Earlier this year, Duluth police came up with the idea of naming a weekly "wanted person" to help nab criminals with outstanding warrants. They had no idea the program would be such a success, reports the Duluth News Tribune. Every "most wanted" person has been apprehended. Last week, police issued their weekly alert for 25-year-old Jesse D. Hanninen. After less than six hours, police learned Hanninen was at a residence in the 2900 block of Exeter Street. Officers located him there and he was arrested without incident and taken to the St. Louis County Jail, where he was booked on an outstanding warrant. Hanninen has a felony warrant for his arrest for violation of supervised release. He has a history of property crimes, including motor-vehicle tampering, criminal damage to property and theft.

“We need to take a stand and let all people know that we’re an open and accepting city,” Mankato Councilwoman Tamra Rovney said during a City Council meeting Monday night. She and three others on the City Council had just voted to add Mankato's name to the growing number of cities opposed to this fall's ballot initiative to constitutionally define marriage in Minnesota as being only for a man and a woman. The story in the Mankato Free Press reported that even though emotions were heated, the public hearing was civil; there was little cheering or booing and no personal attacks, reporter Dan Linehan noted. There were even a few laughs, as when Andrew Lenn said the amendment is “very un-Prairie Home Companion.” Councilmembers Karen Foreman, Mike Laven and Jack Considine joined Rovney in opposing the amendment. Charlie Hurd and Mark Frost abstained and Mayor Eric Anderson voted against the resolution.

According to anti-amendment group Minnesotans United, the other cities to oppose the proposed amendment are Duluth, St. Paul, Minneapolis, St. Louis Park, Edina, Falcon Heights, Golden Valley, Maplewood, Crystal, Robbinsdale and Mountain Iron.

Hollywood's switch to digital distribution is forcing Fairmont's only movie theater to close, reports Meg Alexander of the Fairmont Sentinel. Dan Blaalid, proprietor of Five Lakes Cinema, announced last week the venue will be closing at the end of the month. He bought the theater last fall and made many needed changes, including cleaning up the building, dropping admission prices, and allowing patrons to pay with credit or debit cards. But as movie studios' transition from 35mm film to digital copies, Blaalid realized he can't pay for the $400,000 projector upgrades. He has tried to secure financing or turn the theater into a nonprofit, but he ran out of time. "On the positive side, we'd try to keep a theater in Fairmont; however, it would take time to make negotiations and find a location and get things done," he said.

In an attempt to attract more restaurants to its side of the Red River of the North, the Moorhead City Council is considering a tip credit system similar to North Dakota's to even the playing field, reports Erik Burgess of the Fargo Forum. “On hundreds of front porches, when we got done talking about the flood, the next thing that comes up is, ‘Where are the restaurants in Moorhead?’ ” Councilman Mike Hulett said. The council voted Monday to study ways to encourage business growth. The council also voted to create a new city website specifically for commercial growth. The study of the two proposals would cost up to $50,000 taken from the Economic Development Authority’s Tax Levy Fund.

Corn and beans are holding steady as Minnesota stares down the nationwide drought, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s weekly crop progress report showed. The spring wheat harvest was 92 percent complete as of Sunday, compared with 17 percent last year and a 30-percent five-year average. Minnesota’s corn crop was rated 77 percent in fair to good condition, while soybeans were rated 80 percent in fair to good condition. Range and pasture conditions also changed little at 60 percent fair to good.

Austin's alleged burrito tosser pleads not guilty to a domestic assault charge, writes Matt Peterson of the Albert Lea Tribune. Troy Hansen, 40, pleaded not guilty in Mower County District Court to the domestic assault charge, which the victim says happened over an argument about cigarettes, according to the court complaint. Paterson writes, "Adams police and a Mower County sheriff’s deputy went to the 100 block of Fourth Street NW in Adams after 9 p.m. July 24 for a report of a domestic dispute. When they arrived, they discovered Hansen had allegedly thrown a burrito at the woman, as toppings were still on her head and right shoulder. The court complaint states Hansen asked the woman for a cigarette and got angry. ... Hansen admitted he had about six pints of beer, was given a breath test and registered a .254 blood-alcohol content, the complaint adds. A review of his record shows a previous conviction for third-degree domestic assault in June 2009. He was also charged for a probation violation on a gross misdemeanor DWI conviction from July 2011 and sentenced to 180 days in jail."