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A high school teacher died in a crash on Highway 169 in Edina Sunday night. The Minnesota State Patrol confirmed the victim in the single-car crash was 32-year-old Ryan Eiler. He was driving a Toyota Rav4 when he abruptly swerved to the left and hit the cement median barrier, according to the State Patrol. Eiler was wearing a seatbelt and authorities do not believe alcohol was involved. In a post Monday morning, Shakopee Public Schools shared that Eiler joined its staff in 2021 as a Health and Physical Education teacher at the high school. He was also an assistant coach for the boys track and field team. The school district is offering resources and support staff at the high school throughout the week, according to the post.

A fire last week left a home in Wadena County completely overwhelmed by flames. The Wadena County Sheriff’s Office says it received a call on Wednesday, April 22 at around 12:30pm reporting a house fire in Section 34 of Aldrich Township, located east of Verndale. When law enforcement first arrived on the scene, they found the house completely engulfed in flames, but all occupants were reported to be out safely. Due to the high winds, the fire started to spread into the grass, but firefighters were able to quickly contain the flames before they spread any further. Fire departments from Verndale, Staples, and Wadena worked for several hours to extinguish the fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation by the Minnesota State Fire Marshal’s Office and the Verndale Fire Department.

National News: President Donald Trump has suggested that his personal politics had made him a repeated target, but he also called for unity and bipartisan healing in an increasingly violent world after a third attempt was made on his life this past Saturday. “It’s always shocking when something like this happens. Happened to me, a little bit. And that never changes,” a subdued Trump told reporters in a hastily organized news conference at the White House late Saturday. Only a short time before, a man with guns and knives tried to rush past the security perimeter inside the Washington hotel where the Republican president was about to address the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. Authorities are trying to determine what happened and why. A suspect was taken into custody and identified as Cole Tomas Allen, 31, of Torrance, California. Trump said he himself was undoubtedly the target. The presidency is “a dangerous profession,” he said, noting that violence associated with politics had escalated in the U.S. and around the world. ”No country is immune.” Trump suggested it was a sign of how successful his presidency has been. “I’ve studied assassinations, and I must tell you the most impactful people — the people who do the most, take a look at Abraham Lincoln,” Trump said. He added: “The people that make the biggest impact, they’re the ones that they go after. They don’t go after the ones that don’t do much.” The president called for Americans to put aside their differences and unite — a break from his usual gleefully combative political tack. “We have to, we have to resolve our differences,” Trump said. “I will say, you had Republicans, Democrats, independents, conservatives, liberals and progressives. Those words are interchangeable, perhaps, but maybe they’re not. But yet everybody in that room, big crowd, record-setting crowd, there was a record-setting group of people, and there was a tremendous amount of love and coming together. I watched, I watched, and I was very, very impressed by that. The president kept up a similar tone during a Sunday interview with Fox News Channel, calling the dinner “an evening where a lot of people got together.”

Death Notices: Leander "Lee" Maus, age 89 of Pierz. Grant Douglas Geisenhof, age 33 of Moorhead originally from Little Falls. 

Weather: Tuesday becoming sunny, cool and breezy, high 49, clear and chilly Tuesday night low near 30. Wednesday sunny skies, PM shower possible, high 54, low around 38. Thursday sunny skies, high 56, few showers late in the afternoon into evening, low near 40. Friday sunny and 61, clear Friday night low 39. Saturday sunny skies, high near 68, low around 44. Sunday sunny skies, high 66, low around 41. 

Sports: Twins continue series with Seattle Tuesday night at 6:40pm. The Minnesota Wild take on Dallas in game 5 of the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Tuesday night at 7pm on Q92 WYRQ and fallsradio.com. Due to the wet weather Monday all high school events in the area were postponed or canceled.