Last Thursday, defendant Qamar Hassan testified that millions of dollars in government aid were misappropriated. She also informed the jury that she had not been truthful about her catering company providing thousands of meals to children during the pandemic. Hassan has already entered a guilty plea.
Smith Vs. Musk
(Washington, D.C.) — U.S. Senator Tina Smith traded barbs with Elon Musk on social media over the weekend in response to an order for all federal workers to report what they got done last week. Musk, who serves as the department’s chief, posted the order on X, adding that it would be considered a resignation if the workers didn’t respond to a coming email. Smith responded to Musk’s post with tweets of her own, using colorful language to refer to him as a bad boss.
“I bet a lot of people have had an experience like this with a bad boss – there’s an email in your inbox on Saturday night saying, ‘prove to me your worthiness by Monday or else,” Smith wrote. “I’m on the side of the workers, not the billionaire a****** bosses.”
Smith went on to give her summary of what Republicans got done last week with a bullet-point list that included “defund Medicare and Medicaid,” “not to protect IVF funding,” “not to protect veterans’ healthcare,” “not to protect food assistance,” and other issues.
Musk asked Smith what she got done last week, to which the Democrat responded that Musk wasn’t her boss.
“I answer to the people of Minnesota,” Smith wrote. “But since you bring it up, I spent last week fighting to stop tax breaks for billionaires like you, paid for by defunding health care for moms and babies.”
>>Authorities Say Driver Was Drunk When He Caused Head-On Crash Near Moorhead
(Moorhead, MN) — A Moorhead man is in custody after he was accused of causing a deadly head-on crash over the weekend. The collision happened Saturday night on Highway 75 just north of Moorhead. The driver of the other vehicle who died has been identified as 41-year-old Jennifer Watson of Texas. Authorities say the suspect was under the influence of alcohol at the time of the crash.
>>18-Year-Old Woman Injured in E-Bike vs. SUV Crash in Hibbing
(Hibbing, MN) — An 18-year-old woman is recovering from injuries suffered in a crash on her electric bicycle Sunday afternoon in Hibbing. The Minnesota State Patrol says Antoneise Ny’ajah Waters was crossing Highway 169 on her E-bike when an S-U-V hit her. Troopers say Waters was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The two occupants of the vehicle weren’t hurt. Temps topped 40 degrees Sunday on the Iron Range.
>>Tower Woman Sentenced to Federal Prison for Embezzling $344 from Clients
(St. Paul, MN) — A woman from northeastern Minnesota will spend over two years in federal prison for embezzling 344 thousand dollars from her payroll service clients. Prosecutors say 58-year-old Jeana Lautigar-McGowan of Tower admitted to taking money from her clients’ bank accounts between 2016 and 2020 and using the funds to cover personal expenses and pay debt. The embezzlement resulted in an 84-thousand-dollar income tax loss to the U-S. Lautigar-McGowan was ordered to pay 430 thousand dollars in restitution to her clients and the I-R-S.
