Man who claimed to operate Mankato food distribution site pleads guilty in fraud scheme

A -year-old man pleaded guilty on Monday for his role in the Feeding Our Future fraud scheme WCCO TV reports Asad Abshir pleaded guilty to one count of money laundering According to the U S Department of Justice Abshir and his brother Abdinasir Abshir helped work for the nonprofit Stigma Free International which claimed to operate a food distribution site in Mankato The DOJ says the Abshirs did not provide the million meals for children that they claimed to Police are looking for unidentified individuals they believe are responsible for vandalizing dozens of vehicles in Bloomington over the last limited days KARE says A social media post by the department noted the destruction and theft of property happened on Sunday and Monday along American Boulevard East Authorities reported approximately vehicles had their windows smashed while other property was revealed stolen A former middle school educator from Stewartville has had her teaching license revoked due to alleged misconduct she participated in with a pupil while she was teaching KTTC writes Dawn Miller was hired by the Stewartville Society School District as a middle school facilitator in During her time at Stewartville Middle School she coached for the district s junior varsity girls basketball band The Duluth Populace Schools assistant superintendent was arrested early Tuesday morning according to WDIO According to jail records he was booked in on th degree DWI This was around am and he was distributed around am A tribal nation in north-central Minnesota is lending its help to two school districts seeking an exemption to the state ban on American Indian mascots MPR News reports Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe tribal elected authorities unanimously approved exemption requests from Grand Rapids Area Schools and Deer River Schools to keep their mascots at a regularly scheduled meeting on July according to a press release from the Grand Rapids school district The post Man who claimed to operate Mankato food distribution site pleads guilty in fraud scheme appeared first on MinnPost