A GRAND RAPIDS MAN WAS KILLED IN A SINGLE-VEHICLE CRASH NEAR BACKUS EARLY SUNDAY MORNING ACCORDING TO A REPORT FROM THE MINNESOTA STATE PATROL. VINCENT DAVID KORDIAK, 29, WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. HIS VEHICLE HAD STRUCK A DRIVEWAY AND ROLLED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE REPORT STATED KORDIAK WAS NOT WEARING A SEATBELT AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH.
A 55-YEAR-OLD WYOMING, MINNESOTA, MAN RECEIVED LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES IN A SINGLE-VEHICLE CRASH ON INTERSTATE 35 NEAR STURGEON LAKE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. JEFFREY SCOTT VOLTIN WAS DRIVING A DODGE RAM PICKUP TRUCK NORTH WHEN IT WENT OFF THE ROAD, STRUCK THE CENTER MEDIAN, THEN VAULTED INTO THE TREES AND FLIPPED ONTO ITS ROOF. HE WAS AIRLIFTED TO ESSENTIA HEALTH-ST. MARY’S MEDICAL CENTER IN DULUTH.
THERE WAS A FATAL CRASH ON HIGHWAY 2, EAST OF EAST GRAND FORKS ON FRIDAY THAT CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A CROOKSTON MAN.
JUST LAST WEEK, PRELIMINARY FIGURES FROM THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICE OF TRAFFIC SAFETY SHOWED THAT THE FIRST FEW MONTHS OF 2021 ON MINNESOTA ROADS HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY MORE DEADLY THAN LAST YEAR.
GOVERNOR WALZ JOINED A BI-PARTISAN GROUP OF GOVERNORS FROM MICHIGAN, OHIO, INDIANA, ILLINOIS, WISCONSIN, AND KENTUCKY TO URGE MIDWESTERNERS TO GET THE COVID-19 VACCINE, TOUTING IT’S SAFETY AND EFFECTIVENESS. TO DATE, MINNESOTA HAS ADMINISTERED NEARLY 4.2 MILLION VACCINES, MOVING THE STATE CLOSER TO ITS GOAL OF EQUITABLY VACCINATING AT LEAST 70% OF MINNESOTANS AGES 16 AND OLDER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. TO DATE, 57% OF MINNESOTANS HAVE RECEIVED THEIR INITIAL DOSE OF THE VACCINE.
MORE THAN 300 PEOPLE RECEIVED THE COVID VACCINE DURING THE FIRST ROUND OF DATES AT THE REST STOP, SOUTH OF DRAYTON, ON I-29 AS PART OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN NORTH DAKOTA AND MANITOBA. CALLED THE ESSENTIAL WORKERS CROSS-BORDER VACCINATION INITIATIVE, THEY WILL HOLD THESE CLINICS WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FOR THE NEXT FIVE TO SEVEN WEEKS.
LAWMAKERS IN MORE THAN 20 STATES HAVE CONSIDERED BILLS THIS YEAR TO MAKE THE DISCIPLINARY RECORDS OF POLICE OFFICERS PUBLIC. THE PUSH COMES AMID HIGH-PROFILE DEATHS AT THE HANDS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. SUCH RECORDS ARE SHIELDED FROM THE NEWS MEDIA AND THE PUBLIC IN ABOUT 20 STATES. AT LEAST 16 STATES HAVE CONTEMPLATED MAKING THE RECORDS PUBLIC. EIGHT HAVE LOOKED INTO MAKING THEM ACCESSIBLE TO OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AS A WAY TO PREVENT OFFICERS WITH A HISTORY OF MISCONDUCT IN ONE CITY FROM BEING HIRED IN ANOTHER.
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