Wounded officer undergoes surgery

WASECA (AP) — The southern Minnesota police officer gravely wounded in a shooting has undergone reconstructive surgery for broken bones in his face and skull.

A family post on Arik Matson’s CaringBridge web page said the surgery Monday at North Memorial Health Hospital left him dealing with some pain and swelling, but otherwise went well.

The post says Matson was positioned upright during physical therapy and twice threw a ball to his brother.

The 32-year-old Waseca officer was shot in the head Jan. 6 when responding with other officers to a call about a suspicious person roaming through some backyards. The suspect, Tyler Janovsky, 37, shot Matson and also fired at two other officers and was shot by police. Janovsky has been released from the hospital and is at Oak Park Heights prison on a burglary conviction out of Otter Tail County.

Rapper died from overdose

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The death of a rising Twin Cities rapper was the result of an overdose of fentanyl and alcohol, according to a medical examiner’s report.

Lexii Alijai was found unconscious and possibly suffering cardiac arrest at the Loews Minneapolis Hotel on New Year’s Day.

The Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office announced the autopsy findings Monday evening, saying the 21-year-old, whose given name is Alexis Alijai Lynch, died “due to mixed fentanyl and ethanol toxicity.î

By the time Alijai was 18 she had already amassed 20,000 Instagram followers, more than 100,000 SoundCloud streams and an appearance on a Grammy-nominated album.

3M earns $969M in fourth quarter

ST PAUL (AP) — 3M Co. on Tuesday reported fourth-quarter profit of $969 million.

On a per-share basis, the St Paul-based company said it had profit of $1.66. Earnings, adjusted for pretax expenses, came to $1.95 per share.

The results did not meet Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of five analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $2.10 per share.

The maker of Post-it notes, industrial coatings and ceramics posted revenue of $8.11 billion in the period, also missing Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $8.13 billion.

3M expects full-year earnings to be $9.30 to $9.75 per share.