Dec. 20—MANTORVILLE, Minn. — A man facing 17 felony charges related to possessing and disseminating child sexual abuse materials was sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in prison on Wednesday, Dec. 18. Michael Nathan Williams, 21, of Rose Creek, was charged with seven counts of disseminating pornographic work involving minors. The remaining 10 charges were possessing pornographic … Read more
Dec. 20—ROCHESTER — The City of Rochester reminds individuals with unpaid parking tickets more than 45 days past due that these tickets will be sent to collections on Jan. 1, 2025. Recipients will have until Jan. 1 to pay the ticket and any associated fines to avoid being sent to collections. In September 2024, the … Read more
Dec. 20—ROCHESTER — The fourth time’s the charm for Three Rivers Community Action. It took four requests, but the southeastern Minnesota nonprofit has landed state financing support for a planned 36-unit apartment complex aimed to address the need for affordable housing options. The proposed block-long complex on the north side of Fourth Street Southeast, between … Read more
An “extremely” hypothermic hiker with frozen limbs had to be rescued by helicopter after he got stuck in several feet of snow on a mountain in New Hampshire on Thursday morning, officials said. The hiker, who officials identified as a 28-year-old man from Portland, Maine, was on his way to the summit of Mount Lafayette … Read more
WORCESTER ― While the city has seen 16 homicides so far in 2024, the most since at least 1986, Interim Police Chief Paul B. Saucier said the overall combined total of fatal and nonfatal shootings in the city is below last year’s number. Worcester saw six homicides in 2023, compared to 16 this year. However, the city also … Read more
Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell has named the next police chief: Shon Barnes from Madison, Wisconsin. Harrell made the announcement Friday morning following a nationwide search. Barnes has served as the Chief of Police for Madison since 2021. If his name is familiar, this might be why: He was thrust into the national spotlight earlier this … Read more
Dec. 20—SUNBURY — A 10-year-old Sunbury boy was located at a nearby home a few hours after he went missing late Thursday night. Police Chief Travis Bremigen said Ethan Valentine left a home on 11th Street wearing no shoes, a green hat, black pants with white stripes and a dark gray sweatshirt. He was located … Read more
LOVELAND – The doors won’t actually open for another month or more, but the youth homeless shelter that the Poudre and Thompson school districts, Matthews House and others have envisioned for nearly three years is finally ready to host its first overnight residents. The Landing, the new shelter’s name, has a kitchen, lounge, classroom, case-management … Read more
MUNCIE, Ind. — A Muncie man convicted of killing three members of a local family was sentenced Friday to 251 years in prison. A Delaware Circuit Court 5 jury in October found 30-year-old Devin Xavier Myers guilty of the three murder charges, along with counts of armed robbery, conspiracy to commit armed robbery, criminal confinement … Read more
The feature meant to summarize iPhone notifications inaccurately summarized some news alerts. Nonprofit Reporters Without Borders has called for Apple to remove the generative AI feature. Apple is facing backlash over one of its newest generative AI features. The feature, available in the latest iOS 18.2 update, summarizes groups of notifications from an app on … Read more