Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Woman crashes car in Olmsted County, cops find body in back seat

Izzy Canizares at Bring Me the News reports the Olmsted Sheriff’s Office has released a media statement that officers responded to a single-vehicle accident on Interstate 90eastbound near the Highway 42 exit around 7 a.m. Saturday. The driver of the vehicle was being tended to by a passerby when officers arrived, and while officers checked to see if anyone else was in the vehicle they found a 35-year-old woman dead in the back seat.

Kirsti Marohn at MPR News reports Grand Rapids has begun permanently chlorinating its water. City officials hope the action will curb the outbreak of Legionnaires’ diseasewhich started more than a year ago and has sickened nearly two dozen people.

Tim Harlow at the Star Tribune reports ridership on Metro Transit’s buses and trains is up 11% this year compared to last year at this timewith record numbers of trips taken on the agency’s rapid bus lines fueling the growth.

Torey Van Oot at Axios writes the Trump campaign plans to open eight field offices across Minnesotaper a memo obtained by CBS News.

Morgan Reddekopp at KSTP is reporting three rides at Valleyfair — Renegade, Excalibur and Thunder Canyon — will be closed this week due to flooding.

Still going crazy after all these years: