(KWNO)-A Winona homeowner started receiving text messages on Sunday demanding money and threatening to blow up their house. The texter stated the doors of the house of were rigged with bombs that would go off if the doors were opened but if the homeowners paid 5,000 bitcoin (more than $140 million) the bombs would be deactivated. The homeowners were out of town but their teenager was at the residence.
Police inspected the house and did not find bombs or any evidence of explosives, leading them to believe the incident was a scam. Officers stayed at the house with the teenager until his parents arrived.
Holmen drug seizure 'largest ever'
(KWNO)-Guns and more than $25,000 of illegal drugs were seized in Holmen on Saturday. Police served a search warrant at a residence and found meth, cocaine, LSD, heroin and fentanyl along with drug paraphernalia and 10 firearms. Holmen police arreste...
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Ex-Washington officer wanted in 2 killings found in Oregon with gunshot wound, police say
A former Washington state police officer wanted in two killings has been found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound following a chase in Oregon
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Douglas C-54 plane with 2 people on board crashes into river outside Fairbanks, Alaska
A Douglas C-54 Skymaster has crashed into the Tanana River outside Fairbanks, Alaska
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Transgender Tennessee woman sues over state's refusal to change the sex designation on her license
A transgender Tennessee woman has sued the state’s Department of Safety and Homeland Security after officials refused to change the sex on her driver's license to match her gender identity
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