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North Star Stories: Voices from Where We Live is comprised of a weekly 30-minute magazine-style newscast and daily, five-minute headlines segments that shine a spotlight on the stories and perspectives of Minnesota’s diverse communities, including Black, Latine, Asian American, East African individuals, people living with disabilities, LGBTQIA2S+ residents, laborers, veterans, and those from Greater Minnesota.
INTRO: YOU ARE LISTENING TO NORTH STAR STORIES: VOICES FROM WHERE WE LIVE, A DAILY NEWSCAST ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO LIVE IN MINNESOTA.
XAN HOLSTON: WITH HEADLINES FROM AROUND THE STATE, I’M XAN HOLSTON.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
A FATHER DROPPING OFF HIS CHILDREN AT A HOPKINS HOME DAYCARE WALKED INTO A DEADLY DOMESTIC-VIOLENCE ATTACK… THEN GOT FOUR CHILDREN OUT TO SAFETY.
A NEWLY FILED SEARCH-WARRANT AFFIDAVIT SAYS HE HEARD SCREAMS… ENTERED THROUGH THE BACK DOOR… AND SAW NATHAN BROWN STABBING HIS WIFE… KRISTEN.. WITH A SCREWDRIVER.
HE TOLD POLICE BROWN ALSO STABBED THEIR SEVEN-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER
THEY BOTH DIED.
POLICE THEN FOUND NATHAN BROWN UPSTAIRS WITH AN APPARENT SELF-INFLICTED GUNSHOT WOUND.
POLICE BELIEVE HE FIRST KILLED HIS 78-YEAR-OLD MOTHER..ALICE… AT HER BURNSVILLE HOME WHERE HE HAD BEEN STAYING...
THEN WENT TO THE HOPKINS HOME..WHICH WAS ALSO BROWN BEAR CHILDCARE...A HOME-LICENSED DAYCARE..
IOLA KOSTRZEWSKI’S USED TO SEND HER CHILDREN TO THAT DAYCARE.
[IOLA KOSTRZEWSKI / FORMER BROWN BEAR CHILDCARE PARENT: EVERY CHILD WAS IN HER HOME WAS HER CHILD. THAT’S JUST THE KIND OF PERSON SHE IS … AND WAS.]
XAN HOLSTON: THE AFFIDAVIT SAYS THE FATHER WHO WALKED IN ON THE MURDERS TOOK HIS OWN TWO CHILDREN AND TWO OTHERS TO SAFETY AND CALLED 9-1-1. . POLICE SAY ALL OF THE DAYCARE CHILDREN WERE PHYSICALLY UNHARMED.
OFFICIALS SAY THE WITNESS ALSO TOLD INVESTIGATORS KRISTEN HAD INFORMED FAMILIES THE DAYCARE WOULD CLOSE BECAUSE OF… QUOTE… “RELATIONSHIP ISSUES WITH NATHAN.”
POLICE SAY NEITHER ADDRESS HAD PREVIOUS DOMESTIC-VIOLENCE CALLS.
[BRENT JOHNSON / HOPKINS POLICE CHIEF: I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CALL 9-1-1 IMMEDIATELY... REACH OUT TO YOUR FRIENDS OR FAMILIES OR NEIGHBORS... REPORT THOSE INCIDENTS.]
XAN HOLSTON: STATE RECORDS SHOW THE DAYCARE’S LICENSE WAS ACTIVE, WITH NO RESTRICTIONS.
MINNESOTA REQUIRES BACKGROUND STUDIES ON THE CHILDCARE WORKERS AND ANYONE 13 YEARS AND OLDER WHO WILL BE LIVING AT A HOME DAYCARE.
BUT A RECORDS-BASED BACKGROUND STUDY CANNOT FLAG VIOLENCE THAT NEVER GENERATED A RECORD.
RESEARCHERS SAY NEARLY HALF OF DOMESTIC ABUSE KILLINGS HAPPEN WHEN THE WOMAN IS PLANNING OR IN THE PROCESS OF LEAVING THE RELATIONSHIP.
KOSTRZEWSKI SAYS SHE SAW NO WARNING SIGNS… AND IS RESISTING THE URGE TO REINTERPRET THE PAST.
[IOLA KOSTRZEWSKI: I DIDN’T SEE ANYTHING... I AM TRYING NOT TO LOOK BACK AND TRY TO ASSIGN MEANING TO ANY INTERACTION... BASED ON HOW WE KNOW THIS ENDED.]
XAN HOLSTON: VIOLENCE FREE MINNESOTA HELPS ANYONE LOOKING TO LEAVE A RELATIONSHIP REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THERE ARE PREVIOUS POLICE REPORTS FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE...
VIOLENCE FREE MINNESOTA IS ONLINE AT V-F-M-N DOT ORG.
ELECTION FOLLOWUP
MINNESOTA’S PRIMARY RESULTS REMAIN UNOFFICIAL.
WITH ALL PRECINCTS REPORTING... UNOFFICIAL RESULTS SHOW LISA DEMUTH WINNING THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY FOR GOVERNOR BY ABOUT 45-THOUSAND-VOTES...
STATE AND FEDERAL RESULTS ARE SCHEDULED FOR CERTIFICATION TUESDAY.
COUNTY ELECTION OFFICIALS SAY IT APPEARS MINNESOTA’S CHECKS AND BALANCES FOR VOTING INTEGRITY AND VERIFICATION WORKED PROPERLY DESPITE SEVERAL CLAIMS BY FORMER MY PILLOW C-E-O MIKE LINDELL QUESTIONING THE ACCURACY OF HIS RACE.
MANKATO ELECTION DATA ERROR
IN BLUE EARTH COUNTY... ELECTION OFFICIALS SAY THEY UPLOADED THE WRONG TOTALS FOR THE MANKATO MAYORAL PRIMARY … MISTAKENLY UPLOADING TEST DATA.
OFFICIALS SAY IT WAS HUMAN ERROR ... NOT A VOTING MACHINE MISTAKE. AND THAT THEY QUICKLY CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. .
CORRECTED UNOFFICIAL RESULTS SHOW MAYORAL CANDIDATES NAJWA MASSAD AND JULIA HAMANN ADVANCING TO THE GENERAL ELECTION..
FLOCK CAMERAS CANCELLED
AT LEAST EIGHT CITIES AND COUNTIES HAVE NOW ENDED OR PAUSED THEIR FLOCK CAMERA PROGRAMS … THE AUTOMATED LICENSE-PLATE READERS POLICE USE TO TRACK VEHICLES.
THIS WEEK … NORTH BRANCH … ABOUT 50 MILES NORTH OF THE METRO … VOTED TO PAUSE ITS NEW, SEVEN-CAMERA PROGRAM INDEFINITELY … BEFORE INSTALLATION.
DULUTH POLICE SAY THEY AREN’T RENEWING THEIR FLOCK CONTRACT..
AND WINONA POLICE SAY THEY WILL NOT REPLACE EIGHT CAMERAS THAT VANDALS CUT DOWN AND STOLE LAST MONTH.
IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... AN 18-YEAR-OLD SAUK RAPIDS MAN FACES A FELONY CHARGE FOR ALLEGEDLY SAWING DOWN A POLE WITH A SURVEILLANCE CAMERA MOUNTED ON IT.
AND A FAIRBAULT MAN WAS CHARGED FOR THE THEFT OF A CAMERA EARLIER THIS MONTH.
THE REDUCTION IN COMMUNITIES CONTRACTING WITH SURVEILLANCE COMPANIES COMES AMID INCREASING PUBLIC BACKLASH … OVER CONCERNS ABOUT CITIZEN PRIVACY … AND HOW CAMERA DATA IS USED AND SHARED.
ROD STEWART
AND FINALLY …
[DO YA THINK I’M SEXY?: IF YOU WANT MY BODY … AND YA THINK I’M SEXY …]
XAN HOLSTON: ROD STEWART MAY STILL BE SEXY … BUT YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO CONFIRM IT AT THE STATE FAIR.
THE 81-YEAR-OLD ROCKER CANCELLED HIS SEPTEMBER FIRST GRANDSTAND DATE AFTER UNDERGOING A ROUTINE HEART PROCEDURE.
WHILE YOU CAN'T SEE ROD AT THE FAIR … THAT JUST MEANS MORE TIME TO SPEND AT THE AMPERS RADIO BOOTH IN THE EDUCATION BUILDING...
AMPERS PRODUCES NORTH STAR STORIES ... AND REPRESENTS AND SUPPORTS 17 INDEPENDENT NON-COMMERCIAL COMMUNITY RADIO STATIONS THROUGHOUT MINNESOTA.
FOR NORTH STAR STORIES ... I’M XAN HOLSTON.
OUTRO: NORTH STAR STORIES IS PRODUCED BY AMPERS, DIVERSE RADIO FOR MINNESOTA'S COMMUNITIES WITH SUPPORT FROM THE MCKNIGHT FOUNDATION AND THE STATE OF MINNESOTA. ONLINE AT AMPERS DOT ORG.