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Hennepin County Sheriff Dawanna Witt is expressing concern over youth posing with weapons on platforms like Snapchat and urged parents to monitor their children’s online activity. “It’s not snitching, it’s saving lives.”

North Loop’s First Dispensary Now Selling Legal Cannabis. After a long wait, the owners of SweetLeaves finally have a supply of legal cannabis–the actual plants–to sell at their North Loop shop. And it’s just in time for Green Wednesday, which has become a cannabis industry holiday on the day before Thanksgiving.

A former Minneapolis coach and teacher has been sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to raping 12 children. On Tuesday, Aaron James Hjermstad, 46, will have the possibility of parole after 30 years after the sentence was issued in Hennepin County Court. He will also be required to register as a predatory...

Hundreds of crashes, spinouts and jackknifed semis have been reported since a winter storm brought heavy snow and blizzard conditions to Minnesota on Tuesday. The Minnesota State Patrol says that as of 6 a.m Wednesday, it has received 253 reports of crashes resulting in vehicle damage, 30 resulting in injuries, 11...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) said he received “no heads up from federal authorities” about a Tuesday raid at a home in St. Paul, Minn. Walz said Tuesday on the social platform X that he is “monitoring the situation” and “working to understand what unfolded” in his state’s capital.  “We received no heads up from…

In a somber turn of events, the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office has announced a significant reward in the hopes to quickly gather information regarding the tragic death of Amarie Alowonle. The 19-year-old was a victim of gunfire which took place on May 4, 2025 at Sandborn Park in Robbinsdale, MN—an event that...

A crowdfunding campaign seeks to raise money for the family of two brothers who were detained last week during an ICE raid at a St. Paul manufacturing facility. Leonel and Isaias Villagrana Flores were among more than a dozen Bro-Tex employees arrested on alleged immigration violations on Nov. 18, according to a...

In a recent development, a warning sign to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers has been spotted and shared on social media. The sign, which can be viewed here, seems to be a direct message to ICE raiders, emphasizing the need for local police to enforce the legal requirements for federal law...

Police have arrested a 17-year-old boy suspected of striking and dragging a young woman with his vehicle during a dispute in South St. Paul last week. According to the South St. Paul Police Department, officers arrested the teenager on Monday on suspicion of criminal vehicular operation in connection with the Nov. 17...