Jason Rantala
Reporter at WCCO-TV (Minneapolis, MN)
Reporter for @wcco. E-mail: [email protected]
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6 days ago |
cbsnews.com | Jason Rantala
How a grandpa and deputy saved a young woman from a burning townhome Police squads and fire trucks broke the usual silence in a Shoreview cul-de-sac Wednesday night. Nikki Kahalekai watched the rapid response from her window Wednesday night, alongside her two children. "It was like a scene out of a movie," said Kahalekai. Trapped inside that burning home: A 23-year-old woman with autism.
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1 week ago |
cbsnews.com | Jason Rantala
A man from Roseville, Minnesota, was rescued from his sinking car after driving into a lake. Unfortunately, the outcome of the crash was not what neighbors were hoping for. Rudy Soliz and Mio Rosario were driving around McCarrons Lake in Roseville on Monday afternoon, where they were met with emergency crews. "We just saw a lot of people yelling at each other and we didn't know what was going on," Soliz said.
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1 week ago |
newspub.live | Jason Rantala
Cam Winton will never forget the once-in-a-lifetime sighting: A cougar, caught on neighbors’ cameras, prowling Minneapolis’ Lowry Hill neighborhood in December 2023. “It was a really exciting moment,” said Winton. “It was a mountain lion right there in the city.”The two-year-old male cougar’s more than 500 mile journey from Northwest Nebraska ended not long after, when it was hit by a car along Interstate 394. “We wanted to put a happier ending on the story,” said Winton.
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1 week ago |
cbsnews.com | Jason Rantala
Cam Winton will never forget the once-in-a-lifetime sighting: A cougar, caught on neighbors' cameras, prowling Minneapolis' Lowry Hill neighborhood in December 2023. "It was a really exciting moment," said Winton. "It was a mountain lion right there in the city."The two-year-old male cougar's more than 500 mile journey from Northwest Nebraska ended not long after, when it was hit by a car along Interstate 394. "We wanted to put a happier ending on the story," said Winton.
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1 week ago |
cbsnews.com | Jason Rantala
Lakeville schools have taken down "Black Lives Matter" posters at district facilities and have agreed to a settlement on a lawsuit over the signs, according to the district. The school board ordered the around 3,000 posters be taken down across all buildings in the district during spring break, which was between March 30 and April 4.
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