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WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH A VALLEY
NEWS LIVE EXCLUSIVE ONE
ON ONE INTERVIEW... FOR THE
FIRST TIME WE HEAR
FROM THE MOM OF A FORMER N-D-S-U
STUDENT FOUND DEAD IN A FARGO
GARAGE.
THANKS FOR JOINING US
TONIGHT.
MIKE HAS THE NIGHT OFF.
26-YEAR-OLD CASEY JO
SCHULTE DIED LAST AUGUST... THE
INVESTIGATION AS
TO HOW SHE DIED IS STILL GOING
ON.
HER MOM SAYS SHE WAS THE VICTIM
OF *** OVER
PRESCRIBING THAT LEAD HER DOWN A
PATH OF DESTRUCTION.
VALLEY NEWS TEAM'S CRIME AND
SAFETY REPORTER NICOLE JOHNSON
HAS A MESSAGE FOR PARENTS.
"CASEY LOVED FARGO, SHE CALLED
THIS HER HOME."
IT BEGAN WITH A DIAGNOSIS OF
CROHN'S DISEASE...
MULTIPLE SURGERIES... AND
CONSTANT PAIN.
CASEY JO SHULTE WAS PRESCRIBED:
OXYCONTIN, OXYCODONE, AND
FENTANYL... WHICH LEAD TO
***....
"OUR LIFE WITH CASEY AS SHE WAS
STRUGGLING
WAS DIFFICULT EVERYDAY, WE
WORRIED
EVERYDAY, ABOUT THE PEOPLE SHE
WAS WITH,
ABOUT THE THINGS SHE WAS DOING,
THE PLACE
SHE WAS AT, SO I THINK THERE ARE
A LOT OF
PEOPLE GOING THROUGH THAT RIGHT
NOW WITH
PEOPLE."
CASEY'S MOM, SHELLY ELKINGTON IS
FIGHTING FOR
OTHERS, OTHERS WHO ARE STILL
STRUGGLING WITH ADDICTION...
WHILE IT MAY BE TOO LATE FOR
CASEY... SHELLY SAYS IT'S NOT
TOO LATE TO SAVE OTHERS.
"I FEEL LIKE I WAS ONE OF THOSE
PARENTS THAT
HAD THEIR HEAD IN THE SAND,
CAUSE I CARRY
MY OWN LEVEL OF GUILT, AND WHAT
RESPONSIBILITY I HAD, I WAS HER
MOM, I
FOLLOWED HER THROUGH HER MEDICAL
ISSUES
VERY CLOSELY, I AM A NURSE, AND
I STILL GO,
WHAT DID I DO WRONG? WHAT DID I
MISS? IF
YOU THINK SOMETHING IS WRONG...
IT IS."
CASEY DIDN'T SEE HERSELF AS AN
ADDICT... AND HER MOM, SHELLY
SAYS THE STIGMA SURROUNDING
PEOPLE WHO ARE ADDICTED.. IS
LIKELY WHAT KEPT HER FROM
SAYING:
I NEED HELP.
"SHE PROMISED HER A HUNDRED
TIMES SHE
WOULD NEVER USE ***."
GUILT... AND PAIN... IS TURNING
TO
ADVOCACY... STARTING IN
MOORHEAD... HELPING TO CHANGE
LAWS.... GUIDELINES... AND
GET MORE FUNDING... "IT'S NO
SOLACE FOR SOMEONE LIKE SHELLY
RIGHT NOW, AFTER THE FACT, BUT
THE FACT THAT
ACTUAL PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THIS
HAPPEN
TO THEM HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE."
HOPING TO SAVE, EVEN ONE LIFE...
"IF YOU KNEW CASEY THIS WOULDN'T
SURPRISE
YOU AT ALL, SHE WOULD HAVE DONE
THE SAME
THING FOR ME, SHE WOULD BE RIGHT
HERE IF
IT WERE ME, SO, I DO THAT FOR
HER."
THAT WAS NICOLE JOHNSON
REPORTING.
SHELLY IS ALSO PART OF THE STEVE
REMMLER FOUNDATION-- SHE
TRAINS PEOPLE ON HOW TO USE
NALOXONE
.
IF YOU, OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS
STRUGGLING, WE
HAVE RESOURCES ON OUR WEBSITE...
VALLEY NEWS LIVE DOT COM, JUST
CLICK THE HOT BUTTON.
TONIGHT, THE MOORHEAD CITY
COUNCIL.. AND CITY MANAGER
MICHAEL REDLINGER ..HAVE
MUTUALLY AGREED TO PART WAYS.
THIS FOLLOWS RECENT REPORTS
OF COUNCIL MEMBERS ORDERING
SURPRISE
PERFORMANCE REVIEWS OF
REDLINGER.
HIS REVIEW WAS ORIGINALLY
SCHEDULED FOR THIS SUMMER.
" I KNOW PEOPLE WOULD WANT TO
KNOW
DETAILS. IT'S THE KINDS OF
THINGS THAT ARE NOT GOING TO
HELP MIKE ALONG AND IT'S NOT
SOMETHING WE CAN DO LEGALLY.
PERSONAL
ISSUES ARE ALWAYS.. IN THE STATE
OF
MINNESOTA ARE KEPT PRIVATE."
THE CITY COUNCIL WILL DISCUSS
THE APPOINTMENT OF
AN ACTING CITY MANAGER AT ITS
APRIL 11TH MEETING.
REDLINGER'S LAST DAY ON THE JOB
IS APRIL 15TH.
A STATE TROOPER IS DEAD TONIGHT
AFTER A SHOOTING IN A
GREYHOUND BUS STATION TODAY IN
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.
THE TROOPER WENT UP TO THE MAN
AT THE STATION AFTER
COMPLETING A TRAINING SESSION
FOCUSING ON SUSPICIOUS
BEHAVIOR.
LESS THAN A MINUTE LATER,
THE MAN PULLED OUT A GUN AND
SHOT THE TROOPER.
TWO NEARBY OFFICERS SHOT AND
KILLED THE GUNMAN.
TWO WOMEN WERE ALSO SHOT-- THEIR
INJURIES ARE NOT LIFE-
THREATENING.
INVESTIGATORS KNOW WHO THE
GUNMAN IS, BUT ARE NOT
RELEASING HIS IDENTITY. THERE'S
NO WORD ON WHY HE
OPENED FIRE.
PEOPLE WHO ARE ENROLLED IN
OBAMACARE NEED MORE MEDICAL
CARE THAN THOSE IN EMPLOYER
PLANS...THAT'S ACCORDING TO A
NEW BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD
ASSOCIATION REPORT.
IT RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT
INSURERS LEAVING THE HEALTH
MARKET, AND RATE INCREASES. THE
STUDY IS A FIRST OF IT'S KIND.
I T LOOKED INTO MILLIONS OF
ENROLLEES ACROSS THE
COUNTRY WHOSE ILLNESSES CARRY A
HIGHER COST.. SUCH AS THOSE
WHO SUFFER WITH DIABETES, H-I-V
AND HEART DISEASE.
INSURANCE COMPANIES SAY THEY
HAVE HAD BIG LOSSES, AND
QUESTION IF THEY CAN AFFORD TO
CONTINUE IN THE MARKET. SOME
COMPANIES ARE
RAMPING UP PREVENTATIVE CARE AND
CHRONIC DISEASE
MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS TO HELP WITH
THE LOSSES.
MEANWHILE, A MINNESOTA
LAWMAKERS IS PUSHING FOR
COMPENSATION FOR THOSE WHO
DIDN'T GET THEIR MN-SURE HEALTH
CARE TAX FORMS ON TIME. PROBLEMS
AT MINNESOTA'S
HEALTH EXCHANGE MEANT THAT TENS
OF THOUSANDS OF TAXPAYERS DIDN'T
GET A 1095 TAX FORM TO PROVE
THEY HAD INSURANCE.
MNSURE'S TOP EXECUTIVE
APOLOGIZED FOR THE PROBLEMS,
AND SAID THE REMAINING 5,000
FORMS SHOULD BE MAILED BY THE
END OF THIS WEEK.
NORTH DAKOTA WOMEN NOW CAN TAKE
THE ABORTION PILL
LATER INTO THEIR PREGNANCY, AND
IT WILL COST THEM MUCH LESS.
THE F-D-A HAS RELAXED
RESTRICTIONS ON THE ABORTION
PILL "MIFEPREX
.
THE CHANGES ARE BASED ON
MEDICAL SCIENCE AND GUILDELINES
FROM THE 1990'S THAT NEEDED
UPDATING.
THE NEW CHANGES ALLOW WOMEN TO
TAKE THE PILL UP TO 10
WEEKS INTO THEIR PRGNANCY.
PREVIOUSLY, IT WAS ONLY SEVEN
WEEKS WITH THE RESTRICTIONS IN
NORTH DAKOTA.
NORTH DAKOTA STATE LAW PLACED
RESTRICTIONS ON
THE PILL IN 2011.
THE RED RIVER WOMEN'S CLINIC IN
FARGO STARTED OFFERING THE
ABORTION PILL IN 2007 AT THE
REQUEST OF THEIR PATIENTS.
A NEW MINNESOTA STATE RULE
STARTING TOMORROW WILL
ALLOW ADMINISTRATORS AT ALL
MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES
AND UNIVERSITIES TO INSPECT
EMPLOYEE-OWNED CELL PHONES AND
MOBILE DEVICES IF THEY ARE USED
FOR WORK.
FACULTY UNION MEMBERS SAY THE
RULE VIOLATES THE PRIVACY OF
THOUSANDS OF EMPLOYEES WHO USE
THEIR PERSONAL
CELLPHONES AND COMPUTERS TO DO
THEIR WORK.
COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY
OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE OBLIGATED
UNDER STATE LAW TO
PROTECT ANY GOVERNMENT DATE THAT
MAY BE ON THE DEVICES.
THE RULE SPELLS OUT FOR THE
FIRST TIME THE REQUIREMENT THAT
EMPLOYEES SHOULD HAND
OVER THEIR PERSONAL DEVICES FOR
A VARIETY OF
REASONS, INCLUDING SECURITY
ISSUES AND MISCONDUCT
INVESTIGATIONS.
FARGO POLICE ARE ABOUT TO START
A MAJOR CAMPAIGN
AGAINST TEXTING AND DRIVING. IT
STARTS TOMORROW AND
GOES THROUGH THE END OF
SEPTEMBER, AND IS PART OF A
STATEWIDE EFFORT TO REDUCE
DISTRACTED
DRIVING.
RESEARCH SHOWS DRIVERS ARE MORE
LIKELY TO STOP THESE HABITS WHEN
EXTRA ENFORCEMENT IS AROUND...
BECAUSE OF THE FEAR OF GETTING A
TICKET OR FINE...
...RATHER THAN THE FEAR OF BEING
INJURED OR KILLED IN A CRASH.
FARGO POLICE SAY THEY WILL ALSO
BE WATCHING FOR
OTHER TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS
INCLUDING SPEEDING.
A MAJOR GIFT TODAY... FOR THE
DAKOTA BOYS AND GIRLS RANCH.
THRIVENT MUTUAL FUNDS IS
HONORING THE RANCH WITH A
300-THOUSAND- DOLLAR GRANT. THE
BOYS AND GIRLS RANCH
HELPS CHILDREN WHO ARE
STRUGGLING WITH TRAUMA, ABUSE
AND NEGLECT ISSUES. AND THE
ORGANIZATION IS
USING THE OCCASION TO SHOW-OFF
THEIR NEW CAMPUS... IN FAR-SOUTH
FARGO. THE 300- THOUSAND THEY
RECEIVED TODAY WILL GO TOWARD A
NUTRITION CENTER.
IT WILL ALLOW ALL THE YOUNG
PEOPLE THERE.. FOR THE FIRST
TIME.. TO HAVE DINNER TOGETHER.
AND THE RANCH'S PRESIDENT.. JOY
RYAN.. SAYS THAT WILL GIVE THEM
MORE OF A SENSE
OF COMMUNITY.
BUT THERE'S MUCH MORE TO THIS
CENTER THAN THAT.
"IT'S GOING TO BE A FULL-SIZED
COMMERCIAL
KITCHEN WITH LOTS OF COUNTER
SPACE. WE
CAN ACTUALLY START TO TEACH OUR
KIDS SOME
INDEPENDENT LIVING SKILLS,
RELATED TO THE
CULLINARY ARTS, RELATED TO
NUTRITION AND ALL OF THOSE
PIECES. SO, IT HELPS ON THE
HEART
SIDE AND ON THE SKILL SIDE TOO."
THE PLANS ARE TO HAVE IT OPEN
AND READY TO USE IN SEPTEMBER.
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