
Man Charged After Entering Cottage Grove School With Knife
Staff quickly moved children to safety as the man allegedly damaged doors and windows with the knife before being taken into custody.
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Staff quickly moved children to safety as the man allegedly damaged doors and windows with the knife before being taken into custody.

Landon Robert Smith is charged with two counts of second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon, along with felony counts for possessing a firearm without a serial number and carrying a pistol without a permit. He is also charged with misdemeanor falsely reporting a crime.

Officers responded around 5:15 p.m. Saturday to the 7200 block of East Point Douglas Road, where callers reported shots fired in the loading dock area behind a retail center.

According to the Minnesota State Patrol, the collision happened just after 4:30 p.m. on Southbound Highway 61 near Kingsborough Trail.

A man from Wisconsin suffered life-threatening injuries in a three-vehicle crash Wednesday afternoon in Washington County.

According to the Minnesota State Patrol, the driver of a 2020 Honda Civic exited the highway and continued through the intersection at the ramp’s end before colliding with a barrier.

A Saint Paul man has been sentenced for fleeing police officers in Cottage Grove in a stolen vehicle before crashing head-on into another vehicle near McKnight Road and Interstate 94 in Saint Paul more than two years ago.

The Minnesota State Patrol is investigating a crash that left two people dead on Highway 61 in Cottage Grove Sunday morning. According to Cottage Grove Public Safety, at around 8:15 a.m., multiple 911 callers reported a two-vehicle crash on Highway 61 northbound between 80th St. S. & Jamaica

Michael Thomas Prall, 43, is accused of using force, violence and intimidation to steal thousands of dollars from three separate banks in Nov. 2021.

A 43-year-old Cottage Grove man has been federally charged in connection to a string of Twin Cities bank robberies that were carried out in Nov. 2021. Michael Thomas Prall is charged with three counts of bank robbery and made his first court appearance Wednesday.