DFL official pleads not guilty to fatal Iron Range crash

DFL official pleads not guilty to fatal Iron Range crash

GRAND RAPIDS — A local DFL official pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a charge that she left the scene after fatally striking a pedestrian along U.S. Highway 169 last year. Cynthia Arlene Martin, 65, of Grand Rapids, faces a felony count of criminal vehicular homicide in the July 3, 2024, death of Carter John Haithcock, 19, of Goodland, Minnesota. Authorities allege that Martin hit Haithcock on the highway near Nashwauk late that night. Haithcock’…