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Since last August, Troy and Mark have been our tour guides to all things weird and wonderful in the Pine Tree State. So far, they ve checked in from Portland Head Light, The Desert of Maine, The Moxie Store in Lisbon Falls, B & M Baked Beans in Portland, the Paul Bunyan statue in Bangor, Stephen King s house, the Cryptozoology Museum, and more.
The Temple Police department asked residents to avoid a local neighborhood Monday after they found a possible explosive device inside a home.
According to a report from our news partners at KWTX, on May 10, Temple Police were executing a search warrant in the the 3700 block of Lynx Trail around 11:30 AM when a possible explosive device was located.
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Local law enforcement Immediately advised the community to avoid the area, then called in the McLennan County bomb squad to examine the device. Fox 44 reports that McLennan County Sheriff Parnell McNamara confirmed the device was verified as a live pipe bomb.
Three Northeast Iowa residents have been injured in a 2 vehicle accident in Floyd County.
It happened at about 2:30pm Monday (May 10) on 165th Street, north of Floyd. A Westbound SUV driven by 19 year old Elizabeth Schmidt of Charles City, attempted to pass a road grader, also westbound. According to the Iowa State Patrol, the grader created a cloud of dust, obscuring drivers vision.
An Eastbound car, driven by Brandon Hummel of Riceville, collided with the SUV, head-on. The SUV driver, 19 year old Elizabeth Schmidt of Charles City, was air-cared to Mayo Hospital in Rochester.
Her passenger, 20 year old Joseph Holzer of Charles City, along with the other driver, 35 year old Brandon Hummel of Riceville, were taken by ambulance to a Mason City hospital for treatment. There was no condition report.
After Cool Stretch, Warmer Weather on the Way for Minnesota
After a stretch of below normal temperatures from late April into early May, Minnesota is in for much warmer temperatures coming as early as this week.
Normal highs for this period should be close to seventy, instead of the low-to mid-fifties that we seem to have been stuck in. Adding injury to insult for central Minnesota gardeners have been repeated overnight areas of frost either delaying planting or the repeated covering and uncovering of outdoor plants.
We deserve what Mother Nature has in store for us just around the corner, as Minnesotans can prepare to transition from below-normal to above-normal temperatures.
A woman was killed after being shot early Saturday morning in Yakima. Two suspects are facing charges in the altercation.
Police were called to a residence at 2:36 am, in the 1100 block of South Fair Avenue after 3 shots were reported. Upon arrival, Officers found 27-year old Diana Calixtro outside the home suffering two gunshot wounds. They also found 27-year old Luis Cortes-Barragan suffering from a gunshot wound.
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According to a statement from the Yakima Police Department:
Patrol and ambulance personnel performed first-aid and CPR on Diana for 20 minutes in an attempt to save her life before she died. Barragan was rushed to the Yakima Valley Memorial hospital and immediately went into emergency surgery. He is listed in critical condition. Witnesses said there was a party at the residence where a man and woman allegedly stole a television from the home as the party was concluding. When the victims confronted the pair, the man pulled out a pistol and