For two weeks at the end of every summer, the Minnesota State Fair police force swells into the largest police force in the state. It hires and borrows officers from all over, even from Wisconsin.
A Minneapolis City Council committee has unanimously endorsed the nomination of Acting Chief Medaria Arradondo to become the first African-American police chief in Minnesota's largest city.
Cold Spring's Police Chief Chris Boucher has resigned. City Administrator Brigid Murphy says the city has received his letter of resignation. His last day will be January 2nd.
A judge has overturned a jury's decision to award nearly $77,000 to a candidate who was offered the job as police chief of Cold Spring-Richmond and quit his previous job before the offer was rescinded.