Saint Paul MN

A 57-year-old woman incarcerated at the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Shakopee has been sentenced for orchestrating a large-scale public benefits fraud scheme while serving time. Pamela Ann Williams earlier pled guilty to one felony count of wrongfully obtaining assistance by false statements, concealment, or...

In a recent announcement by Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Thompson, Abdullahe Nur Jesow, 65, has taken his place as the 56th defendant to plead guilty in the extensive Feeding Our Future fraud scheme, as reported by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Minnesota. The scheme, which centered around siphoning...

WYOMING, Minn. (FOX 9) - Being a firefighter can take both a physical and emotional toll. For the past few days, Doug Foote and Kyle Bode have been a pair of men on a mission. With each step they take, these firefighters hope to save lives, not just of fire victims, but of their fellow firefighters.

The parent company of Fingerhut, a once-mighty catalog and online retailer, plans to close its Eden Prairie headquarters and eliminate what's left of its metro workforce. Bluestem Brands informed state officials Wednesday that it's laying off about 103 employees who work at or report to the company's office at 13300...

It's been a long road to get here, but Farm Aid 40 is underway in Minneapolis. The effort behind the show, and what it took to make it happen, was a labor of love.

A 39-year-old Minnesota man, William Howard Sanders IV, will spend decades behind bars for the 2024 murder of De’Jaun Hall. Sanders shot him dead because he found him “suspicious” for wearing a hoodie on a “nice day.”. According to a press release issued by the Hennepin...

Gov. Tim Walz launched his reelection campaign​ on Friday night, hoping to make Minnesota history by serving three consecutive terms as governor.

In a significant crackdown on human trafficking and child exploitation, the Bloomington Police Department (BPD) teamed up with the Polk County Sheriff’s Office in Florida, backing a sizeable operation which resulted in the arrest of more than 240 individuals, as released in a statement by the BPD. The collaborative...

Notorious Dakota County, and how far we’ve come Notorious Dakota County, and how far we’ve comeBy Joe Atkins | Dakota County Commissioner | October 2025 Today, Dakota County is one of the safest counties of its size in the nation. Our neighborhoods are well-policed, our communities work together, and violent crime...

Welcome back to The Flyover, your daily digest of important, overlooked, and/or interesting Minnesota news stories. Hamoudi Sabri, who turned his Minneapolis property on E. Lake Street into a homeless encampment site in July, was in the news plenty this past week. Gunfire wounded seven people on Sabri's land on...