MINNEAPOLIS — FBI agents thwarted a terror attack by a teenager on the Mall of America after monitoring him for nearly two years and ultimately supplying him with the AK-47 he planned to use, authorities said Wednesday. The 18-year-old had been on the FBI's radar since December 2024, when ...
LYND — Harold Mellenthin lived most of his 100 years in Lyon County, on the same farm where he was born. Over that time he raised a family, farmed and worked to support conservation. He was also a source of knowledge about local history, according to neighbors and family ...
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks pulled back from their record on Wednesday. The S&P 500 slipped 0.2%, a day after topping its prior all-time high set in August. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 341 points, or 0.7%, while the Nasdaq composite fell 0.2% from its own record. Stocks felt pressure as yields swung in the bond market. The yield on the 10-year Treasury climbed as high as 5.36% in the morning, up from 5.27% late Tuesday and near its highest level since 2002. Higher yields put downward pressure on prices for stocks and other investments. They can also slow the economy ...
BALATON — A Lamberton man, 40, was cited for speeding at 6:56 p.m Tuesday on the 1800 block of U.S. Highway 14, the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office said. MARSHALL — A Monticello man, 23, was cited for expired registration in a traffic stop at 6:15 p.m. Tuesday at the intersection of East Lyon Street and Sherman Avenue, Marshall Police said. MARSHALL — A Marshall man, 55, was arrested on a warrant at 2:11 p.m Tuesday on the 400 block of South Second Street, Marshall Police said. MARSHALL — A report is pending on threats at 12:21 p.m. Tuesday on the 400 block of Tiger ...
Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike is awake and speaking at a hospital, her lawyers said Tuesday, six days after the state's failed attempt to execute her by lethal injection left her unconscious and on a ventilator. Pike, 50, survived two doses of pentobarbital as executioners attempted to put her to death last Wednesday for the 1995 beating and stabbing death of classmate Colleen Slemmer. The lethal injection drug didn't kill her, but her lawyers said her arms were left burned and blistered. Her survival raises further questions about her medical and legal future. Her ...
