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Jim Adams

Editorial: Taser death deserves timely answers

Critical questions remain two months after driver's death. ... VIDEO STIRS DEBATE A YouTube video of a Utah man Tasered after he was stopped for speeding helped spark the nationwide debate about law enforcement's use of the device. More than two months after the...

Money Troubles Stall Green Town Project

This one-stoplight farming hamlet had big dreams in 2005 when it was christened BioTown USA. ... Money problems, leadership changes and other obstacles have sparked skepticism that Reynolds will ever succeed at moving the state, much less the nation, toward homegrown...

ATV safety course offered

The Oneida County Sheriff’s Department is sponsoring two Wisconsin DNR certified ATV safety courses. The course will be held at the Oneida County Law Enforcement Center located at 2000 East Winnebago Street in Rhinelander. The dates and times for the courses are as follows:

Forum takes on topic of 5 commissioners

If voters are asked to decide in November to expand the board of Mesa County Commissioners from three to five members, how should the question be posed? ... The preferred option of those attending a Thursday night forum on the subject was having two commissioners elected...

3 kids, mom rescued in St. Louis Park blaze

Emergency responders in St. Louis Park rescued three kids and a mom from a burning duplex in St. Louis Park before sunrise today. ... By Jim Adams, Star Tribune Emergency responders in St. Louis Park rescued three kids, all age 7 and younger, and a mom from a burning...

Hatchery trout arrive at Greenhorn this week

For the Daily News YREKA - Grab the salmon eggs, night crawlers and Power Bait and head to Yreka’s Greenhorn Reservoir. A California Department of Fish and Game hatchery truck will be releasing the first trout of the year this weekend in Greenhorn. ... Daily News File...

A campaign we all can get behind

If one ever needed a campaign manager, Karen Shumacher and Marco Salcedo would be a couple of good choices. ... You see, prior to this year's boys volleyball campaign, they would corner anyone who asked and convince them that Nevada Union volleyball was going to be...

Thanks for helping Earle JamiEson High School

Thanks for helping Earle ... Earle Jamieson High School has a new concrete basketball and volleyball court, and the students at EJ have a new reason to believe their community supports them and cares about them. Our sincerest thanks go out to an incredible group of...

After FCN Investigation, Changes Made to Foster Parent Training

First Coast News JACKSONVILLE, FL -- Lisa told the operator no. Lisa believes in those precious seconds before rescue crews arrived, she could have saved the child. "I think it might have saved her life if I had the training," says Lisa, who asked us not to use her real...

86-year-old man dies in Oak Grove fire

By TIM HARLOW AND JIM ADAMS, Star Tribune Staff Writers An 86-year-old man died in a house fire Tuesday evening in the northern suburb of Oak Grove, despite efforts by a 7-year-old boy to rescue him. The Anoka County Medical Examiner identified the victim as James Verdi...