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Authorities ID man found dead in St. Croix River near Hudson, Wis.
Police in Hudson, Wis. have released the name of a man found dead over the weekend in the St. Croix River.
Authorities say Anders Engstrom, 34, of Hudson, likely died of a freshwater drowning resulting from an accident, and that foul play was not suspected to have played a role in his death, Police Chief Geoffrey Williams said in a news release.
Officers were called to Lake Front Park south of Dike Road at about 8:25 a.m. Saturday on a report of a body in the water. Teams from the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, the St. Croix County Sheriff’s Office, the St. Croix County Medical Examiner’s Office, the Hudson Fire Department and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources are assisting with the investigation.
“We do not believe there are any threats or danger to the community as a result of the incident,” Williams said.
After about five minutes and several warnings that students participating in the protest would be suspended,, the protesters exited Northrop and Cunningham continued her speech. They later gathered outside on the mall afterwards to shout, “Cunningham, you will see, Palestine will be free.”
Cunningham recounted the story of Norman Borlaug, the U alumnus and agronomist whose research in wheat saved millions from starvation, and said she would prioritize keeping a college education affordable for students.
Cunningham actually took over presidential duties on July 1, replacing Interim President Jeff Ettinger. She oversees a budget of more than $4 billion to run the university’s five campuses, which enrolled more than 68,000 students and employed 27,000 people during the last academic year.
She was chosen for the job last winter over two other candidates: Laura Bloomberg, president of Cleveland State University and former dean of the U’s Humphrey School of Public Affairs, and James Holloway, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at the University of New Mexico. She is the U’s second woman president, following Joan Gabel who held the office from 2019 to 2023.
Cunningham will be paid more than $1 million per year — about $975,000 in base pay and an additional $120,000 in retirement contributions. The compensation puts her in the top quarter of Big Ten university presidents.
Sgt. Gordon Blackey, once a security guard to Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, allegedly admitted to tracking the woman’s movements in her vehicle, according to a criminal complaint.
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Minnesota corrections officials are investigating after an inmate was found dead at the state prison in Moose Lake.
The 37-year-old’s cellmate found the man unresponsive in their room about 10:40 a.m. Tuesday, according to a news release Wednesday from the Corrections Department. Staffers immediately started life-saving efforts, but those efforts failed.
The department’s Office of Special Investigations is looking into the death, with help from the Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office. The inmate’s identity was being withheld until notification of family.
