DAUNTE WRIGHT-OFFICER

Man sought out judge’s condo for video about Potter trial

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man who filmed himself outside the door of a Minneapolis condominium unit he believed belonged to the judge presiding over the trial of a former Twin Cities police officer charged with manslaughter says his actions were about transparency _ and not intimidation. Cortez Rice livestreamed himself standing outside the door of the unit he said belonged to Judge Regina Chu. at the same time protesters gathered outside. The demonstrators were there to demand that the trial of ex-Brooklyn Center police officer Kimberly Potter be broadcast. Potter, who is white, is accused of shooting and killing Daunte Wright, who was Black. Rice said in an interview with the Star Tribune that he just wanted to be heard.

IMPAIRED WATERS-MINNESOTA

Minnesota pollution officials update impaired waters list

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota pollution officials have released the state’s proposed impaired waters list for 2022. Fifteen water bodies in northeast and central Minnesota were added where fish have been contaminated with a family of chemicals known as “forever chemicals” due to their inability to break down. It’s the first time water bodies outside the Minneapolis-St. Paul area have made the list due to PFAS contamination. The new additions bring the total of Minnesota water bodies with PFAS contamination to 26. In total, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is proposing to add 305 water bodies to the impaired list for various reasons, bringing the total to nearly 3,000.

COLD CASE-HOMICIDE ARREST

Cold case slaying defendant incompetent for trial in MN

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A judge has determined a defendant from South Dakota accused in a 1974 slaying in Minnesota isn’t competent to stand trial. Algene Vossen was arrested decades after the death of Mable Herman of Willmar, Minnesota, who was found stabbed at her home. But it was only after advances in DNA testing and another look at the case that Vossen was arrested in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where he had been living at the time. An attorney for the 80-year-old defendant asked a judge to find Vossen incompetent to stand trial due to his physical and mental status. A judge in Kandiyohi County granted that request Friday.

TREATY BOUNDARIES-SIGNS

Minnesota highway signs mark boundaries of 1854 treaty

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Transportation crews are installing 12 highway signs in northeastern Minnesota that have significant, historic meaning. The signs, more than a decade in the making, mark the boundaries of a treaty signed in 1854 by the federal government and three Ojibwe tribes _ the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Bois Forte Band of Chippewa and Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. The Minnesota Department of Transportation installed the first sign on Nov. 1 on southbound Highway 61, just south of the Canadian border and near the entrance to Grand Portage State Park. The Grand Portage tribe initially asked for signs recognizing the treaty boundaries 11 years ago, followed by requests from the Bois Forte and Fond du Lac bands.

MURDER CHARGE-HUSBAND

Man charged in shooting death of wife at Eden Prairie hotel

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man has been charged with murder in the shooting death of his wife, who was found dead Tuesday at an extended-stay hotel in Eden Prairie. Thirty-foour-year-old Ryan Charles Rooney, is being held on charges of second-degree murder and child endangerment. Two children, ages 1 and 2, were in the suite at the time but unhurt. The name of the victim, who had been married to Rooney for two months, was not released. Rooney was being held at the Hennepin County jail and is scheduled to make his first court appearance on Monday.

MINNESOTA DEER OPENER

Walz takes to field for deer opener; visits CWD testing site

PINE CITY, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Tim Walz was among the thousands of hunters who took to the field for Minnesota’s firearms deer hunting season opener. Walz hunted on private property in Pine County on Saturday. The owners permanently protected the land by donating a conservation easement to the Minnesota Land Trust. The governor’s party didn’t get a deer, but the opener was marked by beautiful weather across most of Minnesota. Following the hunt, Walz visited a chronic wasting disease sampling site to highlight the importance of testing. The Department of Natural Resources expected about 400,000 hunters to participate in the firearms deer opener.

AP-US-BOOK-REVIEW-THE-SENTENCE

Review: A ghost haunts Native bookstore in Erdrich’s latest

Summary: Louise Erdrich has written a sprawling new novel set in a Native American bookstore in Minneapolis that is haunted by a ghost. “The Sentence” takes place over a year when the city is upended by the coronavirus lockdown and police murder of George Floyd. Erdrich, whose last book “The Night Watchman,” won the Pulitzer for fiction, tells the story largely through the eyes of Tookie, a Native woman who survived years in prison by reading “with murderous attention.” AP reviewer Ann Levin says the plot doesn’t always hang together, but the novel is bursting with beautiful language and timely observations about Indigenous life. It will be released Tuesday.

MANKATO BABY DEATH

Mankato father could face new charges in baby girl’s death

MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — Prosecutors in Mankato are awaiting autopsy results before deciding whether to file more serious charges against a father who allegedly assaulted his 2-month-old child. Police say the child died Wednesday at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester. The infant had been hospitalized since Sept. 23. Thirty-nine-year-old Kristopher Dale Arlando Henderson, of Mankato, remained jailed Saturday on charges filed last month of first-degree assault. According to the complaint, Henderson first tried to blame a cat for the injuries, but later admitted to hitting the baby on the back forcefully enough to break her ribs.