Minnesota Midday: Senate debate, suspicious mail to officials and a space object in a cornfield

Flanagan and Tafoya hold their only U.S. Senate debate

Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan (DFL) and Michele Tafoya (Republican) met Friday for the only scheduled debate in Minnesota's open U.S. Senate race. Fraud, the federal immigration crackdown known as Operation Metro Surge, and President Trump's endorsement of…

✔ Sources: CBS Minnesota, KSTP, FOX 9

Suspicious mail with white powder sent to Minnesota officials

Mail containing threats and an unidentified white powder or suspicious substance was sent to Minnesota officials' offices, including Secretary of State Steve Simon's and Sen. Amy Klobuchar's. The Department of Administration intercepted the Secretary of…

✔ Sources: CBS Minnesota, FOX 9

Possible space object found in a Stevens County cornfield

The Stevens County Sheriff's Office says deputies found a large metallic object about 11 feet in diameter in a cornfield in Scott Township, in western Minnesota. The sheriff's office called it presumably a space object; its origin is unconfirmed. Federal…

✔ Sources: KSTP, FOX 9

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