Murder charges are expected soon against the suspect who allegedly killed a man in an attempted carjacking near Willmar Tuesday following a domestic violence incident in Minneapolis. Also on the podcast, containment of a wildfire burning for nearly a week in east-central Minnesota is now up to 70 percent. The estimated size of the Evergreen Fire remains at 167 acres. It’s in a remote part of the Chengwatana State Forest, east of Pine City.

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