‘My life is over’: Traffic stop reveals ‘most prolific’ child predator cases
Police video obtained by the FOX 9 Investigators reveals the traffic stop that led to the criminal investigation of Aaron Hjermstad for sexually abusing more than 120 children. Authorities believe the former Twin Cities teacher and coach was on the run when he was picked up by state troopers in...
Hennepin County Attorney seeks reduced sentence for convicted murderer, draws backlash
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty is asking a court to reduce convicted murderer Kemen Taylor's life sentence, calling it "a miscarriage of justice." Taylor, now 40, drove the shooters to and from the scene of a 2011 north Minneapolis shooting that left a 13-year-old dead and a 12-year-old injured. Two...
Minneapolis downtown: lotta talk, little action
You needn’t really be busy doing things, just look busy by walking briskly and talking with certainty using action words. It works — until someone asks what you’re doing, exactly. Which gets to restoring once-vibrant downtown Minneapolis, something teeming with talk but little walk. So, what’s going on, exactly? Our c
Work slated on Hwy. 5, Hwy 18; Waconia downtown work rolls on
Carver County Public Works reports that construction on the Highway 5 Improvements Project is moving into another phase, with several changes to local highway access coming in September and early October. On Monday, Sept. 21, Bavaria Road will reopen between Highway 5 and Highway 18 (Lyman Boulevard) in Victoria. On th
9-year-old boy hit by car in Northeast Minneapolis before driver leaves on foot
A 9-year-old boy was hit by a car in northeast Minneapolis and police are now searching for the driver who left the scene after leaving the boy injured.
Minnesota Man Sentenced for Assaulting Representative Ilhan Omar During Minneapolis Town Hall on January...
MINNEAPOLIS – United States Attorney Daniel N. Rosen announced that Anthony James Kazmierczak, 56, was sentenced to 14 months in prison for assaulting United States Representative Ilhan Omar during a Town Hall meeting in January 2026. Kazmierczak was sentenced before U.S. District Judge Joan N. Ericksen on September 17
Time capsule discovered inside Minnesota’s oldest standing structure
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Workers restoring Fort Snelling's Round Tower made an unexpected discovery earlier this year: a time capsule sealed inside a six-foot-thick wall, untouched for decades. A hidden piece of history. What we know:. Fort Snelling has stood since 1820, making it Minnesota's oldest standing structure. Du
Liberian official’s Minnesota group home accused of overbilling Medicaid
A group home in Brooklyn Center run by a government official in Liberia billed the state for numerous services its residents did not need or did not receive, a state investigation found. The findings released last week stemmed from a Health Department investigation that began two days after MPR News...
Parents of Harper Moyski offer healing through “One More Story” project
One More Story was started by Harper's parents and the parents of Harper's best friend. It's a space to record and remember what happened on the morning of Aug. 27, 2025, and the days, weeks and months that followed.
Local comedian living on Chanhassen Dinner Theatre roof for charity
Local comedian Stevie Ray is making the roof of the Chanhassen Dinner Theatre his home for the next week. The owner of "Stevie Ray's Improv Company" is doing a fundraiser, and talked about it on FOX 9 News at 5.

















