NORWOOD YOUNG AMERICA, Minn. – A 17-year-old student was arrested at Central High School for a reported plot to murder eight people, perhaps more, at the school. Carver County deputies said the youth admitted to the threats. Also, they said, he admitted to having tipped police to threats at an online police site. The youth had no weapons, deputies said. The school’s enrollment: 180.
Town profile
Norwood, 40 miles west of Minneapolis, was platted in 1852 as Norwood.The town merged with neighboring Young America in 1997. The merger gave the towns’ largest employer, the rebate and coupon processor Young America Corporation, the handy zip code 55555. Population: 3,100.