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Mayor Jacob Frey announced that additional law enforcement agencies will assist in “safety efforts” following a shooting that injured seven people.

I want to start this week’s column by validating your anxiety about the state of our country. The violence we see in the morning, noon, and night is not normal. To date, America has seen 357 mass shootings in 2025 alone; a rate that exceeds one per day. In...

A Minnesota man is accused of impersonating a police officer while harassing a real officer in an unmarked squad car on a highway, leading to a bizarre roadside confrontation, authorities say. Luke A. Reuter, 47, is facing charges including assault with a dangerous weapon, fleeing a peace officer in a motor vehicle...

BROOKLYN PARK, Minn — A man has been reported missing in Brooklyn Park, and authorities are asking for help from the public to find him. Spencer Wyatt Kipeni Suapaia, 38, was last seen on the 7300 block of 74th Way North on Monday. Officials did not offer information about the circumstances of his disappearance, but...

PRATT, Kan. (WIBW) - A Minnesota man has died following a single-vehicle, rollover crash Monday afternoon in Pratt County in southwest Kansas, authorities said. The crash was reported at 12:31 p.m. Monday at K-61 highway and 60th Avenue, about eight miles north of the city of Pratt. According to the...

In the wake of a recent shooting at Hiawatha and Lake Street, Minneapolis Council Member Jamal Osman is reiterating calls for definitive action on issues of safety and homelessness in the area. The incident, which left five individuals wounded, underscores what Osman describes as the consequences of inaction by city...

Goldfish stir up lake bottoms, releasing phosphorus that fuels algae blooms and clouds the water. But now, they're on the menu for bears, otters and sea lions at the Minnesota Zoo.

In the span of 12 hours Monday, from midmorning to near midnight, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara trudged to city scenes covered in blood and bullet casings. Just 2 miles apart on Lake Street - an area long the vibrant immigrant-dense commercial corridor of Minneapolis - 12 people were shot in spaces where the...

Earlier today, the streets of Brooklyn Park were host to a standoff situation that brought out the big guns, as the BPPD SWAT team and negotiators were dispatched to a residence on the 6300 block of Boone Ave N. According to a Brooklyn Park Police Department public safety alert, at around 10:00 am, officers responded...

MINNEAPOLIS - Recreational marijuana is taking a major leap this week as more than a dozen dispensaries start selling for adult use across Minnesota. On Monday, the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) approved RISE and Green Goods, the state's only licensed medical cannabis providers, to also sell recreational...