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Scientists Find Out Why Moose Population’s Slipping
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Scientists are trying to figure out why the moose population in Minnesota has gone down as much as 65 percent. The answers aren’t good news. The Minnesota DNR captured 49 moose...
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Hibbing Man Falls Out Of Deer Stand, Dies
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Minn. (WCCO) – A 55-year-old Hibbing man died Thursday morning after falling from his deer stand in St. Louis County, authorities said. According to the St. Louis County Sheriff’s...
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Man Who Died Falling From Deer Stand ID’d
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Minn. (WCCO) – Authorities have identified the 55-year-old Hibbing man who died Thursday morning after falling from his deer stand in St. Louis County as Bruce Richard Stone....
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‘Everybody Wishes They Had A Father Like Mark Weber’
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Friends and family are mourning the death of a beloved soldier, author and family man as Lt. Col. Mark Weber died Thursday after a three-year battle with cancer. He was 41 years...
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Esme’s Blog: Lt. Col. Mark Weber — American Hero
On Sunday, June 2 , Lt. Col. Mark Weber was a guest on WCCO Sunday Morning. Weber had spoken six days earlier at the Memorial Day ceremony at Fort Snelling. His message of service and duty echoed...
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New Hope Police: Man Found Dead In Car With Gunshot Wounds
NEW HOPE, Minn. (WCCO) — New Hope police are investigating after finding a man inside a car late Thursday night, dead from an apparent gunshot wound. According to the New Hope Police Department, the...
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Police: 24-Year-Old Motorcyclist Crashes Into SUV, Dies
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Minn. (WCCO) – A 24-year-old motorcyclist died Thursday afternoon in northeastern Minnesota, authorities say. According to the St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office, a 24-year-old Rice...
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WI Patrol: 17-Year-Old Girl Ejected From Rollover Crash, Dies
BLOOMER, Wis. (WCCO) — A 17-year-old Wisconsin girl died Thursday morning after she was ejected from her car as it rolled over near Bloomer, Wis., authorities say. According to the Wisconsin Department...
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Bicyclist Killed In Hit-And-Run In Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A hit-and-run on the city’s south side has claimed the life of a bicyclist, and now police are investigating it as a homicide. The hit-and-run happened Wednesday night at the...
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Police ID The 24-Year-Old Motorcyclist Who Crashed Into SUV, Died
RICE LAKE TOWNSHIP, Minn. (WCCO) – The 24-year-old motorcyclist that died Thursday afternoon in northeastern Minnesota has been identified as Benjamin Scott Jones, authorities say. According to the St....
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Minn. Woman Killed By Falling Tree Is Identified
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (WCCO) — A woman killed by a falling tree in Eden Prairie Saturday evening is being fondly remembered by her family. According to her 18-year-old daughter Lindsay, 56-year-old Nina...
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Boy Killed In Swimming Accident In N. MN ID’d
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Minn. (AP) – Sheriff’s officials have released the name of a 14-year-old boy who died in a swimming accident in Voyageurs National Park in northern Minnesota. St. Louis County...
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St. Paul Man Sentenced For Role In Car-Surfing Death
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A St. Paul man was sentenced Wednesday for his role in a “car surfing” accident in August 2012 that killed 21-year-old Shawn Swanson, also of St. Paul. Cole T. Fohrenkamm, 22, was...
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Terrorists’ Twitter Feed Targeting Mpls. Men & Women
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – An international terror group is once again targeting young Somali men and women in the Twin Cities. This time the group is using social media to get them to travel to Somalia to...
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Police: Jogger Killed In Wright County Crash
(credit: Jupiter Images) OTSEGO, Minn. (WCCO) – A jogger in Wright County was killed Thursday afternoon after a van crossed the center line, killing the pedestrian, according to the Wright County...
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Police: Foul Play Not Suspected After Woman’s Body Found In Otsego
(credit: Eliot Schechter/AFP/Getty Images) OTSEGO, Minn. (WCCO) – A woman was found dead alongside the road in Otsego early Saturday morning, but authorities aren’t suspecting foul play. Wright County...
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Authorities: Man Found Shot Dead In St. Paul Park
(credit: CBS) ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) – Police were called to the scene of a shooting in St. Paul Park at 1:45 a.m. Saturday. Once there, authorities found a 20-year-old man dead from a gun shot at the...
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Police: 57-Year-Old Man Found Dead In Brooklyn Park Hot Tub
BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. (WCCO) – Police are looking into the death of a man in Brooklyn Park after he was found in a hot tub. Officers were called to the home in the 7700 block of Arlington Avenue North...
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Police: Pedestrian Hit, Killed In Shoreview
(credit: Jupiter Images) SHOREVIEW, Minn. (WCCO) – A pedestrian was hit and killed Tuesday afternoon on the 5500 block of Lexington Avenue in Shoreview, Minn., according to authorities. The Ramsey...
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Investigation Pending Into Death Of Park Health & Rehab Patient
ST. LOUIS PARK, Minn. (WCCO) – Authorities said they’re looking for an outside agency to launch an investigation into the death last month of a Park Health and Rehab patient. The city of St. Louis Park...
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Police: 5-Year-Old Falls Out Of Skid Loader Bucket, Dies
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 5-year-old boy has died after falling out of the bucket of a skid loader, and then getting crushed by the machine, authorities said. The Goodhue County Sheriff’s Office got a...
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Brooklyn Park Shooting Leaves 1 Dead
BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. (WCCO) – An overnight shooting in Brooklyn Park left one man dead. Both Brooklyn Park police and the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Department responded to a call at the 6200 block of...
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Kowalski’s Co-Owner Tragically Died In Plane Accident
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Jim Kowalski died Thursday in an accident involving a plane while fishing in Canada, according to family member Deb Kowalski. The plane did not crash. Deb Kowalski said Jim...
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Olson Ad Agency’s Founder & Chairman Dies
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The founder and chairman of Olson ad agency, John Olson, died on Saturday after a 13-month battle with cancer. According to the agency’s website, John Olson started the Olson ad...
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Woman Who Died After Falling From ‘U’ Dorm Window ID’d
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 19-year-old woman who died after falling out of a sixth floor window at the University of Minnesota has been identified. According to police, the victim fell from a window at...
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STA’s Legendary Athletic Director Gone, But Far From Forgotten
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Jack Zahr came to St. Thomas Academy out of college 36 years ago and ascended to the job of athletic director. Eleven days ago, a massive stroke left the 58-year-old in hospice...
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Robert R. Taylor, Creator Of SoftSoap, Dead At 77
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Robert R. Taylor, who took soap out of dishes, put it in pump bottles and forever changed the way people wash up, has died. He was 77. Taylor’s family said Thursday the entrepreneur...
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Patrol: Car Hits Portable Message Board In Fatal Accident
ANOKA COUNTY, Minn. (WCCO) – The state patrol is investigating a fatal one-car accident in Anoka County after it crashed into a portable message board on the passenger’s side. Passenger Peggy Koecher,...
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Daughter Was Driving & Crashed, But Her Mother Didn’t Make It
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A Minnesota family is grieving the loss of a mother and a wife after a tragic accident. At about 6 p.m. Tuesday night, 48-year-old Peggy Keocher, of Stacy, Minn., was riding in a...
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Man Dies After Crane Accident In Maplewood
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 34-year-old man is dead after the crane he was operating tipped on its side. Maplewood Police and Fire responded to an emergency call around 12:01 p.m. Monday at the St. Paul...
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Mich. Men Killed In Minn. Plane Crash Identified
CALEDONIA, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota authorities have identified the three Michigan men who died when their small plane crashed in a field near an airport in southeastern Minnesota. The Houston County...
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Lumber Manufacturer Cited In Worker’s Death
SUPERIOR, Wis. (AP) — The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited a lumber and shingle manufacturer for safety violations that resulted in the death of a worker at its plant in...
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1 Of MN’s TV Celebrity Wolves Passes Away
COLUMBUS, Minn. (WCCO) – The four-legged TV star of Animal Planet’s “Growing Up Wolf” – who called Minnesota her home – has died, according to the Wildlife Science Center. Rosalyn was born in 1998 at...
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IDs Released Of 2 Men Who Died In A NM Plane Crash
LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) — Authorities have positively identified two people killed last weekend when a small plane crashed in a canyon about a mile south of the Los Alamos Airport. Los Alamos County...
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Victims Identified From Western Wis. Fatal Crash
PRESCOTT, Wis. (AP) — A third child has died from injuries suffered in a collision between a truck and an SUV near Prescott in western Wisconsin. The Pierce County medical examiner says 5-year-old...
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St. Paul Police Say Woman Dies In Dispute
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — St. Paul police say a woman has died in a dispute at a home on the city’s East Side. Police were called to the home just after 5:30 p.m. Saturday. The woman was dead when...
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Don Meyer, Among Coaches With Most Wins, Has Died
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Don Meyer, one of the winningest coaches in college basketball who came back from a near-fatal car accident and liver cancer before closing out his career, died Sunday in South...
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Northwoods Moose Living On Sleepy Eye Farm Dies
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A moose that wandered hundreds of miles away from its Northwoods habitat has died. The Department of Natural Resources told WCCO the moose was found in the backyard of a home in...
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Baseball Star Ernie Banks Dies At 83
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A baseball legend known for his optimism through very tough times has died. Ernie Banks died Friday evening at the age of 83. Many simply knew him as “Mr. Cub.” Banks hit 512 home...
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Family: Teen Sickened By Amoeba In Western Minn. Lake Has Died
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A teenage boy who’s suspected of contracting a rare brain infection after swimming in a lake has died. Hunter Boutain, 14, may have developed the rare form of meningitis after...
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