DETROIT LAKES, Minn. – Police arrested State Senator Nicole Mitchell inside a Detroit Lake house before dawn and booked her for burglary. Police took a 911 call that a burglary was progress at a Granger Road address near the high school. Inside police found Mitchell, dressed in black. This as about 4:45 a.m. Mitchell, in her first term in the Senate, was 220 miles from home in the St. Paul east suburb of Woodbury. She has training as a meteorologist. In the Minnesota Air National Guard she commands the 126th Weather Flight. Mitchell, age 47, holds a law degree from Georgia State University.
Mitchell. A Democrat. On these Senate committees: Elections, Environment, Human Services, Veterans.