MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Authorities say a program that uses GPS to monitor alleged domestic violence offenders shows some promise.
Bills in the House and Senate would let Ramsey County extend its program, which uses GPS to alert a woman if her alleged abuser is nearby.
The bills also set standards for other jurisdictions to set up their own GPS monitoring.
Ramsey County Attorney John Choi (choy) says the program helps women who fear for their safety. It also helped one man who was falsely accused of violating a no-contact order because GPS showed he wasn’t near the victim.
Choi will testify in favor of the bill Wednesday before the House Public Safety Committee. The program will end in June if the Legislature doesn’t act.
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SLEEPY EYE, Minn. (AP) - Counselors and clergy will be available for students and teachers in Sleepy Eye schools after the deaths of four people in an icy car crash, according to the schools’ superintendent.
John Mangen, 18, of Fairfax; Caleb Quesenberry, 17, of St. Peter; Payton Adams, 17, of Sleepy Eye; and Tyler Hadley, 20, of Sleepy Eye died when the car they were riding in lost control on an icy highway near Sleepy Eye and veered into the path of an oncoming pickup truck Friday night. Four others were injured.
Hadley graduated in 2012 and Mangen in 2013 from Sleepy Eye High School, Superintendent John Cselovszki told the Star Tribune (https://strib.mn/1qm7evihttps://strib.mn/1qm7evi ).
“It’s a big shock for our community here,” Cselovszki said.
Cselovszki said Monday had been scheduled as in-service day for teachers, with students off in Sleepy Eye public schools. Due to the crash, the school will be open from 10 a.m. to noon for young people who want to gather.
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WASECA, Minn. (AP) - South-central Minnesota residents lined a procession route and held flags to pay their respects to a 20-year-old Marine killed in Afghanistan.
Lance Cpl. Caleb Erickson died Feb. 28 from injuries he received in an attack by a suicide bomber in Afghanistan.
The Free Press of Mankato reports (https://bit.ly/1gj6MpIhttps://bit.ly/1gj6MpI ) his body arrived at Owatonna’s airport Saturday afternoon and from there it was taken by motorcade to Waseca.
The route on old Highway 14 between Owatonna and Waseca was lined with well-wishers holding American flags and signs of appreciation.
A visitation for Erickson is set for Sunday afternoon and Monday morning at Grace Lutheran Church in Waseca. Burial is Monday at Woodville Cemetery in Waseca.
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The 19-year-old driver of a car that lost control on an icy highway near Sleepy Eye, killing four people, is still recovering in the hospital.
State Patrol Lt. Eric Roeske says Kansas Adams, of Sleepy Eye, was the only one wearing a seatbelt when the car he was driving was broadsided by a pickup truck after veering into oncoming traffic Friday night.
Killed were 18-year-old John Mangen of Fairfax, 17-year-old Caleb Quesenberry, of St. Peter, 17-year-old Payton Adams of Sleepy Eye, and 20-year-old Tyler Hadley of Sleepy Eye. The driver of the pickup and his two children suffered injuries that weren’t life-threatening.
Trudy Marshall, spokeswoman for the North Memorial Medical Center, says Adams was in critical condition Sunday. Kansas Adams is Payton Adams’ brother.
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