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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Officials in Roseville say to avoid westbound Highway 36 after a semi rollover late Monday morning. The Roseville Fire Department tweeted a picture of the scene near Snelling Avenue, showing the semi blocking all traffic. Avoid westbound highway 36. We are ok scene of a semi rollover blocking all traffic. pic.twitter.com/VaLEYrkMKE —…

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Jury selection starts Monday in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, an Illinois man accused of killing two people at a police brutality protest last year. Rittenhouse’s trial is expected to last at least two weeks. Here’s a look at the key players: THE DEFENDANT Rittenhouse, of Antioch, Illinois, was 17 at the…

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — A timeline of key events before and after Kyle Rittenhouse shot three people during a night of unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last year: Aug. 23, 2020 — An officer responding to a reported domestic disturbance shoots Jacob Blake, a Black man, seven times in the back as Blake was leaning into his vehicle. Bystander video…

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Minnesotans who fail to show up for their driver’s license road test will face a $20 penalty fee under a new law that takes effect Monday, Nov. 1. The Minnesota Department of Public Safety announced Thursday that the new law is in response to an increase of “no shows,” that take road tests…

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Two more school staff members have died of COVID-19 in Minnesota. According to Education Minnesota, health officials reported Thursday two additional school staff deaths in the last week, bringing the total to seven virus-related fatalities since the start of the current school year. “It’s tragic and frustrating that so many school staff…

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)– Minnesotans will now have access to a new tool for learning about crime activity in the state. The Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA)  launched Tuesday the Minnesota Crime Data Explorer – a tool that allows users to sort through data about criminal activity and other information reported by local law enforcement agencies. “The…

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Minneapolis City Council President Lisa Bender said Thursday that Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo violated the city’s ethics rules when he spoke out regarding the controversial ballot question on replacing the police department with a department of public safety. During a press conference Wednesday, the police chief told reporters that no elected…

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Two people are in custody after allegedly shooting into a Brooklyn Park residence Monday afternoon while people were home. Police say it happened on the 7300 block of Unity Lane at 1 p.m. Officers spotted a vehicle fleeing the scene as they arrived, but they “were able to disable the car” after…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The judge who oversaw the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin said Monday that he will make the names of 15 jurors and alternates who sat in the courtroom public next week. Judge Peter Cahill’s order said he will make the list of jurors public on Nov. 1. The written questionnaires…

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The U.S. Women’s National Team will play Tuesday versus Korea in St. Paul at Allianz Field. It’ll be the last career international match for Team USA legend Carli Lloyd, the end of a long era. “I think the emotions are going to flow,” said Lloyd in her final pre-match press conference. Lloyd,…

MINNEAPOLIS ( WCCO) — The Department of Public Safety said Monday that Minnesota has reached over 400 traffic deaths this year. The state reported its 400th traffic death on Oct. 23rd. Since the start of the year, 401 people have died on roads, compared to 322 last year. This is the earliest date the state…

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced Monday the end of a lawsuit against Sparboe Farms, a Minnesota-based egg producer, alleging excessive pricing of eggs in March and April 2020. Under terms in the settlement between Sparboe and the state, Sparboe will donate 90,000 dozen eggs — more than 1,000,000 eggs in total —…

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — There are more than a dozen candidates who have said they’d like to be the next mayor of Minneapolis. On Monday, with just over one week to go before Election Day, WCCO invited four top contenders to be part of a lively discussion on the future of the city. The candidates were…

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Blaine Police Department is investigating after a pedestrian was killed in a vehicular crash Monday afternoon. Few details were immediately available, but the department, along with Anoka County Sheriff’s deputies, are looking into the incident, which happened near 109th Avenue Northeast and Flanders Court Northeast in Blaine. Stay with WCCO.com as…

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The St. Louis County Attorney’s Office announced on Monday that they have taken the recent investigation into a sexual assault between players of the Proctor High School football program. Charges have been filed in a student misconduct case that led to the cancellation of the Proctor High School football team’s season. In early…