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IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A judge has condemned an Iowa police chief for using his city-issued stun gun to shock guests at two parties in 2016, calling it an “immoral activity” that could have caused serious injuries or death. Judge Nancy Whittenburg recently rejected arguments by Craig Merrill, the police chief in Armstrong, that his deployment of the Taser device in an off-duty, social setting against voluntary participants was not a criminal act. “Merrill did not have justification to use a defensive weapon with the intent to cause pain for entertainment purposes on compliant partygoers,” Whittenburg wrote in a ruling [...]

On June 7th, 2021 Agents with the Minnesota River Valley Drug Task Force received information on the whereabouts of Tyler Anthony Caputo, who had an active warrant issued by the Department of Corrections for violating the terms of his supervised release from prison. During a surveillance operation on June 7th DTF Agents observed Caputo leave an apartment complex in Fairmont. Caputo attempted to flee; however, he was quickly apprehended by Officers from the Fairmont Police Department and Martin County Sheriff’s Deputies. During a search of Caputo’s person arresting officers located a loaded 12-gauge shotgun which had been modified by removing the [...]

There will be a blood drive in Sherburn Monday from 1 to 6 p.m. at the Regional Worship Center. The American Red Cross urges eligible donors to give to help ensure a stable and diverse blood supply. Blood donors of all types are needed, especially those with AB Negative, O Negative and A Negative. To learn more or to make an appointment, call 1-800-733-2767, visit redcrossblood.org, or download the free Red Cross Blood Donor App.

An explosion occurred at Christensen Farms near Sleepy Eye Tuesday morning. The Brown County Sheriff’s Office says it happened at the feed mill on-site just after 5 a.m. Nobody was injured, and no animals were in the vicinity of the explosion. There is no suspected foul play involved. The amount of value of the damage is undetermined at this time. The incident is being investigated by the Minnesota State Fire Marshall’s Office. Meanwhile, later on Tuesday multiple emergency crews were on the scene of an explosion at a New Ulm grain elevator. At 6:37 p.m., the New Ulm Fire Department and [...]

(AP) - The world’s largest meat processing company is getting back online after production around the world was disrupted by a cyberattack just weeks after a similar incident shut down a U.S. oil pipeline. Brazil’s JBS SA said late Tuesday that it had made “significant progress” in dealing with the cyberattack and expected the “vast majority” of its plants to be operating on Wednesday. “Our systems are coming back online and we are not sparing any resources to fight this threat,” Andre Nogueira, CEO of JBS USA, said in a statement. Earlier, the White House said JBS had notified the U.S. [...]