A Duluth jury found Dakota Daniel Thorstenson, 29, guilty of Kidnapping, Criminal Sexual Conduct in the First-Degree, and Third-Degree Assault today for the August 11, 2022, kidnapping, assault, and sexual assault of an adult woman, St. Louis County Attorney Kim Maki said.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant St. Louis County Attorney Michael Hagley. Sentencing will be scheduled at a later date.
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Minnesota likes to think of itself as a healthcare state. We say it often. We repeat it with pride. We point to world-class systems, nationally ranked hospitals, and a legacy of innovation that once put Minnesota at the forefront of American medicine. All of that is still true — and increasingly
Strip away the noise, and what remains is a familiar question Minnesota voters answer the same way every cycle: Who can assemble a winning coalition on this map — as it exists, not as either party wishes it existed?
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