Tom Olsen
Reporter at Duluth News Tribune
Award-losing @duluthnews reporter covering crime, courts, cops and chaos.
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18 hours ago |
duluthnewstribune.com | Tom Olsen
DULUTH — Witnessing a commotion brewing outside the bar at closing time, Spurs on First bouncer Danyelle Williams stepped in between two feuding patrons. A 235-pound former professional fighter, Williams said he hoped to de-escalate the situation and keep a distance between Chantel Moose and Darrius Lamar Plummer.
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1 day ago |
twincities.com | Tom Olsen
DULUTH, Minn. — Mary Heilman and her husband recently received a $4,000 bill to fix their boiler. As retirees living on a tight budget, Heilman said it’s hard enough to keep their propane tanks filled in the grueling Northland winters. So they were relieved when the Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency stepped in and covered the costs of the repair. “Without energy assistance, there’s no way we could be in our home,” the Makinen resident said.
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2 days ago |
duluthnewstribune.com | Tom Olsen
DULUTH — A man was arrested last week after a 16-year-old girl reported missing from Oklahoma was found in his apartment. Jeremy Jon Sertich, 33, allegedly admitted to driving from Duluth to Oklahoma to pick up the teen, whom he described as his “fiancee.” He reportedly told investigators he had met her online when she was just 14, and that it was at least the seventh time they had met.
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2 days ago |
duluthnewstribune.com | Tom Olsen
DULUTH — Mary Heilman and her husband recently received a $4,000 bill to fix their boiler. As retirees living on a tight budget, Heilman said it’s hard enough to keep their propane tanks filled in the grueling Northland winters. So they were relieved when the Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency stepped in and covered the costs of the repair. “Without energy assistance, there’s no way we could be in our home,” the Makinen resident said.
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5 days ago |
duluthnewstribune.com | Tom Olsen
GRAND RAPIDS — An 84-year-old man with dementia was reportedly locked in a basement and forced to live in “squalid and repugnant” conditions while his son and daughter-in-law spent nearly $300,000 of his money. Authorities this week charged the couple with 10 crimes each in what was described by investigators and medical staff as “one of the worst cases of adult neglect/elder abuse” they have ever seen.
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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
