Military vehicle picked as this year’s ‘coolest thing made in Minnesota’
What's the coolest thing made in Minnesota? According to folks who cast a vote, it's a military vehicle. The Minnesota Chamber of Commerce and BMO unveiled the winner of the second annual Coolest Thing Made in Minnesota contest at the 2025 Manufacturers' Summit in Minneapolis on Tuesday. Last week, a...
1 dead, 3 hurt after overnight shooting in downtown Minneapolis bar
Police had an area outside a downtown bar blocked off for hours and were talking to a group of people.
Graffiti targeting state Sen. Omar Fateh’s mayoral campaign classified as “terroristic threat”
The Minneapolis Police Department is investigating a vandalism incident from the end of September targeting state Sen. Omar Fateh’s mayoral campaign office as a “terroristic threat.”. Officers responded to a graffiti report Sept. 24 at Fateh’s campaign headquarters. The message, which read “Somali Muslim – this...
Lyndon Wiggins retrial starts in Monique Baugh murder
Lyndon Wiggins was convicted of murder three years ago in the 2019 murder of Twin Cities realtor Monique Baugh. A retrial for Wiggins started Monday with jury selection. FOX 9's Rob Olson was there.
Prosecutors in Minnesota navigate how to deal with AI-generated police reports
The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office will not currently accept reports from police departments using artificial intelligence.
More victims identified in Annunciation Church shooting
According to police, 26 of the 29 people injured by gunfire are juveniles —two of whom died — and three are adults. Fletcher Merkel, 8, and Harper Lillian Moyski, 10, were killed.
Mother describes son who died in duplex fire as man with “a great heart”
Pamela Lazor says her 39-year-old son Housten Housley went to school with 41-year-old Andrew Nietz, who officials have now charged with second-degree murder and first-degree arson.
MIWRC opens 24 supportive housing units in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center has opened 24 permanent supportive housing units in its south Minneapolis facility, welcoming residents into a new community designed to address Native homelessness. The apartments, called Oshki-Gakeyaa — “New Way” in Ojibwe — occupy the third and fourth floors of the...
Minneapolis City Council Approves $125K Settlement for Man Injured During 2020 George Floyd Protests
The Minneapolis City Council voted last month to approve a $125,000 settlement for a man who claims a police officer severely injured him during a protest following the murder of George Floyd over five years ago. According to the lawsuit, Mason Hermann, who was 20 at the time, was hit...
White Bear Lake police continue to investigate 22-year-old man who allegedly attended high school;...
It’s been a week since word spread around the White Bear Lake High School campus that an adult male had been attending for 19 days as a student after enrolling “using fraudulent documentation and a false identity,” according to the superintendent.
