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Man shoots, kills cousin’s fiancé in Minneapolis in front of her and her two young children
A Big Lake man, who was out on bail while awaiting sentencing for sexual assault, has been charged with shooting and killing his cousin’s fiancé in a car in north Minneapolis while her two young children were in the back seat.
The children, one of whom was left covered in blood, were taken in by a bystander while their mom cradled the head of Joseph Milligan, 26, of Minneapolis.
Kinglewes Edward McCaleb VI, 20, was charged with second-degree murder in the shooting on Thursday in Hennepin County District Court. He is being held in lieu of $1 million bail. McCaleb pleaded guilty to fifth-degree sexual assault in July after being accused of raping and robbing a woman in Minneapolis earlier this year.
He was out on $100,000 bail in that case at the time of the alleged shooting.
Danielle Molliver, his defense attorney in the sexual assault case, said the plea deal called for a stay of imposition and no jail time. He was due to be sentenced this week before being arrested and held on probable cause in Milligan’s murder. She said her law office is determining whether they will represent him on this case, but that is strictly due to resources.
“I am really shocked,” Molliver said about the murder charges, noting that part of the reason McCaleb got a plea deal was because he had no criminal history. “He was a very humble young guy,” she said of McCaleb. “Kind of impressionable but definitely not the guy that is going to be the first one out there causing trouble.”
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An unusual land deal that would have created a new public park in Scandia has instead collapsed after county officials said it’s not a good fit.
The late Joyce Heinisch left a gift of 300 acres for the creation of a new county park, but the bequest from the estate of the Joyce Heinisch Revocable Trust asked that the donation, if accepted, not be finalized until Heinisch’s daughter and granddaughter live out their lives first.
They live adjacent to the property. The terms meant that any park opening could be decades from now, part of why the County Board made the decision to walk away from the deal at its Nov. 19 meeting.
“In the end it didn’t fit for us,” said Sharon Price, senior right of way specialist for Washington County.
The land, located along the border of Washington and Chisago Counties and County Highway 3, is already protected under a conservation easement from the Minnesota Land Trust. The easement limits the use of the parcel to passive recreation. It prohibits any development include park bathrooms, pavilions, playgrounds or paved parking.
The possible liabilities of caring for the land or cleaning up trash that might get dumped there was also a concern, Price said.
The combination of the existing easement, the limitations on what the county could do with the land, and the liabilities that the deal would place on Washington County were unworkable, Price said.
Heinsich, a school nurse and farmer who managed 280-head herd of beef cows, died in 2023. Her husband, Roger, preceded her in death. They put the easement on the property in 2011, said Andrew Moe, the Minnesota Land Trust’s director of conservation stewardship.
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The Republican who ran for a House seat representing Roseville and Shoreview is contesting his election loss by challenging the residency of the Democrat who defeated him Nov. 5.
Republican Paul Wikstrom filed the challenge in Ramsey County District Court Wednesday alleging that Democrat Curtis R. Johnson doesn’t live in District 40B. Johnson easily defeated Wikstrom to win the seat, receiving 65% of the vote.
Wikstrom is asking the court to “invalidate and revoke any certificate of election issued to Johnson.”
The challenge, if successful, could have implications for control of the House during the coming legislative session. The 134-member chamber is currently split between 67 Democrats and 67 Republicans for the first time since 1979.
Johnson, a Roseville Area Schools board member, faced questions about his residency during the campaign. He owns a home outside the district in Little Canada and began renting an apartment on Rice Street last spring to establish residency so he could run for the 40B House seat.
In October, Johnson said in a statement that he was renting the Rice Street apartment while looking for a “forever home” in the district. His wife and their oldest child continued to live in their Little Canada house so they were not unnecessarily uprooted, he said.
Johnson did not respond to a voicemail on Friday seeking comment. In a statement, a DFL spokesperson said Johnson lives in the district and expects the case to be dismissed.
