Minnesota toddler dies after fall from South Dakota hotel windowApril 17, 2024 12:35 PMBy MPR News Staff and The Associated PressThe parents of 1-year-old Madden Hein posted on Facebook that their son died Monday, two days after falling at Club House Hotel & Suites in Sioux Falls.
Cobb family files federal civil rights suit against troopers in traffic stop shootingApril 17, 2024 4:00 AMBy Estelle Timar-WilcoxThe lawsuit alleges two Minnesota State Patrol troopers used excessive force and violated Ricky Cobb II’s civil rights during a traffic stop last year along Interstate 94 in Minneapolis that ended with one of the troopers killing Cobb.
Minnesota BCA releases details in Minnetonka police shootingApril 16, 2024 4:29 PMBy Peter CoxThe Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) released the deputies’ names, along with a summary of the incident Tuesday.
Rochester police investigating racial slur on bridgeApril 16, 2024 2:23 PMBy Catharine RichertState Patrol was first to respond and removed the cups that spelled out the derogatory term before local police could arrive.
Marijuana party’s status on the line as Minnesota Supreme Court weighs challengeApril 16, 2024 1:12 PMBy Brian BakstThe Legal Marijuana Now Party is at risk of losing the major-party status it won in 2018, which qualifies it for campaign subsidies and ballot access. The state Supreme Court expects to decide a challenge by mid-May.
Play5min 07secSupreme Court hears challenge to law used to prosecute hundreds of Jan. 6 defendantsApril 16, 2024 7:08 AMBy Nina Totenberg The case tests the statute used to prosecute hundreds of defendants charged with invading the Capitol to stop the counting of electoral ballots for president in 2020.
Court says private vehicle is ‘public place’ under Minnesota gun lawApril 15, 2024 4:57 PMBy Matt SepicThe Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled Monday that a person’s vehicle is a public place under the state’s permit-to-carry law. The case involves the 2022 arrest of a man who was allegedly carrying a BB gun in his car without a permit.
Wright County deputy shoots man outside Dollar General in MontroseApril 15, 2024 4:53 PMBy MPR News StaffThe sheriff’s office said the man refused to comply with commands and brandished a firearm. It’s the second officer-involved shooting in Wright County this year.
‘Rust’ armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed sentenced to 18 months in prisonApril 15, 2024 3:00 PMBy Mandalit del Barco Gutierrez-Reed has been in custody since she was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in March by a New Mexico jury. Her attorney asked for probation and will appeal the case.
Lawsuit accuses Anoka County of keeping withdrawal medication from jail inmateApril 15, 2024 1:45 PMBy Kirsti MarohnOn Feb. 12, 2022, Deyonta Green was found in his cell, covered in vomit, after an apparent fall. He was taken to a hospital, where doctors determined he had suffered a fractured skull, brain bleeds and acute kidney failure, according to the lawsuit.