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State investigators barred from taking part in probe into woman’s killing by ICE officer

Protesters confront federal agents outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, in Minneapolis, Minn. (AP Photo/Tom Baker)MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The head of Minnesota’s state investigations agency said Thursday that the U.S. attorney’s office has barred it from taking part in the investigation into an ICE officer’s fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman. Minnesota Bureau of Criminal…

Influenza cases are on the rise in North Dakota

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Statewide, North Dakota has seen a spike of forty-seven percent of influenza cases since last week, with a majority of those cases reported in Cass County. “We’re seeing a huge influx of respiratory illnesses, especially Influenza A. In the past week, in the Essentia Emergency Department, fifteen percent of the total patients we’ve seen have had…

U.S. House Oversight Committtee hears Minnesota state representatives on federal fraud investigation

U.S. House Oversight Committee hearing on the federal fraud investigation in Minnesota. 1/7/26. Courtesy: House Oversight Committee website.WASHINGTON — The House Oversight Committee hears testimony regarding fraud in Minnesota. Three Minnesota Republican Representatives spoke to the committee about their fraud investigation, attempting to lay the blame at the feet of Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison. The representatives…

Woman killed by ICE in Minneapolis identified

Courtesy: FOX 9, ICE-involved shooting in Minneapolis 01/07/26MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (KVRR/FOX 9) — Minneapolis officials have named the woman shot by an ICE agent as 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. She was shot in her vehicle in a south Minneapolis neighborhood this morning. Minneapolis officials say Good appeared to be in her vehicle alone. The shooting happened around 9:30 a.m. in the…

Former NBA star and U.S. Senate candidate in MN to address ND GOP State Convention

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — A former NBA star and current candidate for U.S. Senate in Minnesota is headed to the North Dakota GOP State Convention. Royce White will speak to delegates during the opening night social on March 27 in Minot. White is a regular guest on the War Room and InfoWars and curator of the “Please, Call Me Crazy”…

UPDATE: ICE officer shoots and kills a woman during the Minneapolis immigration crackdown

courtesy, FOX9MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal officer shot and killed a Minneapolis motorist when she allegedly tried to run over law enforcement officers during an immigration crackdown in the city, authorities said Wednesday. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot the woman in her vehicle in a residential neighborhood in Minneapolis, Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin said in…

North Dakota’s first female chief justice: ‘I certainly hope that I won’t be the last’

Chief Justice Lisa Fair McEvers, the first woman to lead the North Dakota Supreme Court, participates in a formal passing of the gavel ceremony on Jan. 6, 2026. (Photo by Jacob Orledge/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — The North Dakota Supreme Court on Tuesday passed the gavel to a female chief justice for the first time in state…