MINNEAPOLIS – Derek Chauvin’s murder trial was the first Minnesota criminal trial to be broadcast live on television. It won’t be the last. Some in the Minnesota legal system were apprehensive about allowing the live broadcast of Chauvin’s trial over the killing of George Floyd, but the video feed had no major problems and bolstered the public’s understanding of the…
(CNN) Federal prosecutors are moving forward with plans to charge Derek Chauvin and three other former Minneapolis police officers with federal civil rights violations, according to two local media reports in Minnesota. The Minneapolis Star-Tribune, citing a source, and KSTP-TV, citing sources with knowledge of the investigation, say the Justice Department intends to ask a grand jury to indict Chauvin,…
VIRGINIA, Minn. – A five-year-old boy is dead after falling into an abandoned mine pit in northern Minnesota’s Iron Range. Police and first responders from Virginia were sent to the Rouchleau pit late Wednesday. Authorities said the boy fell nearly 70 feet. The Virginia Police Department says the incident is under investigation but appears to be an accident. Categories: Local…
MADISON, Wisc. – Some Midwestern farmers are suing the federal government alleging they’re ineligible for a COVID-19 stimulus loan forgiveness program because they’re White. The farmers are from Minnesota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Illinois and Ohio. They argue that the Biden administration’s stimulus plan provides loan forgiveness to socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers, defined as as Black, American Indian, Hispanic or…
NEW YORK – Two trade groups representing businesses in North Dakota filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Federal Reserve, asking the agency to lower its 10-year-old cap on “swipe” fee banks charge to process debit card transactions. The lawsuit, filed by the North Dakota Retail Association and the North Dakota Petroleum Marketers Association in U.S. District Court, argues that the…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Charges have been filed against a Moorhead man in connection to recent vandalism at a Moorhead mosque. Twenty-two-year-old Benjamin Enderle is charged with felony harassment with bias and felony criminal damage to property. Enderle is accused of spray painting hate messages at the Moorhead Fargo Islamic Center. “Death to Islam” and “Go to Hell” were among…
Cass Co. Sheriff Jesse Jahner & Minn. Gov. Tim WalzST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR) – A spokesman confirms that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has received a letter from Cass County Sheriff Jesse Jahner concerning Minnesota’s Use of Force statute. Jahner wrote that recent changes have caused North Dakota law enforcement in Cass County to suspend all law enforcement assistance into Minnesota….
FARGO (KVRR) – A Fargo teacher has resigned amid accusations that he made inappropriate comments to students. The Fargo Public School District says John Raaen resigned his position from Carl Ben Eielson Middle School where he was a Social Studies teacher. According to the investigation, multiple students reported that Raaen “rubs and touches female students’ backs, shoulders and arms, moves…
Minneapolis 3rd Precinct burns. May, 2020 MINNEAPOLIS (KVRR) – A Brainerd, Minn. man was sentenced to four years in prison for his role in the arsons at the Minneapolis Police Department’s Third Precinct building. Federal prosecutors say on the night of May 28, 2020, Dylan Shakespeare Robinson, 23, went to the Third Precinct where a crowd of hundreds had gathered….
FARGO – A federal judge faced with a motion on whether the Dakota Access pipeline north of the Standing Rock Indian Reservation should be shut down during an environmental review is giving the Biden administration another chance to weigh in on the issue. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg held a hearing earlier this month to give the U.S. Army Corps…
