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ill Jl WILD PLAYOFF PREVIEW Shoppers left green over lime prices Eating tour around Lake Superior wSw'i BRYZGALOV THE NET DIFFERENCE? StarTribune thursday APRIL 17, 2014 4028 Slushy start Springy weekend ahead. B8 A- WINNER OF TWO 2013 PULITZER PRIZES tppnews Sex abuse case took two years to file Investigators are searching around the U.S. for the minister who faces dozens of counts of sexually abusing two girls. By JENNA ROSS, JENNIFER BROOKS and PAM LOUWAGIE Star Tribune staff writers gate, we gather information and we forward it to the prosecutor," he said. "What the prosecutor does with that information is up to the prosecutor." Carlson did not respond to calls on Tuesday, when the charges were filed.

On Wednesday, his staff said he was out of the office. Abuse continues on A5 state where they believe Barnard relocated much of the congregation before turning the case over to Pine County Attorney John K. Carlson in late 2012. And then Cole waited. When the county attorney's office brought charges two years later, there was little substantial change beyond the evidence investigators submitted in 2012, Cole said.

"The police investi send their young daughters to live by him as his "maidens." Barnard, 52, faces 59 counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct with two of the girls, who told law enforcement that they were just 12 and 13 years old when the sexual abuse began. "We are frustrated in the length that it has taken," said Pine County Sheriff Robin Cole, who sent investigators as far as Washington case, it took two years for the Pine County attorney's office to bring charges. Now that charges have been filed, a national search is underway for Victor A. Barnard, the charismatic leader of the River Road Fellowship who persuaded parents in his isolated flock to finlayson, minn. Even after two young women stepped forward to say their minister had molested them as children and the Sheriff's Office built its Mayo's app tries to build business RUSSIAN LOYALISTS ADVANCE NATO, U.S.

scramble to respond to an expanding threat from the Ukrainian separatists. A3 Security tight for Boston race A man was arrested and crews detonated his suspicious backpack near finish. A4 State slapped by spring snow About a foot falls in some areas; metro dodges the worst. B3 Abortion law struck down North Dakota's "fetal heartbeat" standard called "troubling." A4 Justices weigh campaign lies Should states be allowed to punish mudslinging? A3 PAT CHRISTMAN Mankato Free Press via Associated Press PLAYER REBELLION: Reinstated Minnesota State, Mankato football coach Todd Hoffner, in front, listened as junior safety Samuel Thompson, with the rest of the Mavericks team behind him, read a statement Wednesday in support of Aaron Keen. local ne ws Taxi drivers vs.

private rides Minneapolis looks at rules for upstart "cab" cyberservices. Bl Sexual diseases rise 10 percent Teens, young adults may not even realize they're carriers. Bl New mobile offering from the health care provider will put the clinic in users' hands. By DAN BROWNING dan.browningstartribune.com The Mayo Clinic wants to help you feel "Better." That's the name of a new mobile app service launched by the Rochester-based health care provider, in partnership with a Silicon Valley venture capital firm and an accomplished tele-medicine entrepreneur. It's part of Mayo's overarching goal to put the clinic's expertise into the hands of 200 million consumers.

The service will allow users to tap Mayo's knowledge bank and symptom checker at no cost. For $49.99 a month, a family from grandparents to grandkids can get 247 access to Better's professional personal health care assistants and Mayo's own nurses and other professionals. The venture is the latest example of Mayo's efforts to diversify its business model and build loyalty among consumers. Those efforts are being driven, in part, by health care overhaul measures that could trim Mayo's revenue by at least 20 percent. "We have been challenged by our board and our president and CEO to think about how can we make Mayo Clinic knowledge available to anyone, anywhere, Mayo continues on A5 Mavericks revolt against return of Mankato coach Football players say they want Aaron Keen in charge, not Todd Hoffner.

sports By MARY LYNN SMITH and MIKE KASZUBA Star Tribune Staff writers "We've all become outstanding community members, students, and athletes, in the last year and a half since the removal of Todd Hoffner." Team statement regarding coach Hoffner, above their allegiance to Aaron Keen, the coach who led them to two sterling seasons after Hoffner was dismissed following allegations that he had made pornographic videos of his young children. "As a collective unit, we've all agreed that we will stick together and show our support in having Aaron Keen as the head football coach at Minnesota State University, Mankato," junior safety Samuel Thompson read from the state- Hof fner continues on A6 2 OT loss ends Wolves season Utah's 136-130 victory gives Minnesota a 40-42 record. CI Burton stays confident Twins reliever has hit a rough patch, but it will pass, he says. CI After a harrowing two years on the sidelines, Todd Hoffner reclaimed his job Wednesday as head football coach at Minnesota State University, Mankato, only to be blindsided by a player rebellion at his return. Instead of taking the field in uniform for a spring practice attended by Hoffner, the players gathered and read a statement proclaiming Ferry disaster has S.

Korea frantic Deputy shot 23 years ago kept on fighting to the end business Post to buy food group for Minnetonka-based Michael is a new line for cereal maker. D2 The search for 287 missing passengers on the capsized boat, many of them high schoolers, has many hurdles. By FOSTER KLUG and YOUKYUNG LEE Associated Press breaking news You can find the latest breaking news all day every day at Former Polk County, deputy Michael 1. Seversen will be buried Saturday with full honors. By PAUL WALSH paul.walshstartribune.com Awestern Wisconsin sheriffs deputy will be eulogized 23 years to the day after a gunman's bullets killed his partner and left him paralyzed from the neck down.

Michael J. Seversenhad "some severe medical issues" lately and because of his lingering injuries was "not stable enough for major surgery" that could have kept him alive, Polk County Sheriff Peter Johnson said. "Deputy Seversen's death is classified as a line-of-duty death," Johnson said Wednesday, meaning that the 50-year-old who died Monday in his hometown of St. Croix Falls will receive a funeral with full have you heard? The Saints mascot yelled "Play ball!" as construction began on St. Paul's much-awaited ballpark.

Bl MOKPO, SOUTH KOREA Strong currents, rain and bad visibility hampered rescuers Thursday in the search for 287 passengers still missing more than 24 hours after their ferry flipped onto its side and filled with cold water off the southern coast of South Korea, causing fury among families waiting for word of passengers who were mostly high school students. Nine were confirmed dead, but many expect that number will rise sharply because the missing have now spent more than a day either trapped in the ferry or in the cold seawater. There were 475 people aboard, and frantic parents have gathered at their school near Seoul and in Associated Press Rescue helicopters flew over the sinking South Korean ferry that was carrying more than 450 passengers Wednesday, mostly students. Seversen family photo Deputy Michael J. Seversen lived paralyzed for the past 2 3 years.

law enforcement honors. It will take place at Seversen's alma mater, St. Croix High School, on Saturday, the 23rd anniversary of the shootout. Johnson said he's expecting "hundreds of squads" from across Wisconsin and many states, along with "several hundred, if not thousands" of Deputy continues on A7 and sobbed as ambulances at a hospital in Mokpo took the students' bodies to the city near Seoul where their high school is located. The families, who spent a mostly sleepless night at the Korea continues on A6 Mokpo, in the south of the country, not far from where the ferry slipped beneath the surface until only the blue-tipped, forward edge of the keel was visible.

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