BLACKDUCK
Funeral for Guard major is set for SaturdayA funeral service will be held Saturday in northern Minnesota for a National Guard major killed in the crash of a military cargo plane in Alaska.
Michael Freyholtz, 34, was one of four airmen who died when their plane crashed shortly after taking off on a training mission for an air show at Elmendorf Air Force Base on July 28.
Freyholtz's funeral will be at Blackduck High School, where he graduated in 1994. He joined the Air Force after graduating from the University of Minnesota Duluth.
He left active duty and joined the Alaska Air National Guard in May 2007, the Bemidji Pioneer said.
ST. PAUL
Suit over RNC-related search is dismissedA U.S. District Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit by a St. Paul man who sued police officers for entering and searching his duplex a day before the Republican National Convention in 2008.
Michael Whalen alleged in his lawsuit that police violated his First and Fourth Amendment rights when they searched the St. Paul duplex he owned. He also argued that their search warrant contained incorrect information.
U.S. District Judge Joan Ericksen dismissed the suit by granting a request for summary judgment from the defendants. She wrote in her ruling that Whalen's claims had no legal merit.
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