Investigation continues into Minneapolis crash that left 2 women dead, 1 child injured
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An investigation continues into a Minneapolis crash Thursday that left two women dead and a child injured. The women and a child were in a vehicle that was hit by another car being pursued by Minneapolis police along Highway 55 west of downtown. Police Chief Brian O’Hara says officers were pursuing a driver who reportedly carjacked a vehicle a short time earlier and fired a gun as he fled.
Annunciation Catholic School leaders say they are working to come up with a plan to reopen. Principal Matthew DeBoer says they are gathering perspectives from families as well as experts to determine the best way forward. Two kids were killed and more than 20 other people were wounded in a mass shooting at the Minneapolis church and school last week.
A funeral for one of the two children who died, 8-year-old Fletcher Merkel, is Sunday.
The mother of an injured child who survived the shooting last week at Annunciation is calling on lawmakers to enact gun reform.
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All five Catholic schools in Rochester dismissed students early Thursday after the schools received threatening phone calls. The Rochester Police Department has since confirmed there is no active threat in any of the buildings.
St. Paul property owners would get hit with a 5.3 percent tax hike under a budget proposal from Mayor Melvin Carter. The budget, he says, looks to cut costs across several areas, including cutting some staffing through current openings while not laying off any workers. Carter says the plan includes investing in places to live and regrowing downtown.
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