Authorities in southern Minnesota say a 76-year-old woman and her 50-year-old daughter died in their home around the same time of medical problems. Preliminary autopsy results indicate that the mother, Arlene Jolson, died from complications of a heart-related condition. Her daughter, Kristi Jolson, coincidentally died within the same period of a brain aneurism.
A former Freeborn County commissioner who operated a real estate closing company is now charged in federal court with stealing about $1 million from escrow accounts.