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Body found in southern Minnesota

Decayed remains discovered in rural area near Mankato.

Posted: Oct 10, 2019 7:55 PM

Posted By: Mike Bunge

MANKATO, Minn. – A partially decayed body was found Thursday morning in southern Minnesota.

The Blue Earth County Sheriff’s Office says a hunter reported finding the body in a wooded area northeast of Highway 83 and County Road 12 around 9:38 am. Authorities say the sex and identity of the body is unknown at this time.

The Sheriff’s Office and the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is investigating this death with the Ramsey County Medical Examiner’s Office. Authorities say there is no known threat to the public.

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Minnesota Coronavirus Cases

Data is updated nightly.

Confirmed Cases: 99134

Reported Deaths: 2089

County	Confirmed	Deaths
Hennepin	27728	936
Ramsey	11209	325
Dakota	7724	127
Anoka	6343	138
Stearns	4119	25
Washington	3950	55
Scott	2663	33
Olmsted	2544	28
Nobles	1979	16
St. Louis	1747	42
Blue Earth	1743	7
Wright	1713	7
Clay	1457	41
Carver	1451	7
Rice	1351	8
Mower	1348	6
Sherburne	1185	14
Kandiyohi	1057	3
Winona	923	18
Lyon	738	4
Waseca	722	8
Benton	568	3
Crow Wing	563	18
Steele	560	2
Nicollet	553	17
Freeborn	548	4
Watonwan	535	4
Chisago	522	1
Todd	514	2
McLeod	503	2
Le Sueur	480	4
Beltrami	473	5
Otter Tail	473	4
Martin	462	11
Goodhue	392	9
Douglas	362	2
Pine	361	0
Itasca	356	16
Polk	334	4
Isanti	324	1
Becker	286	2
Carlton	286	1
Morrison	280	2
Dodge	268	0
Pipestone	239	10
Chippewa	233	1
Cottonwood	229	0
Meeker	214	2
Wabasha	208	0
Sibley	203	3
Yellow Medicine	200	3
Brown	199	2
Cass	188	4
Rock	184	1
Redwood	180	5
Murray	176	2
Mille Lacs	172	3
Renville	163	8
Jackson	154	1
Unassigned	154	53
Faribault	149	0
Swift	145	1
Houston	135	0
Fillmore	134	0
Kanabec	131	8
Hubbard	126	1
Roseau	125	0
Koochiching	123	4
Pennington	120	1
Lincoln	118	0
Stevens	107	1
Pope	100	0
Aitkin	88	1
Big Stone	83	0
Wadena	73	0
Lac qui Parle	72	1
Wilkin	71	3
Grant	64	4
Lake	61	0
Norman	58	0
Marshall	53	1
Mahnomen	49	1
Red Lake	45	1
Traverse	36	0
Clearwater	32	0
Lake of the Woods	24	1
Kittson	12	0
Cook	7	0

Iowa Coronavirus Cases

Data is updated nightly.

Confirmed Cases: 88834

Reported Deaths: 1349

County	Confirmed	Deaths
Polk	16204	264
Woodbury	5682	68
Johnson	5203	27
Black Hawk	4559	92
Linn	4199	115
Story	3507	17
Dubuque	3474	43
Scott	3128	29
Dallas	2860	38
Pottawattamie	2225	39
Buena Vista	2026	12
Marshall	1802	35
Sioux	1753	3
Wapello	1345	57
Webster	1327	14
Plymouth	1191	21
Clinton	1152	22
Muscatine	1138	56
Crawford	1117	6
Cerro Gordo	1076	22
Warren	972	6
Jasper	883	34
Des Moines	824	9
Marion	779	9
Henry	777	4
Tama	757	32
Carroll	711	5
Lee	666	7
Wright	603	1
Dickinson	554	6
Boone	532	8
Bremer	513	7
Washington	493	11
Delaware	466	3
Louisa	439	15
Mahaska	435	20
Lyon	390	4
Jackson	368	3
Floyd	357	5
Franklin	353	18
Clay	350	4
Winneshiek	346	8
Benton	344	1
Hamilton	337	3
Poweshiek	327	8
Winnebago	325	14
Hardin	311	1
Buchanan	299	1
Jones	295	3
Kossuth	290	0
Butler	280	2
Emmet	279	10
Shelby	278	1
Sac	275	0
Chickasaw	274	1
Clayton	271	3
Guthrie	271	10
Clarke	270	3
Harrison	270	5
Cherokee	269	2
Allamakee	265	6
Cedar	256	1
Madison	245	2
Fayette	240	2
Grundy	229	4
Iowa	229	1
Palo Alto	214	0
Page	208	0
Hancock	203	2
Mills	203	1
Humboldt	196	3
Calhoun	195	3
Mitchell	195	0
Howard	193	7
Cass	181	2
Osceola	181	0
Pocahontas	168	2
Monona	167	1
Monroe	163	11
Lucas	159	6
Union	146	3
Appanoose	144	3
Taylor	143	1
Jefferson	141	1
Ida	135	2
Davis	130	4
Fremont	125	0
Van Buren	122	1
Keokuk	120	1
Worth	110	0
Greene	109	0
Montgomery	100	5
Audubon	91	1
Wayne	89	3
Adair	76	1
Decatur	67	0
Ringgold	53	2
Adams	38	0
Unassigned	4	0

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