Dakota County Attorney James Backstrom is suing pharmaceutical companies that make and market opioid painkillers including oxycodone, fentanyl and morphine. The suit seeks recovery of costs incurred by Dakota County and its taxpayers. Backstrom alleges the companies engaged in deceptive marketing practices and encouraged doctors to prescribe opioid drugs for chronic, long-term pain while failing […]

The Carver County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing 13-year-old boy. Jenup Chop left his current residence in Carver at around 3 am this morning in an Uber. The boy was dropped off at Highway 60 and Interstate 35, where it is believed he met up with his non-custodial […]

A woman is dead and a man in custody after an apparent domestic dispute in Shakopee Sunday. Police were called to the scene on a report of a man with a knife and they arrived to find the 27-year-old victim deceased. The suspect, a 35-year-old man, was treated at the scene for self-inflicted injuries. He […]

Congressman Keith Ellison, who is running for Minnesota Attorney General, is denying accusations of domestic abuse involving a long-term ex-girlfriend. The allegations came to light via a social media post from the woman’s adult son who says he’s seen video from his mother’s computer showing proof of the physical abuse. The woman–Karen Monahan–said on Twitter […]

Recent reports from the Intercept allege that Attorney General–and DFL candidate for governor–Lori Swanson–pressured staffers to do political work for her campaign. Republican Representative Sarah Anderson of Plymouth says she’s reached out to Swanson for clarification and hasn’t heard back. Anderson says “the fact that she hasn’t sent anything–‘ok I’m going to get back to […]

The Ramsey County Attorney’s Office today announced that criminal charges are not warranted in a fatal officer-involved shooting from October 2017. County Attorney John Choi says the use of force by St. Paul police officers Jordan Wild and Daniel Gleason that resulted in the death of 28-year-old Phumee Lee was legally justified under Minnesota law. […]

The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) today announced it has cleared a pileup of maltreatment cases for elders, vulnerable adults and their families from 2017.  MDH Assistant Commissioner Gil Acevedo says there was a backlog of “a little over 3000 cases and over a period of seven months with the help from the Department of Human Services, […]

Two Union Pacific locomotives derailed on a St. Paul bridge this morning, resulting in approximately 3,500 gallons of diesel fuel being released into the Mississippi River.  It happened around 2 am on the Hoffman bridge. Union Pacific Environmental teams responded immediately to absorb the spilled material. They’re also are deploying boats with equipment capable of […]

A new case of measles has been confirmed in Hennepin County. The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) says the five-year-old child became ill earlier this month shortly after returning from international travel to a region where measles is common. The child was likely infectious from July 30 through August 7th. MDH has notified healthcare providers […]

The Minnesota ACLU is calling on the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and the St. Paul Police to be more forthcoming and transparent with information about an officer-involved shooting in St. Paul over the weekend. John Gordon is Executive Director of the ACLU Minnesota and says “it is enormously important for the community, for all communities […]