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A wanted fugitive was shot and killed during a confrontation with a U.S. Marshals task force Thursday in the Uptown neighborhood of Minneapolis, setting off an all-too-familiar situation in Minnesota s largest city overnight.
Law enforcement officers were attempting to apprehend the suspect who failed to comply and produced a handgun, resulting in task force members firing upon the subject, according to a statement from the U.S. Marshals Service.
Twin Cities CBS affiliate WCCO reported Friday morning that they identified the suspect as Winston Boogie Smith.
WCCO has learned that the man shot and killed by law enforcement in Uptown Thursday was 32-year-old Winston Boogie Smith. | https://t.co/tGJST1AzdT WCCO - CBS Minnesota (@WCCO) June 4, 2021
March 2, 2021 By Mike Kruzman / news@whmi.com
Six new replacement buses could soon be approved to become part of the Livingston Essential Transportation Serviceâs fleet.
LETS Director Greg Kellogg told the Livingston County General Government Committee, Monday, that six of their small buses have met their useful-life criteria, and will be hitting the 200,000 mile mark in a couple of months. New buses typically get delivered in 8 to 10 monthsâ time and have a useful life span of 7 years or 200,000 miles.
Funding for 4 buses was included in the LETS 2021 budget, but actual grant amounts were not know at the time of its preparation. Now they know grant funding is available for 6. The buses will be purchased using the State of Michigan Transit Vehicle Purchasing Program at a cost not to exceed $100,000 each. Kellogg wrote in a memo to the Board of Commissioners that all of their grants have an 80% federal funding share with a 20% state matc
February 16, 2021 By Mike Kruzman / news@whmi.com
County officials have authorized additional funding for a project at the L.E.T.S. base that ran into complications.
Last October, the Livingston County Board of Commissioners approved a pair of projects at the Livingston Essential Transportation Service complex. A new fuel farm canopy was requested to help give workers some shelter from the sun or rain while gassing up the vehicles. Also approved was a partial driveway replacement to replace the asphalt one that was in poor condition with concrete, and build out a small parking area for 3 vans.
The total approved project cost was $109,042 with a 10% contingency. However, as a memo from L.E.T.S. Director Greg Kellogg says to the Board, upon removal of the existing asphalt, poor soil conditions were discovered in the sub-base. This required the need for extensive evacuation work and replacement with new material, along with the installation of a peri
Overnight snow creates messy morning commute, crashes reported
Roads across Minnesota are partially or completely covered in snow.
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Feb 4, 2021
A vehicle off the road on northbound Interstate 35W near County Road D north of the Twin Cities Thursday morning.
Freezing rain and snow overnight has led to crashes in the Twin Cities during the Thursday morning commute.
As of 7:10 a.m., the majority of roads across Minnesota were partially or completely covered in snow and/or ice, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation.
MnDOT s website showed numerous crashes in the Twin Cities metro Thursday morning, which is under a winter weather advisory until midnight Thursday.