Authorities are looking for an alleged suspect in a shooting in northern Minnesota. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension says the Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office got a call of a shooting in Pelican Rapids at about 2:15 p.m. Sunday. By the time deputies arrived the suspect, Phoutthasa Prathane was gone. He was last seen […]

A Florida man is scheduled to stand trial in Minnesota this summer on human smuggling charges following his January arrest after authorities just across the Canadian border found four migrants who froze to death during a blizzard. Court documents filed Wednesday show that U.S. District Judge John Tunheim scheduled Steve Shand’s trial to begin on […]

The Minneapolis City Council is set to discuss its “no-knock” warrant policies today (Monday 1:30 p-m) during an oversight committee meeting.   Councilman Jeremiah Ellison invited St. Thomas law professor Rachel Moran and other so-called experts to talk about research related to police procedures and no-knock warrants. The discussion is in response to the Minneapolis police […]

Jury selection is set to resume this morning (Tuesday 9 a-m) in the trial of the ex-Minneapolis police officer accused of kneeling on George Floyd’s neck for eight minutes. The judge put the case on hold Monday as he awaits word from the Minnesota Court of Appeals on whether to allow a third-degree murder charge […]

One of the five victims in Tuesday’s mass shooting at an Allina Health clinic in Buffalo did not survive their injuries.    A spokesperson for Hennepin Healthcare in Minneapolis confirmed that a victim transported there has died. The other four were taken to North Memorial in Robbinsdale where three are in critical, but stable condition.  One […]

The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is investigating a shooting by Minneapolis police that left a man dead. Investigators say officers exchanged gunfire with a felony suspect on Cedar Avenue Wednesday night during a traffic stop. The alleged suspect was struck and died at the scene in south Minneapolis. A woman in the passenger seat […]

Authorities have issued an arrest warrant for manslaughter after a 16-year-old boy was fatally shot on the Fond du Lac Reservation near Duluth earlier in the week. Investigators say 18-year-old Joseph Fohrenkam fled and believe he’s accompanied by his mother, 38-year-old Littlefawn Fohrenkam. They say the son may still be in possession of a 9mm […]

A Moorhead man who was 10 years old when he was featured on a network television show about home makeovers has been charged with possession of child pornography. Moorhead police began investigating 20-year-old Garrett Grommesh last year after the Minnesota BCA received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Swenson says […]