Local aid expected to get $42M boost
Moorhead and Barnesville city officials are pleased that instead of facing a cut in state funding, most Minnesota cities will receive a financial boost from the Legislature.
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Moorhead and Barnesville city officials are pleased that instead of facing a cut in state funding, most Minnesota cities will receive a financial boost from the Legislature.
The Minnesota Legislature wrapped up its 2008 session Sunday after legislators promised a $42 million increase in local government aid. Gov. Tim Pawlenty is expected to sign the bill into law.
State funding to city governments increased across the board, including for most cities in Clay County and outlying county seats. County aid was increased by $22 million, with the theory that more state aid will help keep local property taxes low.
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Highway Patrol troopers had located the suspect vehicle, a 2007 Dodge Durango SUV, in Fargo and were attempting to stop it on I-29. Seconds after they activated their emergency lights, the vehicle accelerated away from them, swerved to the right and struck a bridge pillar on the I-94 overpass, according to the patrol. The SUV struck the bridge pillar head-on and came to rest against the bridge pillar.
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The driver, identified by authorities as 47-year-old Glyndon, Minn., man Jason Simeon, who was the only person in the vehicle, was pronounced dead on scene. The Highway Patrol said his name will be released Wednesday afternoon.
Highway Patrol troopers located the suspect vehicle, a 2007 Dodge Durango SUV, in Fargo and were attempting to stop it on I-29. Seconds after they activated their emergency lights, the vehicle accelerated away from them, swerved to the right and struck a bridge pillar on the I-94 overpass, according to the patrol. The SUV struck the bridge pillar head-on and came to rest against the bridge pillar.
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Simeon, who was the only person in the vehicle, was pronounced dead on scene.
The crash remains under investigation, but it won’t be investigated for officer conduct, Highway Patrol Capt. Bryan Niewind said. Officers had every right to stop Simeon, and the crash happened so quickly that the patrol wouldn’t consider it a pursuit, he said.
Repeat sex offender wanted in Minnesota dies in crash while chased by N.D. troopers What investigators have yet to nail down is whether Simeon purposely crashed his pickup.
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A repeat sex offender wanted in Minnesota on suspicion of another assault was chased by North Dakota troopers in Fargo until he crashed his pickup truck and died, authorities said Wednesday.
Jason H. Simeon, 47, of Glyndon, died Tuesday evening, when he swerved his pickup to the right and struck a pillar for the Interstate 94 overpass, according to the Highway Patrol. Emergency responders pronounced him dead at the scene.