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A sentencing date is now set for State Sen. Nicole Mitchell, who was convicted last week on two felony burglary charges for breaking into her estranged stepmother’s Detroit Lakes home. Becker County Judge Michael D. Fritz will decide Mitchell’s punishment on Sept. 10. Police arrested Mitchell, a Woodbury Democrat, the morning of April 22, 2024, after her stepmother, Carol, discovered …

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. – Democratic state Sen. Nicole Mitchell’s stepmom took the witness stand Tuesday and said she felt “extremely violated” after she discovered her stepdaughter in her basement early one morning last spring. But Carol Mitchell, 75, struggled to answer questions by prosecutors and defense attorneys because of her Alzheimer’s disease, forgetting key dates and family members’ names. Her …