Tom Olsen
Reporter at Duluth News Tribune
Award-losing @duluthnews reporter covering crime, courts, cops and chaos.
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1 week ago |
twincities.com | Tom Olsen
An Iron Range city councilor who has a “long and contentious history with Minnesota Power” allegedly cut a wire on his property last week, knocking out power to three towns. Joseph Christopher Vaida, 63, of McKinley, faces three felony charges after reportedly disrupting the utility’s service to the city and neighboring communities of Gilbert and Biwabik. Vaida, according to a criminal complaint, had demanded Minnesota Power remove the wire from his property a week earlier.
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1 week ago |
duluthnewstribune.com | Tom Olsen
DULUTH — A sheriff’s deputy said he was “very close to blacking out” and believed he might die when he was strangled by a suspect Monday in Rice Lake. Authorities on Wednesday charged Gideon Joseph Martin, 37, of Duluth, with four crimes, including first-degree assault of a peace officer.
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1 week ago |
duluthnewstribune.com | Tom Olsen
VIRGINIA — An Iron Range city councilor who has a “long and contentious history with Minnesota Power” allegedly cut a wire on his property last week, knocking out power to three towns. Joseph Christopher Vaida, 63, of McKinley, faces three felony charges after reportedly disrupting the utility’s service to the city and neighboring communities of Gilbert and Biwabik. Vaida, according to a criminal complaint, had demanded Minnesota Power remove the wire from his property a week earlier.
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2 weeks ago |
sa.no | Tom Olsen
– U20-laget vårt kan fort bli et av landets beste neste sesong, slår Løkkeberg fast, mens styremedlem Arne Villy Skrøder i IHK Sparta Sarpsborg nikker fornøyd. – Om vi skal ta mål av oss om å bli best i landet allerede nå, er jeg ikke så sikker på, men at vi har et svært godt utgangspunkt, er det ingen tvil om, sier Skrøder, som har det sportslige ansvaret i ungdomsavdelingen.
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3 weeks ago |
hardanger-folkeblad.no | Tom Olsen
Meiningar Ullensvang kommunestyre gjorde 7. februar 2024 et enstemmig vedtak som uttrykte et ønske om en «uhildet juridisk vurdering» av Hydro og Lyses overtakelse av vannkraftanlegget Røldal-Suldal rett før det skulle gå til heimfall. Vedtaket var en treg oppfølging av et krav i et innbyggerinitiativ fra 2023, der ønskemålet var å få en «uavhengig juridisk vurdering» av muligheten for rettssak mot Hydro for å få Hydro/Lyse-avtalen kjent ugyldig og ulovlig.
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Overheard on the scanner: "There's a large pig on their porch. They don't know how it got there or where it belongs."
A burglar allegedly broke into a Cloquet church and left a garden hose running for some 11 hours before the lead pastor showed up and found it "raining" in the basement." https://t.co/ypewmLRYmM
A 90-page racial bias audit released Wednesday did not recommend any sweeping changes to the Duluth Police Department. But it did provide a blueprint for changes that could reduce bias, ensure inclusivity and promote public accountability. https://t.co/3hwsUq4nOf
