Jonathan Kuehl, Carol Mitchell's biological son, was the first witness to testify for the defense. Kuehl said he met his birth mother around 2003, and he met Nicole Mitchell years later, around 2008,

Testimony will continue Wednesday in the trial for a Democratic Minnesota state senator accused of burglarizing her stepmother's Detroit Lakes home.

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. — During jury selection for the felony burglary trial of Sen. Nicole Mitchell, DFL-Woodbury, the Becker County prosecutor asked just a few questions of the 23 potential jurors as he sought to forecast who might be most receptive to his arguments.