Clik here to view.
Brainerd man charged with poisoning baby with antifreeze
BRAINERD, Minn. — A 23-year-old Brainerd man was charged with attempted murder after allegedly poisoning a 4-month-old baby girl by feeding her antifreeze or de-icing fluids. Jeffrey Ryan Thomas...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Records: Police visited Minneapolis family in twins abuse case dozens of times
Court records show Minneapolis police were repeatedly called to the home of mentally disabled twin girls in the years before charges of sexual assault, beatings and neglect were filed against their...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Wisconsin man killed in Lake Elmo when car rear-ended by semi at red light
A driver waiting for a red light at the intersection of Minnesota 36 and Lake Elmo Avenue was killed Tuesday when his car was struck from behind by a semitrailer. The crash in Lake Elmo happened at...
View Article‘Frozen in a state of perpetual grief and anger,’ family pleads for body of...
Ten months after Ramsey County sheriff’s deputies killed a man in Vadnais Heights, his family is still searching for answers. According to authorities, Darren Robert Jahnke, 47, was fatally shot after...
View ArticleFire damages historic building in downtown Stillwater
Firefighters responded Tuesday morning to a structure fire at a hotel project in downtown Stillwater. Corey Burstad, the developer of Lora Hotel in the Joseph Wolf brewery block, said the fire was...
View Article2 charged with abducting, raping woman in Minneapolis, driving her to...
A Minneapolis man and a 17-year-old were charged Tuesday in connection with the kidnapping and rape of a woman who was abducted at gunpoint outside her Uptown apartment this past October. Deonte...
View ArticlePolice: Apparent gunman fled from bus into Minneapolis high school, prompting...
Staff and students were evacuated from a Minneapolis high school Tuesday afternoon when an apparent gunman ran into the building, according to the school district and police. According to police,...
View ArticlePolice investigate suspected fatal shooting in South Minneapolis
Police on Tuesday night were investigating what appears to be a fatal shooting in South Minneapolis, authorities said. Officers responding to a report of shots fired on the 700 block of East 18th...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Fugitive who killed daughter in St. Paul years ago arrested in Texas
A man convicted of fatally beating his daughter in St. Paul, who became a fugitive after his release from prison, was apprehended Tuesday night. Beauford Jackson III, 29, pleaded guilty to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Pedestrian, bicyclist report separate harrowing encounters with drivers in...
A man told police he was in a St. Paul crosswalk Tuesday when a car bumped into him, causing him to fall onto the hood. And the driver kept going for a short distance, carrying the man on the car’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Forgiveness fills courtroom after fatal, alcohol-fueled bus crash
With a long scar visible atop his head from where part of his skull was removed to alleviate his brain swelling, Markus Jackson stood in a Ramsey County courtroom Wednesday and told the man responsible...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Some community members say proposed St. Paul police changes to use-of-force...
Proposed changes to St. Paul police’s use-of-force policy are drawing criticism from some who say it doesn’t go far enough and falls short of other models adopted around the country. Some community...
View ArticleCounterterrorism expert to lead FBI’s office in Minneapolis
The FBI has named a counterterrorism expert to lead its Minneapolis field office. Jill Sanborn, a 20-year veteran of the bureau, will begin her duties in April. She replaces Special Agent in Charge...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A gunman killed a Minnesota deputy. Eight years later, alcoholism killed his...
The tragedies that contributed to Emily Dewey’s death last month started long ago, according to her sister, Hannah Rentmeester. Emily, who was about 18 months older than Hannah, met Chris Dewey when...
View ArticleClik here to view.
‘Enough is enough,’ says State Patrol head after truck driver is accused of...
Assistant Washington County Attorney Siv Yurichuk, left, and Minnesota State Patrol Col. Matt Langer speak in St. Paul on Thursday, March 1, 2018, about a charge brought against Samuel Hicks, 28, of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Grand jury issues murder charge against allegedly intoxicated snowmobiler who...
Eric Joseph Coleman (Courtesy of the Chisago County Sheriff’s Office) CHISAGO CITY, Minn — A Chisago County grand jury has indicted a man accused of driving a snowmobile on Chisago Lake that struck and...
View ArticleMan pleads guilty to fatally stabbing St. Paul woman in downtown Minneapolis...
A man accused of fatally stabbing a St. Paul woman in a downtown Minneapolis parking ramp during a robbery last summer has pleaded guilty in Hennepin County District Court. Forty-six-year-old Benjamin...
View ArticleMinnesota cops seized more meth, prescription pills in 2017
Minnesota authorities saw notable increases in the amount of meth, prescription pills, heroin and marijuana they took off the street last year. Data provided Thursday from the Minnesota Department of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Trucker accused of killing man in Hwy. 36 crash can drive while out on bail,...
The Wisconsin truck driver accused of being on his cellphone and killing a driver on Minnesota 36 in Lake Elmo on Tuesday will be allowed to drive while out on bail, a Washington County district judge...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mother, son charged in fatal hit-and-run of Brasa employee
A day or two after a bicyclist was fatally struck in a hit-and-run accident in St. Paul in November, authorities say Dustin Hegner Royce showed up to his landscaping job with damage to the front end of...
View Article