Trucker dies in one-vehicle crash

Trucker dies in one-vehicle crash A 68-year-old Apple Valley man died Wednesday when the semitrailer truck he was driving went off the road in Beltrami County.

Paul G. Himmer was identified Thursday night as the driver, the State Patrol said.

The one-vehicle crash happened at 4:55 p.m. Wednesday on Hwy. 89, 1 mile west of Fourtown. The westbound truck ran off the right side of the road and overturned in a ditch, where there was water, according to the State Patrol. Himmer was wearing a seat belt, the patrol said. The two-lane undivided highway was dry at the time of the crash.

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'Very minor' injuries in drive-by A drive-by shooting Thursday afternoon in south Minneapolis led to "very minor injuries" for a man and a 3-month-old girl, police said.

The shots were fired into a residence on the 2400 block of 15th Avenue S., said Sgt. Bill Palmer, a police spokesman. The man and the girl were struck by flying glass and did not have to be hospitalized. No one has been arrested, and police are investigating, Palmer said.

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Investigation of teacher expands Investigation into allegations of sexual relationships between a former teacher and coach from Kiel in eastern Wisconsin and his students is expanding.

Kiel Police Chief David Funkhouser said Thursday that more young people who claim to have been victims of Ryan Zellner, 32, of Allouez, Wis., have come forward in the past week. He also said that additional charges are expected.

Zellner was charged Monday with 12 felony counts linked to crimes against five high school students. Bail was set at $100,000.

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Cops not laughing at bomb 'joke' A student is in hot water after writing a note in an office at the University of Wisconsin-Stout that mentioned a bomb.

A 19-year-old freshman from Duluth later called campus police and confessed to writing the note, which referred to a bomb but did not include a threat.

Police said the student was extremely apologetic and said the note was written as a joke to a chemistry professor. The student faces disorderly conduct charges.

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