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5 EYEWITNESS NEWS has confirmed Stearns County investigators are at a property in the area where Jacob Wetterling was abducted more than 20 years ago. Neighbors report seeing several unmarked law enforcement vehicles Wednesday morning at the property in St. Joseph. A sheriff's office squad car is parked at the entry to the driveway. The sheriff's office tells 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS that, "an investigation is occurring today, but details of that investigation are restricted by a Stearns County court order." The sheriff's office would not release any other details about the investigation and gave no indication when more details would...

Locked in a hard-fought race in a GOP-leaning district, Democrat Patty Wetterling took to the TV airwaves Tuesday to urge immediate expulsions of members of Congress who knew about or were involved in inappropriate contact with underage pages. The stark black-and-white ad plays on Wetterling's strongest political asset - her national reputation as a fighter for child protection. Her son Jacob vanished 17 years ago after a masked gunman abducted him on a lonely rural road, prompting her evolution as an advocate. "It shocks the conscience," a male voice says as headlines from the page scandal flash on screen.