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Paul Walsh

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Twin Cities Suburbs

Charges: Staffer at multiple schools in Ramsey County possessed hundreds of child porn videos

William Haslach was a recess and traffic monitor at three schools, all in North St. Paul, until he was fired.
January 24, 2025
Mankato

Teen dies in accident at southern Minnesota ski area

“We are still collecting witness statements and trying to figure out ourselves what happened,” Mount Kato general manager John Nelson said.
January 24, 2025
Nation

Charge: Woman in car packed with tactical gear fatally shot Minnesota native working as border agent in Vermont

A German national with the woman was killed in the firefight, officials said.
January 24, 2025
Twin Cities Suburbs

Charges: Motorist going at least 80 mph, drunk when he caused fatal collision in Twin Cities

Juan Carlos Rodriguez-Torres’ SUV hit a car from behind and then flipped a few times, according to the charges.
January 24, 2025
News & Politics

Judge dismisses case of two Jan. 6 rioters from Minnesota after Trump’s blanket pardon

President Donald Trump issued a blanket pardon for about 1,500 people charged or convicted in the 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
January 21, 2025
FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2021 file photo rioters supporting President Donald Trump storm the Capitol in Washington. An Army reservist charged with taking part in the attack on the U.S. Capitol was known as a Nazi sympathizer who wore a Hitler mustache, coworkers told federal investigators. Timothy Hale-Cusanelli, 30, was employed as a security contractor at a Navy base when he was alleged to have breached the Capitol on Jan. 6, authorities said. In court papers filed Friday, federal prosecutors in Washington said his coworkers at the Naval Weapons Station Earle in Colts Neck, New Jersey, told investigators that he held white supremacist views. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Twin Cities Suburbs

Twin Cities nurse stripped of license, sued for sexual relationship with paraplegic client

The suit also alleges that Allina Home Health was negligent during the several months when the nurse was in charge of the 44-year-old man’s medical needs.
January 20, 2025
Allina Health officials are asking that people who are sick, and children under age 5, refrain from visiting patients in its 13 hospitals to prevent the spread of seasonal flu.
Twin Cities Suburbs

Charges: Minnetonka school staffer pursued teen student for sex, sent her explicit photo of himself

The criminal complaint said the two talked a few times about meeting up, but the charges made no mention of them following through.
January 20, 2025
Minneapolis

Charge: Unlicensed driver admits to hit-and-run that injured woman on New Year’s in Minneapolis

The victim recently moved to Minneapolis from Nashville for a new job at a Twin Cities hospital.
January 17, 2025
News & Politics

Judge dismisses case of two Jan. 6 rioters from Minnesota after Trump’s blanket pardon

President Donald Trump issued a blanket pardon for about 1,500 people charged or convicted in the 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
January 21, 2025
FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2021 file photo rioters supporting President Donald Trump storm the Capitol in Washington. An Army reservist charged with taking part in the attack on the U.S. Capitol was known as a Nazi sympathizer who wore a Hitler mustache, coworkers told federal investigators. Timothy Hale-Cusanelli, 30, was employed as a security contractor at a Navy base when he was alleged to have breached the Capitol on Jan. 6, authorities said. In court papers filed Friday, federal prosecutors in Washington said his coworkers at the Naval Weapons Station Earle in Colts Neck, New Jersey, told investigators that he held white supremacist views. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Twin Cities Suburbs

Twin Cities nurse stripped of license, sued for sexual relationship with paraplegic client

The suit also alleges that Allina Home Health was negligent during the several months when the nurse was in charge of the 44-year-old man’s medical needs.
January 20, 2025
Allina Health officials are asking that people who are sick, and children under age 5, refrain from visiting patients in its 13 hospitals to prevent the spread of seasonal flu.
Twin Cities Suburbs

Charges: Minnetonka school staffer pursued teen student for sex, sent her explicit photo of himself

The criminal complaint said the two talked a few times about meeting up, but the charges made no mention of them following through.
January 20, 2025
Minneapolis

Charge: Unlicensed driver admits to hit-and-run that injured woman on New Year’s in Minneapolis

The victim recently moved to Minneapolis from Nashville for a new job at a Twin Cities hospital.
January 17, 2025
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