The Department of Justice announces new charges for Minnesota fraud, an ICE agent accused of pulling a gun on motorists says he will turn himself in, and revisit Highway 61 on Bob Dylan’s 85th birthday.
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WITH HEADLINES FROM AROUND THE STATE, I’M XAN HOLSTON.
COMING UP …
[BOB DYLAN, FROM “NORTH COUNTRY GIRL”: IF YOU’RE TRAVELLING IN THE NORTH COUNTRY FIRE …]
A CELEBRATION FOR ROBERT ZIMMERMAN’S 85TH … BUT FIRST …
PREPARE TO PAY MORE IN TUITION AT ALL MINNESOTA STATE AND UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA SCHOOLS THIS FALL.
ABOUT 270-THOUSAND STUDENTS AT MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES WILL PAY AN AVERAGE OF SIX-AND-A-QUARTER PERCENT MORE ACROSS THE SYSTEM’S 33-COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES...
OFFICIALS SAY THAT WORKS OUT TO AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 360-DOLLARS AT COLLEGES … AND 580-DOLLARS AT UNIVERSITIES.
TUITION FOR THE NEARLY 70-THOUSAND STUDENTS ACROSS UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA’S FIVE CAMPUSES...ARE PAYING BETWEEN FOUR AND SIX AND A HALF PERCENT MORE.
BOTH COLLEGE SYSTEMS BLAME THE STATE LEGISLATURE FOR NOT GRANTING THEIR FUNDING REQUESTS THIS YEAR.
--FEDERAL FRAUD PRESSER--
A FEDERAL MEDICAID FRAUD CRACKDOWN IN MINNESOTA IS NOW TOUCHING A HEALTHCARE SYSTEM THAT SERVES NEARLY ONE IN FOUR PEOPLE IN THE STATE.
FEDERAL OFFICIALS SAY THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HAS CHARGED 15 DEFENDANTS ... IN SCHEMES TARGETING MORE THAN 90-MILLION DOLLARS ACROSS SEVEN STATE-RUN MEDICAID PROGRAMS.
THAT WORKS OUT TO ABOUT 15-DOLLARS FOR EVERY MINNESOTAN.
THE ALLEGED FRAUD INVOLVES HOUSING SUPPORT … AUTISM SERVICES … AND DISABILITY CARE.
MEDICARE AND MEDICAID ADMINISTRATOR MEHMET OZ SAYS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS HOLDING BACK 350-MILLION DOLLARS IN FEDERAL MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENTS UNTIL MINNESOTA JUSTIFIES RECENT BILLING.
[MEHMET OZ: WHEN WE GET THE RESPONSES THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NEEDS AND REQUIRES AND YOU WOULD DESIRE … THEN YOU WOULD AGREE THAT’S THE RIGHT TIME TO LET THE MONEY GO.]
MINNESOTA OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE FIGHTING FRAUD... BUT WARN BROAD FEDERAL FUNDING HOLDS COULD ALSO AFFECT LEGITIMATE CARE AND QUALITY OF SERVICES PEOPLE DEPEND UPON.
--AIMEE BOCK SENTENCING--
THE PRESS CONFERENCE STARTED JUST HOURS AFTER A JUDGE SENTENCED FEEDING OUR FUTURE FOUNDER AIMEE BOCK TO 41 AND A HALF YEARS IN PRISON.
BOCK WAS CONVICTED FOR THE 250-MILLION-DOLLAR CHILD NUTRITION FRAUD SCHEME.. THE LARGEST PANDEMIC-ERA FRAUD CASE IN THE COUNTRY.
FEDERAL PROSECUTORS ALSO FILED NEW CHILD CARE FRAUD CHARGES AGAINST FAHIMA MAHAMUD … A FEEDING OUR FUTURE DEFENDANT NOW ACCUSED OF DEFRAUDING MINNESOTA’S CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
--ICE AGENT TO TURN SELF IN--
AN ICE AGENT ACCUSED OF POINTING A GUN AT TWO DRIVERS TOLD PROSECUTORS HE WOULD TURN HIMSELF IN.
GREGORY MORGAN JUNIOR FACES CHARGES IN HENNEPIN COUNTY WITH TWO COUNTS OF ASSAULT WITH A DANGEROUS WEAPON.
PROSECUTORS SAY MORGAN POINTED HIS GUN AT TWO PEOPLE WHILE DRIVING AN UNMARKED S-U-V ON HIGHWAY 62 IN FEBRUARY. JANUARY.
MORGAN’S ATTORNEY SAYS HE DID NOT START THE ENCOUNTER … AND REACTED TO PERCEIVED DANGER.
--FIREBOMBER SHOOTER--
THE MAN ACCUSED OF SHOOTING A FIREFIGHTING PLANE IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA TOLD INVESTIGATORS HE WAS “CROW HUNTING” … AND IF HE ACCIDENTALLY HIT THE PILOT … “TOO BAD.”
DANIEL PETTIT OF ORR FACES TWO FELONY CHARGES.. INCLUDING ASSAULT AND INTENTIONAL DISCHARGE OF A FIREARM.
COURT DOCUMENTS SAY THE PLANE WAS SCOOPING WATER FROM KJOSTAD LAKE TO FIGHT A WILDFIRE … WHEN THE PILOT HEARD A POP.. AND LATER FOUND DAMAGE CONSISTENT WITH A BULLET STRIKE.
NEIGHBORS REPORTED HEARING BANGS EACH TIME THE AIRCRAFT CAME AROUND.
PETTIT IS DUE IN COURT TUESDAY.
--SHILOH HENDRIX MOTION DENIED--
AN OLMSTED COUNTY JUDGE DENIED SHILOH HENDRIX’S REQUEST TO DISMISS TWO DISORDERLY CONDUCT CHARGES … AND SET HER CASE FOR TRIAL IN JULY.
THE ROCHESTER WOMAN WAS CHARGED AFTER A VIRAL VIDEO SHOWED HER AT A PUBLIC PLAYGROUND USING A RACIAL SLUR AGAINST A BLACK CHILD LIVING WITH AUTISM.
HER ATTORNEY ARGUED THE CHARGES VIOLATE THE FIRST AMENDMENT.
BUT THE JUDGE FOUND ENOUGH PROBABLE CAUSE FOR THE CASE TO MOVE FORWARD … INCLUDING WHETHER THE WORDS COULD BE CONSIDERED “FIGHTING WORDS.”
--ALBERT LEA CANNABIS REGISTRATION DENIAL--
THE FIRST PERSON TO RECEIVE A MINNESOTA CANNABIS MICROBUSINESS LICENSE WON PART OF HIS COURT FIGHT AGAINST THE CITY OF ALBERT LEA.
JACOB SCHLICHTER SAYS THE CITY WRONGLY BLOCKED HIM FROM REGISTERING THE SMOKING TREE L-L-C.
THE MINNESOTA COURT OF APPEALS AGREED THE CITY FAILED TO FOLLOW ITS OWN FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED ORDINANCE DENYING THE APPLICATION … BUT DID NOT ORDER ALBERT LEA TO ISSUE THE REGISTRATION.
CITY OFFICIALS LATER RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT HIS CRIMINAL HISTORY AND PUBLIC SAFETY.
--MOORHEAD THC EDIBLES--
AFTER TWELVE MOORHEAD MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS GOT SICK FROM SUSPECTED CANNABIS-INFUSED CANDY … WITH TWO TREATED AT A HOSPITAL … POLICE HAVE NOW ARRESTED TWO PARENTS.
POLICE SAY MARTIN AND AMANDA HULST ARE THE PARENTS OF THE STUDENT WHO BROUGHT THE CANDY TO SCHOOL … AND POLICE FOUND T-H-C PRODUCTS, PSYCHEDELIC MUSHROOMS AND CASH IN THEIR HOME.
BOTH PARENTS ARE FACING MULTIPLE FELONY CHARGES.
--MINNESOTA STATE TUITION INCREASE--
PREPARE TO PAY MORE TO ATTEND MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES THIS FALL.
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ANNOUNCED AN AVERAGE INCREASE FOR UNDERGRADUATE TUITION OF SIX-AND-A-QUARTER PERCENT... BLAMING A LACK OF NEW LEGISLATIVE FUNDING FOR OPERATING COSTS.
SYSTEM OFFICIALS SAY THAT WORKS OUT TO AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 360-DOLLARS AT COLLEGES … AND 580-DOLLARS AT UNIVERSITIES.
--BOB DYLAN FEST--
AND FINALLY …
[BOB DYLAN, FROM “HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED”: YES IT CAN BE EASILY DONE … JUST TAKE EVERYTHING DOWN TO HIGHWAY 61 …]
DULUTH IS KNOCK-KNOCK-KNOCKING ON BOB DYLAN’S DOOR THIS WEEKEND.
DULUTH DYLAN FEST IS RUNNING NOW THROUGH THE WEEKEND … CELEBRATING DYLAN'S NORTHLAND ROOTS WITH LIVE MUSIC, TOURS, AND A SONGWRITING CONTEST.
IT ALL ENDS SUNDAY WITH AN BIRTHDAY BASH AT THE ALHAMBRA THEATRE … TO CELEBRATE DYLAN’S 85TH.
MORE EVENT INFO IS AT DULUTH DYLAN FEST DOT COM.
FOR NORTH STAR STORIES, I’M XAN HOLSTON.