Crime

UPDATE: Gov. Walz signals I.C.E. surge could end soon in the Twin Cities

ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR/FOX) — Gov. Tim Walz says Trump Administration officials are talking days, not weeks and months of the ongoing I.C.E. occupation in the Twin Cities as he says small businesses are struggling. “I spoke with Tom Homan yesterday, spoke with Susie Wiles, the president’s chief of staff this morning. We’re very much in a trust but verify…

Dalton, MN woman accused of taking almost $300,000 from mother with dementia

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (KBRF/KFGO) – A Dalton, Minnesota woman has been arrested for stealing nearly $300,000 from her mother with dementia. Otter Tail County prosecutors say Debra Goodhart, 59, withdrew over $256,000 from her mother’s bank account last year. Goodhart has been charged with financial exploitation of a vulnerable adult and theft. Goodhart was her mother’s primary caregiver and controlled…

Woman given probation after pleading guilty to aiding an offender in fatal Moorhead shooting

Abby FredricksonMOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — A psychiatrist who was charged as an accomplice in her then-boyfriend’s fatal drive-by shooting in Moorhead last April is sentenced to probation. 33-year-old Abby Fredrickson pleaded guilty last October to a single count of aiding an offender in the shooting death of 39-year-old James Hamilton by 35-year-old Jerome Thomas. Fredrickson was given a three-year “stayed…

Officials deny seeking quick end to asylum claims for the Minneapolis family of 5-year-old

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal authorities have denied attempting to expedite an end to asylum claims by the family of a 5-year-old boy who was detained with his father during the immigration crackdown that has shaken the Minneapolis area. Images of Liam Conejo Ramos wearing a bunny hat and Spider-Man backpack surrounded by immigration officers stirred outrage over the crackdown. Danielle Molliver, a lawyer…

Dr. Jeff Johnson suspends gubernatorial campaign after daughter was stabbed to death in St. Cloud

Courtesy: Vote for Jeff JohnsonST. CLOUD (KVRR/FOX9) —  Dr. Jeff Johnson has suspended his campaign for governor of Minnesota after the shocking death of his daughter. Police say 22-year-old Hallie Tobler was stabbed and killed by her husband in an apartment in St. Cloud on Saturday night. He was injured by what police believe were self-inflicted stab wounds. Hallie died…

Perham Man Arrested for Attempted Homicide

Authorities say the intervention of a neighbor likely saved the victim's life.

PERHAM, MN (KVRR) – A Perham man is in custody after allegedly attempting to stab a woman to death. The Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office says that just after 10:00 A.M. on February 7, they and the Perham Police Department responded to calls for an assault in progress in a Perham apartment. 22-year-old Cyrus Olson allegedly entered the apartment and…

Man arrested for cocaine, other drugs in Polk County

Alex KaiserPOLK COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR) — A man is arrested at his home in Polk County near Crookston for cocaine distribution. On Monday, Task Force Officers from the Pine to Prairie Drug Task Force arrested 38-year-old Alex Kaiser. With a search warrant and the use of K9, approximately one pound of suspected cocaine was seized along with MDMA, mushrooms, marijuana,…

Parents charged with child abuse after medical staff say their 3-month-old had broken ribs, clavicle

FARGO (KFGO) — A Fargo couple are now charged with felony child abuse after police investigated them for suspected child neglect last summer. A Fargo Police report says Wyatt Lesmann and Vanessa Metzger-Prebil brought their 3-month-old girl to the hospital last May for reported fussiness and changes in mood and behavior. Medical staff found the child had broken ribs and…

Democrats demand ‘dramatic changes’ for ICE

Courtesy: FOX 9, ICE-involved shooting in Minneapolis 01/07/26WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — Democrats are threatening to block funding for the Homeland Security Department when it expires in two weeks unless there are “dramatic changes” and “real accountability” for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other law enforcement agencies who are carrying out President Donald Trump’s campaign of federal immigration enforcement in Minnesota and across…