Reward increased to $25K in hit and run death of Mille Lacs doctor

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ONAMIA, Minn. – The family of Mille Lacs County Dr. Cathy Donovan is now offering a $25,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest one year after her hit-and-run death. 

Donovan was struck and killed by a vehicle while walking her dogs along Highway 169 near Onamia on Nov. 13, 2023. 

Sheriff Kyle Burton says she was seen speaking to somebody in a Ford Focus-type passenger car before she was hit. Burton says local investigators and the BCA have looked into hundreds of tips and it really bothers him that they have not solved this case.