ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) - Security procedures are being reviewed at the Olmsted County Government Center after a defendant tried to harm himself with a razor blade during a court appearance.
 
Authorities say the 77-year-old defendant is undergoing a psychiatric evaluation at Saint Marys Hospital in Rochester after trying to cut his wrist during his sentencing for a sex crime Thursday. The man's attorney jumped on him and two probation officers helped take away the razor blade. The man did not suffer serious injuries.
 
Sheriff Dave Mueller says metal detectors are among the security measures under discussion.
 
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Administrators at Marshall Public Schools have scheduled a meeting to review field trip protocol after a 4-year-old child was left at a museum.

Jacqueline Whylly says it was her worst nightmare to learn her son had been left at the Children's Museum of South Dakota in Brookings, S.D. Tuesday. Teachers didn't realize AJ was missing until they were back in Marshall, about an hour away. Whylly says no one was accountable for her son.

Marshall Superintendent Klint Willert offered an apology when he talked to KARE-TV and said rules for field trips were not followed. He says students are to be counted before they get on the bus and again after they've boarded.

A meeting with district administrators has been scheduled Thursday morning to review field trip procedures.

(ABC 6 NEWS) -- More movement for Destination Medical Center. The project is part of the Omnibus Tax Bill which saw a vote in the Senate Tax Committee Wednesday.

The committee voted in favor of the bill, moving it to the Senate floor. Two legislators from our area sit on the tax committee, Senator Senjem and Senator Nelson. The two had different feelings about the bill.

The Senate Tax Committee heard testimony on a variety of issues with the Omnibus Tax Bill without much mention of Destination Medical Center. But when the project did come up, it came in the form of an amendment. Senator Carla Nelson of Rochester proposed removing the entire tax bill and reinserting the DMC bill in its place.

"It's the positioning of the destination medical center bill inside this highly partisan omnibus tax bill that has me worried, which is why I offered my amendment,” said Senator Nelson.