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Minnesota police department to use AI to generate reports
1+ hour, 31+ min ago (586+ words) CLOQUET, Minn. " The Cloquet Police Department will begin using AI software to draft police reports using body camera footage and audio. While city officials are hopeful the software will streamline officers" workloads, digital advocacy groups have raised concerns over the…...
Prosecutors still weighing whether to seek death penalty for Vance Boelter
20+ hour, 13+ min ago (262+ words) MINNEAPOLIS " Federal prosecutors say they're still deciding whether to seek the death penalty for Vance Boelter. Boelter is charged with killing former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, and wounding State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife…...
Trial date set for racial slur video case
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (139+ words) ROCHESTER " A Rochester woman charged with disorderly conduct for allegedly using a racial slur against a Black child last year is set to go to trial in April. Shiloh Hendrix, 36, appeared remotely in a short hearing Friday, Feb. 20, 2026, to schedule…...
'See me and feel our pain': Grieving mother calls for harsher sentences for son’s killers
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (218+ words) FRAZEE, Minn. " A Becker County mother is speaking out about plea deals being offered to the teenage boy and man convicted for shooting and killing her son. Court documents say the two went to the wrong house. Bryson May was…...
Funeral for former gov. candidate's daughter will be livestreamed
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (461+ words) SARTELL, Minn. " The funeral for a St. Cloud woman, whose father dropped out of the 2026 race for Minnesota governor after her killing, will be livestreamed on Friday, Feb. 20. Hallie Tobler's funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at The Waters Church in…...
Rochester police investigating Thursday armed robbery at Cub Foods
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (179+ words) Our newsroom occasionally reports stories under a byline of "staff." Often, the "staff" byline is used when rewriting basic news briefs that originate from official sources, such as a city press release about a road closure, and which require little…...
Former Prince Andrew arrested on suspicion of misconduct
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (578+ words) Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the brother of the UK's King Charles, has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office after further details emerged of his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. King Charles III issued a statement outlining his…...
Town hall planned to discuss advanced policing technology
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (222+ words) Our newsroom occasionally reports stories under a byline of "staff." Often, the "staff" byline is used when rewriting basic news briefs that originate from official sources, such as a city press release about a road closure, and which require little…...
Rochester police request public's help to find missing woman
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (166+ words) Our newsroom occasionally reports stories under a byline of "staff." Often, the "staff" byline is used when rewriting basic news briefs that originate from official sources, such as a city press release about a road closure, and which require little…...
DHS identifies Rochester restaurant employees arrested Monday
3+ day, 51+ min ago (174+ words) John Molseed joined the Post Bulletin in 2018. He covers arts, culture, entertainment, nature and other fun stories he's surprised he gets paid to cover. When he's not writing articles about Southeast Minnesota artists and musicians, he's either picking banjo, brewing…...