Police in Apple Valley are asking people who live near where a man was found covered in blood on a sidewalk early Sunday to check their cameras for suspicious activity.

About 3:12 a.m. on Sunday police were called to the intersection of Pennock Avenue and 138th Street on reports of a man on the sidewalk. When they arrived they found the man was covered in blood and had an injury to his chest. Despite lifesaving measures, the man was ultimately pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said.

The death is under investigation and the man’s identity will be released at a later date by the Hennepin County medical examiner’s office. Detectives ask anyone who lives near the intersection who has exterior cameras to review them for any activity between 2 a.m. and 3 a.m. Sunday morning.

Anyone who sees any activity on their camera footage is asked to contact the Apple Valley Police Department at (952) 322-2323.

— Kristi Miller

St. Croix County

Two drivers killed in crash identified

The St. Croix County sheriff’s office has released the identity of two men killed in an early morning Fourth of July crash.

St. Croix County authorities received a call about 4:04 a.m. Friday from a cellphone’s automatic collision notification. Police tracked the phone and located a two-vehicle crash near the 2200 block of Highway DD in Baldwin Township.

According to a news release from the St. Croix County sheriff’s office, Cody W. Klasse, 18, from Emerald, Wis., was driving a 2012 Chevrolet Cruze traveling westbound on the highway and collided with Maxwell L. Krueger, 24, of Baldwin, Wis., who was driving a 2010 Chevrolet Equinox traveling eastbound.

Both men were pronounced dead at the scene. No passengers were involved.

This incident represents the fourth and fifth traffic fatalities recorded by St. Croix County in 2025. This crash remains under investigation.

— Kristi Miller

Evers signs measures to boost nuclear power

Gov. Tony Evers signed a pair of bipartisan bills Wednesday designed to bolster nuclear power in Wisconsin.

Lawmakers who advocated for the measures said they hoped to make Wisconsin the “Silicon Valley” for nuclear power development in the country.

One bill orders a $2 million study to find the best location for a nuclear fusion power plant in the state. The other creates a new board to advance nuclear power and fusion technology in the state and host a summit in 2028.

Evers, a Democrat, said exploring nuclear power options are a way to combat climate change and lower carbon emissions.

The bills focus on nuclear fusion rather than fission, the nuclear reaction that powers current nuclear reactors and produces radioactive waste.

Scientists in 2022 announced that they have for the first time produced more energy in a fusion reaction than was used to ignite it — a major breakthrough in the decades-long quest to harness the process that powers the sun.

— Associated Press