KTOE Noon News 3-14-25
Top Stories for Noon 3-14-25
- City of Owatonna 18th Street SE Reconstruction Project Open House Planned for March 25
- The deadline for Minnesota schools to have a cell phone policy is tomorrow (Sat). ROCORI (RUH-Core-EE) Area Schools have had a policy for a while now. Superintendent Kevin Enerson says cell phone use is not allowed in elementary through middle school, and in high school, students can only use their phones during passing time and at lunch. ROCORI’s cell phone policy already matches the state guidelines for the 2026-2027 school year.
- DFL Representative Larry Kraft and Democratic Senator Ron Latz are proposing new changes to the state’s DWI laws today at the Park Tavern in St. Louis Park.(12:30) This comes after 56-year-old Steven Bailey crashed into the patio of Park Tavern, killing two people and injuring nine others last September. Bailey is facing 13 criminal charges, and a jury trial is scheduled to begin on May 12th. Bailey has pleaded not guilty.
- Minnesota Governor and 2024 Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Tim Walz will appear at a town hall event in Des Moines at 3 o’clock this afternoon. Walz posted on social media: “If your Republican representative won’t meet with you because their agenda is so unpopular, maybe a Democrat will.” Iowa Second District Congresswoman Ashley Hinson, a Republican from Marion, says she’s not ducking the G-O-P agenda — or her Iowa constituents and says she has a record of hosting town halls.
- Two 17-year-olds are in custody for allegedly committing 32 crimes in Edina. Police posted to Facebook saying the teens were connected to the crime spree last week and were arrested Thursday in Minneapolis. The crimes include “nine stolen vehicles, four burglaries, 16 thefts from auto/tampering, and three flees from officers in vehicles.” The crimes occurred from January to March, and an instance of a stolen vehicle last summer.
