MNDOT MANAGER FIRED

MnDOT Commissioner Carol Molnau fired the state emergency manager Friday who was out of town when the I-35W bridge collapsed and didn't return to Minnesota for 10 days. Sonya Morphew Pitt had been director of Homeland Security and Emergency Management and was charged with alleged travel and cell-phone abuse and unprofessional conduct. According to some released documents, Pitt told investigators she helped manage the emergency response to the bridge collapse by phone and email. And she said her supervisor never demanded that she return to Minnesota.