COLD SPRING, Minn. — An 11-mile stretch of state highway officially gets designated the "Tom Decker Memorial Highway" next week in honor of the slain Cold Spring police officer.
The tribute is among the batch of new laws taking hold on Thursday.
A spokesman for the Minnesota Department of Transportation says the agency has been consulting with the city about designs for highway signs. But the expectation is that those will be installed at a later date along Highway 23 between Wakefield Township and Richmond in Stearns County.
Decker was shot to death last November while responding to a call in the central Minnesota city. Officials have yet to complete the investigation into his death.
More from Star Tribune
More from Star Tribune
More from Star Tribune
More From Star Tribune
More From Local
North Metro
Robbinsdale shelter-in-place alert accidentally sent countywide
Authorities say Hennepin County mistakenly sent out a shelter-in-place alert countywide that was supposed to be sent to only one block in Robbinsdale for a domestic incident.
Business
Developer of St. Paul's Keg & Case food hall declares bankruptcy
Craig Cohen listed the W. 7th neighborhood project when filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy with more than $11 million in liabilities.
Outdoors
Wildlife agency: Sturgeon won't go on endangered species list
In a decision welcomed by Minnesota's fishing community and the DNR, the Fish and Wildlife Service said it won't list lake sturgeon under the Endangered Species Act.
Local
Minnesotans interviewed to serve on Feeding Our Future trial
More than a dozen Minnesotans were interviewed Monday from a pool of 1,000 people summoned.
East Metro
Armed man shot during standoff with police outside Target in Woodbury
The shooting occurred late in the morning in the parking lot, police said.
