Fugitive arrested in Indiana

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (AP) — A Minnesota fugitive who taunted authorities on social media by vowing she would “never be caught” has been arrested in northern Indiana.

Tiesha Monique Moore, 31, was taken into custody Monday in Michigan City by members of the Twin Cities Apprehension Team. She was wanted on 16 outstanding warrants, including felony theft and domestic assault, all from Minnesota.

She is being held in Indiana awaiting extradition to Minnesota.

Stew Peters is the lead investigator for the Twin Cities Apprehension Team. He says multiple residences in Minnesota, North Dakota and Indiana were searched for Moore, who had taunted investigators on Facebook.

Michigan City Police Sgt. Chris Yagelski says a local informant helped in the arrest.

Johnson, Walz stress rural roots

WILLMAR (AP) — The two major party candidates for governor are debating over who would best represent greater Minnesota communities.

Republican Jeff Johnson and Democrat Tim Walz both stressed their rural roots during a debate in Willmar on Tuesday night. Johnson is a Hennepin County commissioner from Plymouth who grew up in Detroit Lakes. He says he wants to ease the burden of state government regulations in rural areas.

Walz is a Mankato resident who has spent the past 11 years representing southern Minnesota in Congress. Walz says he doesn’t travel to greater Minnesota, he wakes up in it. He stressed the need to work together for world-class education, affordable health care and a healthy transportation system in Minnesota.

Omar’s spending questioned

ST. PAUL (AP) — A Minnesota state representative is alleging that Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar misspent $3,000 in campaign money on personal travel.

Republican Rep. Steve Drazkowski is questioning Omar’s campaign purchase of a plane ticket to Estonia and another to Boston to speak at a political rally. Omar’s congressional campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

It’s the latest allegation by Drazkowski against Omar, who is seeking to become the first Somali-American in Congress. The state’s campaign finance board earlier ordered an investigation of her state House campaign after Drazkowski alleged that she used campaign money for personal expenses.

Drazkowski suggested that the Omar campaign’s $2,250 in payments to a law firm were for her divorce proceedings. Omar has said they were campaign-related.