CANTON, Minn. – The mayor of Canton, Joshua Darin Nordsving, was charged with beating an 8-year-old boy at his home in Canton. Police were notified by a woman who said she heard what was going on over the phone and that the boy showed up bruised a little later at a child exchange 30 miles away in Chatfield. Investigators concluded that the boy, now 9, had been struck in the face eight times. Investigators quoted Nordsving that he struck child in the mouth with the backside of his right hand, perhaps a little too hard, for ongoing bad behavior over the weekend. Investigators said the boy’s right cheek had bruising consistent with a handprint The incident was in October. The charges: Malicious punishment of a child and domestic assault.
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Nordsving was re-elected unopposed as Canton mayor in November. Canton, population 350, is in Fillmore County near the Iowa border.