Crime

Walz revised budget invests in Minnesota’s public safety

ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR) — Minnesota Governor Tim Walz announces his revised budget plan that nearly doubles its public safety plan to $550 million total. It also invests $240 million to help Minnesotans access clean drinking water by replacing lead service lines in community water systems across the state. Walz says the public safety investment will ensure safety in all…

Juror In Rodriguez, Jr. Case Speaking Out After Death Penalty Is Dropped

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — One of the twelve jurors who decided Alfonso Rodriguez, Jr. should be executed for kidnapping and murdering Dru Sjodin is speaking out. Luke Lillehaugen was part of the six-week long, three-part trial in 2006 that left Rodriguez sitting on death row in federal prison in Indiana. He says the prospect of Rodriguez getting off death row…

Ten More People Charged In “Feeding Our Future” Pandemic Fraud in Minnesota

ST. PAUL — Ten more people are charged in the $250 million “Feeding Our Future” fraud scheme in Minnesota. Nearly all of the defendants are from the Twin Cities metro. There are now 60 people tied to the Minneapolis-St. Paul nonprofit that are facing charges. The money was meant to feed low-income kids during the pandemic. U.S. Attorney Andrew Lugar…