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Rising star Minnesota State Senator Nicole Mitchell has been arrested for breaking and entering what's believed to be her stepmother's home.

A Republican attempt to expedite an ethics investigation of a Democratic Minnesota state senator who's facing a felony burglary charge failed on a tie vote Wednesday. Sen. Nicole Mitchell was absent as the Senate met for the first time since her arrest early Monday at her estranged stepmother's home in Detroit Lakes. Mitchell told police she broke into the northwest Minnesota home because her stepmother refused to give her items of sentimental value from her late father including his...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota state senator and former broadcast meteorologist told police that she broke into her stepmother’s home because her stepmother refused to give her items of sentimental value from her late father, including his ashes, according to burglary charges filed Tuesday. Democratic state Sen. Nicole Mitchell, 49, of Woodbury, was arrested early Monday at […]

"Nicole is doing well, all things considered," her attorney said in an email. "She is motivated to get back to work and to assist in the preparation of her defense."

"If she was convicted of (the felony), then I don't see realistically how she would stay in the military," said defense attorney Chris Keyser, who has served as a military lawyer for 14 years.

Minnesota lawmakers grappled with the fallout of a state senator's burglary arrest on Wednesday, debating what should be done in response to a case that has cast uncertainty over the end of the legislative session. Democrats in the Senate pulled bills from the floor and canceled a morning rules committee hearing so they could huddle behind closed doors about Sen. Nicole Mitchell, who's been ...

The balance of power in the Minnesota Senate and prospects for several DFL policies are in limbo as lawmakers return from a break on Wednesday

The balance of power in the Minnesota Senate and prospects for several DFL policies are in limbo as lawmakers return from a break on Wednesday

"If she was convicted of (the felony), then I don't see realistically how she would stay in the military," said defense attorney Chris Keyser, who has served as a military lawyer for 14 years.

The balance of power in the Minnesota Senate and prospects for several DFL policies are in limbo as lawmakers return from a break on Wednesday