A seven-car pileup on Interstate 35W in Mounds View claimed the life of one person and closed the highway for several hours on Monday a “merging conflict” on southbound I-35W near County Road I caused a chain reaction involving three semi-trucks and four passenger cars around 10 a.m Four other people were taken to local hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries vehicles were being redirected away from the area The highway reopened sometime Monday afternoon Any person with disabilities who needs help accessing the content of the FCC Public File may contact KSTP via our online form or call 651-646-5555 Few details are available regarding the incident with traffic diverted from I-35W at Highway 10 The Mounds View Police Department is asking the public to avoid the area if possible Three semis were caught up in the collision, which closed one side of I-35W for hours. A “merging conflict” triggered a fatal seven-vehicle crash Tuesday morning that had one side of a Twin Cities interstate closed into the afternoon, officials said. The collision involving three semitrailer trucks, three SUVs and a car occurred about 10 a.m. on southbound I-35W near County Road I in Mounds View, the State Patrol said. The southbound lanes remained closed until about 1:40 p.m. as the patrol collected evidence and had debris removed, state officials said. A patrol statement explained that “a merging conflict ... caused a chain reaction” that entangled seven vehicles. The statement did not elaborate on what happened. Killed in the crash was 67-year-old Kirby Kyle Schwarzkopf of Brooklyn Park, said the patrol. Suffering noncritical injuries were two people in one SUV, two in another SUV and a semi driver, according to the patrol. Five others were unharmed. Tim Harlow covers traffic and transportation issues in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, and likes to get out of the office, even during rush hour. He also covers the suburbs in northern Hennepin and all of Anoka counties, plus breaking news and weather. Paul Walsh is a general assignment reporter at the Minnesota Star Tribune. He wants your news tips, especially in and near Minnesota. Culture Hyperlocal cable TV stations that broadcast everything from high school sports to city government meetings confront a perilous existence. The state’s 61st Teacher of the Year is the first from the Eden Prairie school district to win the award, organizers said. Staffing in Hennepin County to help residents navigate Medical Assistance hasn’t kept pace with the increasing number of people seeking long-term care. A traffic camera captures the aftermath of a crash on Interstate 35W on Tuesday.Courtesy of Minnesota Department of TransportationGo Deeper.CloseCreate an account or log in to save stories We have added it to a list of your favorite stories Highway 10 in Shoreview and Mounds View and County Road I in Arden Hills Tuesday morning A report from the State Patrol says a “merging conflict” led to a chain reaction crash which eventually entangled seven vehicles — including three semi trucks An initial report said eight vehicles were involved The stretch of highway was closed for about four hours following the crash MPR News helps you turn down the noise and build shared understanding Turn up your support for this public resource and keep trusted journalism accessible to all April 27 from the Minnesota High School Baseball Coaches Association speaks to MC Dave Lee as the longtime Mounds View coach is inducted into the Minnesota High School Basketball Hall of Fame in 2022 (Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune) who coached the Mounds View boys basketball for 45 seasons from 1967 to 2012 Kauls coached the Mustangs to 12 appearances in the state tournament winning two state titles: the Class 2A championship in 1972 and the 4A championship in 1999 For more on Kauils, click here to read this story on startribune.com. Kauls coached the Mustangs for 45 years, winning two state championships. Ziggy Kauls, who coached the Mounds View boys basketball for 45 seasons from 1967 to 2012, died Sunday at 84. Kauls coached the Mustangs to 12 appearances in the state tournament, winning two state titles: the Class 2A championship in 1972 and the 4A championship in 1999. He coached the Mustangs to 739 career victories, fifth-most in boys state high school history. His career record was 739-357. He is a member of seven halls of fame: Forest Lake High School, Hamline University, Mounds View High School, Minnesota State High School League, Minnesota State High School Coaches Association, Minnesota Baseball Coaches Association and the Minnesota High School Basketball. For that final Hall of Fame, he was inducted into the Minnesota High School Basketball Hall in 2022, the same year as Mark Landsberger, his star player from the 1972 championship team. Other standouts to play for Kauls over the years included Mr. Basketball winners Steve Schlotthauer, Nick Horvath and Travis Busch. Joel Rippel writes about sports for the Star Tribune. High Schools has a state-high 40 goals in seven games for St The Raiders have lost only once and will have a chance to avenge that one this week Minnesota high school scores and results for all sports from around the state Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker A suspect has been taken into custody after allegedly shooting at a man in Mounds View on Thursday As previously reported Mounds View police say they were called to the 2100 block of Buckingham Lane around 12:06 p.m on a report that a man had just been shot and the suspect had run away The victim of the shooting was brought to the Hennepin County Medical Center for treatment Authorities began searching for the suspect, Alex Robert Quevedo-Holmes, and in an update on Friday Mounds View police said that he was taken into custody a shelter-in-place was ordered for the surrounding community and students were held at Irondale High School and Sunnyside Elementary School until around 3:45 p.m when authorities said they had released students Investigators are searching for a 20-year-old man considered to be armed and dangerous after he allegedly shot a man on Thursday ensued and a shelter-in-place was ordered for the surrounding community light-skinned Hispanic man with brown hair and eyes He is wanted on suspicion of first-degree assault with a firearm Police say Quevedo-Holmes is considered armed and dangerous Students were held at Irondale High School and Sunnyside Elementary School until around 3:45 p.m Law enforcement is continuing to investigate with the help of the Ramsey County SWAT team and multiple other agencies Fire crews were able to put out the flames engulfing a garage packed full of personal items in Mounds View early this morning According to the Mounds View Police Department fire crews were called to assist with a garage fire near County Road I between Silver Lake Road and Spring Lake Road Crews say they were able to knock down the fire quickly the department said the garage was packed full of personal items A resident purchased the 38-foot statue for $1 and plans call for it to be restored in New Ulm by the guy who restored Blue Earth’s Jolly Green Giant Six years after she was taken down from her rooftop perch at the Mermaid Entertainment and Event Center, a 38-foot fiberglass mermaid statue will soon be restored and made ready for a new life back near her old spot, Mounds View Mayor Zach Lindstrom said. “We’re going to get ready to bring her back,” he said. Mueller said he was surprised by the mayor’s news that they could buy the mermaid, but he gladly agreed to help out. Mueller, the husband of former Mounds View Mayor Carol Mueller, has a long history with the mermaid statue as well as the Mermaid bowling alley, bar and restaurant. He met his wife at the Mermaid 47 years ago, and in the 1970s while weathering a storm from a gas station across the street, Mueller and a friend saw the original mermaid get blown off of the roof. “It blew her across Highway 10,” Mueller said. He and some friends picked up the statue and took it back to the bowling alley and event center. He doesn’t know whatever became of it, but says a new mermaid that’s both heavier and larger took the place of the original. Mueller said he was a frequent visitor to the Mermaid back then. It had live music in the basement on Friday and Saturday nights: “It was just a fun place to go.” When the mermaid statue came down in 2018, it felt like a bit of city history had been lost. “It’s funny because you travel to different places and you talk to complete strangers and a lot of time, you tell people you’re from Mounds View and they go, ‘Isn’t that where the mermaid is?’ We were always proud,” he said. “I just want her back in Mounds View. And I think a lot of people do.” Mayor Lindstrom said he’s been working on a plan to restore the mermaid for many months. “Finding someone to work on 30-foot mermaids is not an easy thing to do,” he said. He wondered if a new mermaid could be cast, but after seeing a bid for $100,000 he focused his efforts on restoring the original. At a League of Minnesota Cities meeting last year, Lindstrom met a council member from Blue Earth, home of the Jolly Green Giant statue. The city had recently fixed it up using a company from New Ulm. Lindstrom called the shop and its owner came out to examine the mermaid before agreeing to take on the job. The mermaid will soon be trucked to his New Ulm shop with the expectation that it will cost $30,000 to repaint, repair and fully restore the statue. It should be ready by next spring or early summer. The city will soon designate the statue a historic landmark, Lindstrom said. The council’s Community Engagement Committee will launch a “Save the Mermaid” campaign to raise funds for the statue’s restoration. Lindstrom said the city might chip in if private funds are insufficient. Lindstrom said restoring the mermaid has become a personal mission of his and could provide a boost for businesses. “Bringing her back will be something that will be good for the economy of Mounds View,” he said before giving a nod to another roadside attraction in Darwin, Minn. “This is our ball of twine.” Matt McKinney writes about his hometown of Stillwater and the rest of Washington County for the Star Tribune's suburbs team.  Hyperlocal cable TV stations that broadcast everything from high school sports to city government meetings confront a perilous existence The state’s 61st Teacher of the Year is the first from the Eden Prairie school district to win the award Staffing in Hennepin County to help residents navigate Medical Assistance hasn’t kept pace with the increasing number of people seeking long-term care The fiberglass mermaid statue visible from afar had faded and taken a few arrows and bullets A New Ulm crew that repaired Blue Earth’s Jolly Green Giant is fixing it – The Mounds View mermaid had seen better days the 30-foot-tall statue has seen her paint fade in the sun and her fiberglass body crack in the freezing winters She’s suffered a few battle scars over her 60 years including three wounds from broadhead arrows and half a dozen bullet holes The half-woman/half-fish has needed a spa day for a while which is why she arrived in New Ulm on Monday for a long-awaited restoration repainted and restored to her former glory “She’s going to come back looking better than she ever did,” Mounds View Mayor Zach Lindstrom said Wednesday Lindstrom said he looked into how to restore the mermaid, but one company recommended recasting the statute for $100,000 instead. Then, he said a chance encounter led him to Mike’s Painting & Sandblasting in New Ulm. The company had restored Blue Earth’s Jolly Green Giant statue, which involved repairing the fiberglass and patching up cracks in his boots and feet. On Wednesday, Tim Koehler, a painter and sales manager at Mike’s Painting, sanded away parts of the statue that had been damaged. Koehler said he never expected that he’d be repairing jolly giants and mermaids when he first started painting 35 years ago. “Never in my wildest dreams did I think I’d be doing something like this,” Koehler said. Koehler loaded up the mermaid and drove her with a police escort from Mounds View to New Ulm. He said the sight of the 30-foot-tall woman on the road made quite a splash with other drivers that day. He said he hopes to be finished within the next two months. He hopes his company can find the exact shade of paint used when the mermaid was brand new. “The main goal is to try to make it look as original as possible,” Koehler said. The makeover might include a little more than just a fresh coat of paint. There’s talk in town about giving the mostly topless mermaid a bit more ... coverage, Lindstrom said. This could mean more hair for the half-woman. The project is expected to cost between $25,000 and $35,000. Lindstrom said the plan is to launch a “Save the Mermaid” campaign to raise money for the statue’s restoration, with the city pitching in. In 2024, the statue was purchased for $1 from a representative of Triple Shift Entertainment, which owns the Mermaid center. Mounds View City Administrator Nyle Zikmund said the city hopes to make an agreement that will ensure the mermaid stays in the city even if any current or future owners leave. Lindstrom said he hopes tourists in the future will come and see the mermaid, post-glowup. “She’s the thing that defines the city, and we’ve been without our signature identity for seven years now,” he said. Jp Lawrence is a reporter for the Star Tribune covering southwest Minnesota. 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They barred homes’ sale to, and sometimes even occupancy by, anyone who wasn’t white until 1948, when they became unenforceable. Mapping Prejudice a University of Minnesota research project uncovering these covenants has found more than 33,000 of them in Minnesota Many local cities have partnered with Just Deeds a coalition that helps cities and their residents learn about and discharge covenants the Legislature passed a law allowing homeowners to add language to their deeds that discharges racist covenants but doesn’t erase them from the record Mounds View was the first to pass an ordinance requiring it The city is also helping residents navigate the process Just because these covenants are no longer enforceable doesn’t mean they haven’t had long-lasting consequences said at a Mounds View City Council meeting this summer: Minneapolis homes with racial covenants are worth 15% more than those without And neighborhoods with covenants remain the whitest parts of the Twin Cities Mounds View residents Rene and Steven Johnson were troubled to learn from Mapping Prejudice that their house had racially restrictive covenants on them including a trip to the Ramsey County Recorder’s Office which not only contained race restrictions but barred unmarried couples from owning the home That helped lead to the ordinance requiring covenants to be discharged before sale The city has helped streamline the process of discharging covenants for residents. Residents can visit the city’s website to download a form, fill it out and bring it to City Hall, where staff will notarize and mail it. The city covers the cost, which could include postage and paying a notary. Johnson said her neighborhood is tight-knit and everyone she knows on her street has had their covenants discharged. While she and her husband aren’t planning to sell their home soon, she said they felt the step was an important one. “It’s just wrong. Words have power and words can heal,” she said. Falcon Heights is putting together a process to help residents discharge racially restrictive covenants, Council Member Paula Mielke said. The city, just north of St. Paul, had the highest number of racial covenants per capita in 1960 of any Ramsey County city, according to Mapping Prejudice. Mounds View ranks second. “The city administrator is setting up a process just like Mounds View, where people can come and our city staff will be able to help discharge the covenant,” Mielke said. “It will kick off on Human Rights Day, and after that, people can make an appointment to come.” The process will be voluntary, but Mielke said she hopes to see Falcon Heights pass an ordinance like Mounds View’s requiring the process before home sales. “It was racist then and it’s still racist now,” she said of the covenants. Greta Kaul is the Star Tribune’s built environment reporter. The Mounds View Mustangs defeated the Centennial Cougars 3-2 on Friday the Mustangs took the lead when Ike Snider scored assisted by Cass Koepcke Mitchell Olson increased the lead to 2-0 with a goal early in the third period Nick Carls narrowed the gap to 2-1 with a goal seven minutes later Mitchell Olson also made it 3-1 with a goal one minute later Joey Hemr also narrowed the gap to 3-2 with a goal three minutes later High school students would be allowed to use them outside of class in a departure from the phone-free policies adopted by many districts heading into the current school year Paul and Mounds View school districts are homing in on policies aimed at limiting disruptions caused by cellphones in classrooms Paul reported using their phones more than two hours per day at school according to a report to school board members last week “This equates to around 53 school days spent on a phone during school hours,” said Jodi Danielson the district’s director of schools and learning Still, the policy now being considered in the state’s second-largest district envisions high schoolers being able to use their phones between classes and at lunch — a break from the “away for the day” policies enacted by many districts in the weeks ahead of the 2024-25 school year would allow middle and high school students to use phones during non-academic times under a recommendation presented to board members this month by a cellphone advisory committee family members and staffers who were surveyed in the district agreed phones should not be permitted in their buildings at any time The deliberations come in response to state legislative action requiring every district and charter school in Minnesota to establish cellphone policies by March 15 Danielson presented her recommendations to St. Paul board members at the tail end of a six-hour meeting highlighted by the naming of Stacie Stanley as the district’s next superintendent. As a result, there was little discussion by board members at the time. But there will probably be plenty of questions before the board finalizes the new cellphone rules in February. “This is a pretty contentious conversation, and there are a lot of different viewpoints, and I want to lift up that it’s going to be a shift for some of our students,” Board Chair Halla Henderson said. Research has shown that limiting cellphone access can benefit mental health and learning. The introduction to St. Paul’s proposed policy also cites the challenges posed to teaching, “including increased cheating and reduced classroom participation,” the document states. According to the proposal, phones should be left at home or locked in lockers, with exceptions for high school students. In those cases, a team of “school stakeholders,” including the principal, students, staff members and/or parents, must develop a plan allowing the devices to be used before and after school, between classes and during lunch. The policy also dictates that parents be told to limit calling and texting their children during the day. About 1 in 5 district students, staff members and family members replied to surveys before the recommendation. One finding: 71% of staff members reported that cellphones were a major distraction, compared with only 7% of students. Middle school students bristled at current restrictions in some buildings, prompting one to say about the school’s policy: “I just wish it wasn’t so strict — like what could my phone possibly be distracting me from during lunch time? My Italian dunkers??” “If you’ve had Italian dunkers, that would be a real devastating loss to not pay attention to them,” she told school board members. “They’re delicious.” As for consequences, the policy states they will be spelled out in the Student Rights and Responsibilities Handbook, and may include the possibility of a rule-breaker not being allowed to bring the phone to school. Consequences are to be tiered, the proposal states, and cannot include kicking a kid out of school. The policy will take effect in September 2025. People can weigh in on the proposal during the public comment periods of the January and February board meetings. Anthony Lonetree has been covering St. Paul Public Schools and general K-12 issues for the Star Tribune since 2012-13. He began work in the paper's St. Paul bureau in 1987 and was the City Hall reporter for five years before moving to various education, public safety and suburban beats. Minneapolis The most severely injured in the back-to-back incidents died two days later Minneapolis’ 2025 city elections will include Mayor Jacob Frey defending his post and all 13 city council seats on the ballot The man was arrested early Saturday morning in Minneapolis and on Monday was charged with stabbing and killing the mother of his child Shakopee had let nearly the entire 17-point lead it built in the first half slip away But the Sabers defense had just come up with a game-rescuing fourth-down sack of Mounds View quarterback Jacob Sampson giving Shakopee the ball at midfield with the chance to regain control of the game He carried the ball on seven of eight plays on a drive that started at the 50-yard-line and scored a 6-yard touchdown that helped Shakopee rebuild its double-digit cushion and basically salt away a 24-17 victory over Mounds View The Sabers earned a chance to play in the climate-controlled coziness of U.S Bank Stadium next week in the Class 6A semifinals For more on the Sabers' victory, click here to read this story on startribune.com Signup for our newsletter to get notified about sales and new products Return to shop Audrey Jackson scored twice in Friday’s 5-0 win for St played high school hockey at Mounds View and then at Gentry Academy where she helped lead the Stars to the state title game in 2021 which is a private Benedictine liberal arts college located in Goffstown During her sophomore season she scored 12 goals and added 20 assists in 38 games for the Hawks As a junior she scored another 12 goals and added 13 assists in 36 games Her two goals Friday were the first two of this season as she helped lead the Hawks to the series sweep of St High School: Mounds View High (transferred to Gentry Academy) Click the button below in order to sign into your account to renew your subscription update your payment method and much more.. Let's Play Hockey 524 4th St S Sauk Centre Publisher/Owner: Bryan Zollman bryan@letsplayhockey.com 320-333-3279 www.letsplayhockey.com www.letsplayhockeyexpo.com Privacy Policy ○ Terms of Use ○ Contact .no-prefetch a"}}]},"eagerness":"conservative"}]} Login Username or email address *Required Lost your password? The Mounds View Mustangs have advanced to the next round of playoffs after a 4-3 victory over the Tartan Titans in the knock-out game on Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2025. Mounds View's Toby Walseth scored the game-winning goal. The Mustangs started off strong and took the lead right after the puck drop with Casey Schell scoring in the first minute, assisted by Cooper Larson and Jack Wendland. Mitchell Olson scored late in the second period, assisted by Cooper Larson and Ike Snider. The Mustangs increased the lead to 3-0 within the first minute when Mitchell Olson netted one again, assisted by Cooper Larson. Jase Buche narrowed the gap to 3-1 with a goal four minutes later, assisted by Tate Bertelsen. The Titans narrowed the gap again with a goal from Braxton Remackel, assisted by Jase Buche at 13:16 into the third period. Morgan Sneen also tied the game 3-3 with a goal two minutes later, assisted by Benny Mclellan and Max Benson. The game went to overtime. In overtime, it took 29:00 before Toby Walseth scored the game-winner for the team, assisted by Ike Snider. Jon Lindquist (left) and Tim Koehler (right) with Mike’s Painting stand with the next big project, a 30-foot mermaid statue. NEW ULM – Mike’s Painting in New Ulm has reeled in a large project. Monday afternoon, Tim Koehler of Mike’s Painting drove into town with a 30-foot mermaid statue on his trailer. He brought the statue directly to the company’s sandblasting shop where over the next two months employees will restore a 50-year-old statue from Mounds View, Minnesota. For decades, the fiberglass mermaid was displayed on top of the Mermaid Entertainment and Event Center off Highway 10. Six years ago, the statue was taken off the room due to concerns it was damaging the structure. Ever since she has laid under a tarp in a parking lot. Recently the city of Mounds View expressed interest in restoring the statue as it is a famous part of the community. The question becomes, who do you call to help restore a large fiberglass mermaid? Mike’s Painting & Sandblasting netted the job thanks to their previous work on another famous statue. In 2015, Koehler was commissioned to repaint the Jolly Green Giant Statue in Blue Earth near Interstate 90. The Mounds View community heard of his work and asked Koehler to do the same restoration work for their mermaid. Koehler said after taking a look at the mermaid statue, he was confident he could complete the project but admitted it would be a unique challenge and more time-consuming than the Jolly Green Giant. It took a month to repaint the Jolly Green Giant, and the mermaid restoration will likely take two months. “It is a smaller statue, but there are more details,” he said. Koehler said the mermaid project was extremely important to the people of Mounds View. Mounds View, Minnesota’s famous mermaid statue will undergo restoration work at Mike’s Painting in New Ulm. Painter Tim Koehler said the goal is to restore the statue to its look in the 1970s. “When I went to pick it up there were about eight people there, including the mayor,” Koehler said. “It was a big deal to them. I even got a police escort from Mounds View to US-169.” The hour and 40-minute drive from Mounds View to New Ulm was mostly uneventful, but Koehler acknowledged there were a lot of drivers on the road surprised to see him hauling a 30-foot mermaid. For the return trip, he plans to build a cradle for the statue and place bubble wrap around it for extra protection. Koehler said the people of Mounds View put their confidence in him and wanted to reassure them the mermaid was in safe hands. He plans to provide the community with photos of the progress he makes over the next two months. Mike’s Painting of New Ulm hauled in a 30-foot mermaid Monday afternoon. The mermaid statue came from Mounds View, Minnesota. For nearly 50 years the statue has stood in Mounds View, but is now in need of restoration. For the next two months, Mike’s Painting will work to restore the statue to it’s former glory. NEW ULM – Friday May 9 is Provider Appreciation Day and Brown County Human Services encourages parents and the ... TYLER — A group of 18 local students showcased their personal business ventures at the third annual Class of 2025 ... Copyright © 2025 Ogden Newspapers of Minnesota, Inc. | https://www.nujournal.com | 303 N. Minnesota St., New Ulm, MN 56073 | 507-359-2911 Mounds View rose to No. 1 from the sixth spot with its fifth victory in a row, and Farmington made a similar move to No. 2. When the top five teams all lose in a week, it’s time for a shakeup of the rankings. The facts — quality wins as well as who knocked off the state’s best — must be examined closely. After the dust clears around home plate, the Class 4A state tournament runner-up from a year ago, Mounds View, lands in the No. 1 spot in the Minnesota Star Tribune Top 25 statewide baseball rankings. The Mustangs (5-1) are riding a five-game winning streak after dropping their season opener to Rogers. No. 2 Farmington (6-1) has been trending on a similar path as Mounds View. The Tigers have won six consecutive games after losing their season opener to Rochester Mayo. They haven’t played as demanding a schedule as the Mustangs. Cretin-Derham Hall (4-1) remains in the No. 3 spot, its lone loss to Mounds View. The Raiders are averaging over 13 runs per game and put up 23 on Class 4A defending state champion East Ridge. When a team remains unbeaten, it can’t be ignored. Blaine (6-0) climbs 10 spots, vaulting from No. 14 to No. 4. The Bengals are winning with pitching. They’ve yielded only six runs, only once giving up more than one in a game, and they won that game by 10 runs. Rogers’ strength of schedule takes the Royals from being unranked to No. 5. Rogers (4-2) owns victories over Mounds View, Class 3A defending state champion and No. 9 Totino-Grace (5-2) and No. 12 Chaska (1-1) and has played five ranked teams. Another unbeaten team, St. Michael-Albertville (3-0), goes from unranked to No. 6. The Knights do so thanks to a 4-3 victory at No. 7 Minnetonka (3-1). Previously top-ranked Wayzata (3-1) falls to No. 8 following an 8-3 loss at Armstrong. Andover (5-1) rounds out the top 10. Note: Schools are Class 4A unless noted. Records are through Saturday. 3. Cretin-Derham Hall (4-1) Last week: No. 3 6. St. Michael-Albertville (3-0) Last week: unranked 9. Totino-Grace (5-2, 3A) Last week: No. 4 14. Lakeville South (5-1) Last week: No. 25 15. White Bear Lake (4-1) Last week: No. 11 21. Duluth Marshall (2-0, 2A) Last week: No. 21 24. Little Falls (4-1, 3A) Last week: No. 17 2025 for the Hill-Murray Pioneers against the Mounds View Mustangs means the Hill-Murray Pioneers are through to the next round The first period ended with a 5-0 lead for the Pioneers The Pioneers scored three goals in second period an held the lead 8-1 going in to the second break John Whisler increased the lead to 9-1 with a goal early in the third period assisted by Landon Cottingham and Cullen Ingebritson Jackson Reeves also made it 10-1 with a goal three minutes later Brady Morrell then increased the lead to 11-1 with a goal one minute later Mounds View, MN (KROC-AM News)- A Minnesota man with Alzheimers has been reported missing.  The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) issued a statewide missing person alert for him on Monday afternoon He was last seen around 7:00 Monday morning.  Authorities say he is believed to be traveling in a vehicle and are asking for the public’s help with finding him.  85-year-old Jeffery Elsesser is identified as the missing person The statewide alert says he was last seen in the Twin Cities suburb of Mounds View in the area of Long Lake Rd Elsesser is described as 5 '7” The alert says he was last seen wearing a Minnesota Twins cap Authorities suspect Elsesser is traveling in a gray 2002 Lexus sedan with a Minnesota license plate reading NTX-916 A direction of travel is not available.  The BCA is asking anyone who may have seen Elsesser or has knowledge of his whereabouts to call 911 or to contact the Mounds View Police Department at 651-767-0648 The Mounds View Police Department says he has been found safe.\nRead More Mounds View, MN (KROC-AM News)- A Minnesota man with Alzheimers has been reported missing.  The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) issued a statewide missing person alert for him on Monday afternoon The BCA is asking anyone who may have seen Elsesser or has knowledge of his whereabouts to call 911 or to contact the Mounds View Police Department at 651-767-0648.