Minnesota state trooper from Hibbing honored

Minnesota State Trooper Travis Pearson, an eight-year veteran from Hibbing, has received the honorable mention award as Minnesota’s police officer of the year.

The award, given earlier this week at a ceremony in Alexandria, was presented by the Minnesota Peace and Police Officers Association.

Pearson was honored for his roll in a tragic shooting incident on June 12, 2010, after an estranged husband was actively shooting into a house where a woman and her two young children resided.

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