toddler death

A 25-year-old Clear Lake area man has pleaded guilty in Sherburne County to smothering his girlfriend's 16-month-old son. Dennis Angell entered the plea to felony murder in the November death of the toddler at a home in Santiago Township.

A St. Paul foster father has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of a 19-month-old girl in his care. 51-year-old Daniel Lee Wright agreed Friday, under the terms of what's called an Alford plea, that the government probably had the evidence it needed for a jury to convict him.

Authorities in northwestern Minnesota are investigating the death of a 2-year-old boy.

Renville County authorities have charged an Olivia man in the death of his girlfriend's 19-month-old daughter.