Crime

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…

Polk County, MN sheriff announces that he will retire at end of his second term

CROOKSTON, Minn. (KVRR) — Polk County Sheriff Jim Tadman has announced that he will not seek another term in office. In a media release, Tadman says he will retire at the end of his current term in January 2027 with over 38 years of service with Polk County Sheriff’s Office. He was first elected sheriff in 2018 and re-elected in…

Former West Fargo police chief has high profile role in Guthrie investigation in Arizona

TUCSON, Ariz. (KVRR) — There is a familiar name and face involved in investigating the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie in Tucson, Arizona, the mother of NBC Today co-anchor Savanna Guthrie. Heith Janke is the FBI Special Agent In Charge of the investigation out of the Phoenix office. Janke is the former police chief in West Fargo. He applied for the…

Two men charged with assaulting agents in ICE shooting released by a judge, re-detained by ICE

Federal Bureau of Prisons officers on the scene where a federal immigration agent shot a man Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, in north Minneapolis. (Photo by Max Nesterak/MInnesota Reformer)ST. PAUL, Minn. (Minnesota Reformer) — Two Venezuelan men who were charged with assaulting a federal immigration agent were re-detained after a judge ordered them to be released on Tuesday. On Jan. 14, the…