A Coon Rapids man was shot and killed Saturday morning in North St. Paul and another man is being held in connection with the slaying, police said on Tuesday.

A press release gave the following details:

Officers responded at about 7 a.m. to reports of an assault on the 2000 block of Ninth Avenue in North St. Paul. When they arrived, they found a man with a gunshot wound who was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Ramsey County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the man as Nehemiah Davis, 19, of Coon Rapids.

A 24-year-old St. Paul man was taken into custody and is being held in the Ramey County Jail on suspicion of second-degree murder, police said.

Police said the results of a preliminary investigation indicate the shooting was an isolated event and that there is no threat to the public.

Detectives ask anyone with any information regarding the shooting to call the North St. Paul Police Department at 651-747-2444.

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Online voting is underway to select the next Canine King Boreas and Canine Queen of the Snows of the 2026 St. Paul Winter Carnival and Union Depot’s Doggie Depot event.

The public can view the 126 candidates and vote once a day through Sunday, Jan. 25 at uniondepot.org/doggiedepot.

The top dogs will be crowned by the St. Paul Winter Carnival royal family at the Doggie Depot event at Union Depot on Sunday, Feb. 1.

The 2026 Winter Carnival runs from Jan. 22-Feb.1. The Doggie Depot event, which is free, will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. (with dog yoga at 9 a.m.) on Sunday, Feb. 1 at Union Depot, located at 214 Fourth St. E. in downtown St. Paul. Besides the crowning ceremony, there will be local vendors with dog products, rescues with adoptable pups and more.

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When the Gophers emerged victorious on Sunday — downing then-No. 21 Southern California, 63-62 — it marked a major moment for the program, with Minnesota sealing its first win over a ranked opponent since 2019.

Gophers point guard Amaya Battle dribbles the ball during Minnesota’s game against USC at Williams Arena on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026 (Brady Paitrick / Gophers Athletics)

But there wasn’t too much time for the Gophers to celebrate their victory. A chance for a program-defining victory is on the docket.

“It doesn’t get any easier with UCLA coming,” coach Dawn Plitzuweit said at her postgame press conference. “We’ve got to get recovered as quickly as possible, and then take on UCLA and see how we can battle and that’s not a very easy thing to do.”

No, it isn’t.

There are no easy days in the Big Ten — eight of the conference’s 18 teams are ranked and four more, including Minnesota, received votes in the latest AP poll — but it also doesn’t get tougher than what the Gophers will see Wednesday.

The Gophers will play host to No. 3 UCLA, which comes in at 15-1 on the season, on Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Williams Arena. The Bruins serve as Minnesota’s stiffest competition to date.

They are led by senior center Lauren Betts, a projected top-five pick in the upcoming WNBA Draft who averages 16.4 points to go along with 8.5 rebounds and 2.3 blocks per game, both of which are top-five marks in the Big Ten.

At 87.1 points per game, the Bruins are the ninth-highest scoring team in the nation with four different players averaging at least 13.9 points per game. It’ll be a good test for the Gophers, who currently allow 51.8 points per game, which is tied with No. 1 UConn for fewest in the nation.

Minnesota is currently a No. 8 seed in ESPN’s latest Bracketology projection. A win over a top-ranked foe would go a long way toward cementing the Gophers’ chances of dancing in March.

While the Gophers lost their first two games this season against ranked foes — Maryland and Michigan — they remained competitive in each, taking Maryland to double overtime before falling by just a point to Michigan in Ann Arbor after getting out to an early lead.

In Sunday’s game, the Gophers overcame a 19-0 USC run in the second quarter, with Plitzuweit praising her team’s ability to “do the little things really, really well” in the big win over the then-ranked Trojans.

“We can say it all we want ‘We can compete at the highest level,’” Plitzuweit said. “But then to actually come out on top, it certainly helps you from a confidence standpoint, or it should at least moving forward.”

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Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert missed Tuesday’s game in Milwaukee due to league suspension after accruing his sixth flagrant foul in Sunday’s win over San Antonio.

And there’s little relief for the big man the rest of the way, with half the regular season still to play.

If Gobert’s next flagrant foul is also a Penalty 1, as was the case against the Spurs, it will result in another one-game suspension. If it’s a Penalty 2, which also results in automatic ejection, Gobert will be suspended for two games.

Any subsequent flagrant fouls beyond that will equal automatic two-game suspensions, regardless of their degree.

Tuesday’s suspension cost Gobert $201,149, per ESPN’s Bobby Marks, while the Wolves receive a “tax variance credit” of $100,575. Presumably, the same math will hold true for any other games Gobert loses to suspension the rest of the way.

The flagrant foul-point counter does reset for the postseason, meaning the only way the center — who’s in the running to win a fifth Defensive Player of the Year award — would miss a playoff game due to a regular season flagrant foul was if it was to occur in the 81st or 82nd games of the season.

“I try to not think about it. Some of the rules make it hard,” Gobert said of the predicament. “It’s tough, because I try to be aggressive contesting shots in the heat of the moment. I don’t think there’s, at any time, an intention of getting anybody hurt, putting people in dangerous situations. So yeah, it’s tough. But I’ve got to play through it.”

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