Minnesota News

House Republicans vote to lift 20-year ban on mining near pristine Boundary Waters Canoe Area

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Republicans moved closer Wednesday to lifting a 20-year ban on mining near Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, pushing a resolution to end the moratorium through the House despite environmentalists’ warnings that it could devastate a premier destination for campers, kayakers and canoeists. The resolution now goes to the Senate, and approval there would send it…

ICE officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, memo says

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press reveals that the agency allows immigration officers to forcibly enter homes to make arrests without a judicial warrant. WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to forcibly enter people’s homes without a judge’s warrant, according to an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The…

VP Vance to defend I.C.E. efforts during visit to the Twin Cities on Thursday

MINNEAPOLIS (CNN) — Vice President JD Vance is scheduled to visit Minnesota tomorrow. The White House says Vance plans to meet with I.C.E. agents and defend their immigration operations. Vance’s visit comes days after the justice department subpoenaed several Minnesota officials as part of an investigation into whether state and local leaders have obstructed federal immigration enforcement efforts. Tensions remain…

MN man enters Alford guilty plea in deadly stabbing outside Fargo bar in 2024

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The West Lakeland, Minnesota man charged in a fatal stabbing outside SouthTown PourHouse in Fargo has changed his plea to guilty and avoids going on trial. Michael Diedrich entered an Alford plea, agreeing there would be enough evidence to convict him of the March 28, 2024 crime. Diedrich stabbed and killed 22-year-old Ethan Larson of Newfolden,…

Court lifts restrictions on immigration officers’ tactics in Minnesota

Federal agents stand outside a convenience store on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An appeals court on Wednesday suspended a decision that restricts immigration officers’ aggressive tactics in Minnesota, while Maine declined a request for more undercover license plates for U.S. Customs and Border Protection vehicles, citing “abuses of power” during the Trump administration’s…

From the NFL sidelines to a Minnesota US Senate race: Michele Tafoya’s new play

FILE – NBC Sports reporter Michele Tafoya is seen before an NFL football game between the New Orleans Saints and the Buffalo Bills, Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Tyler Kaufman, File)MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former NFL sideline reporter Michele Tafoya launched her campaign for the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, hoping to win the Republican nomination for the Minnesota…

Charges forwarded for 13-year-old who brought 1,500 fentanyl pills to school

Fentanyl seized by police at Horizon Middle School, Moorhead, Minn.MOORHEAD (KVRR/KFGO) – The teen arrested after police say he brought 1,500 fentanyl pills to Horizon Middle School in Moorhead has been referred to the Clay County Attorney for juvenile charges. Police and the Moorhead Area Public School District say another student told the school resource officer after discovering the 13-year-old…

DHS Secretary Noem says arrests will be made tonight for protest at St. Paul church

MINNEAPOLIS (KVRR/FOX9) — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says arrests will be made “in the next several hours” after protesters disrupted a church service on Sunday in St. Paul. Activists accused the pastor of have having ties to I.C.E. Noem told Newsmax on Tuesday night that those activists will be held accountable. She says people will be brought to justice…

Local activist group prepares to gather for next protest against ICE

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Hundreds of people have gathered at protests and rallies in the metro area hosted by local activist group Red River United Indivisible. And as the numbers continue to grow, their determination to continue what they are fighting for rises. “Whether it be municipal, whether it be state, whether it be county, whether it be district, whether…

Crookston Bishop says immigration system is broken and in need of reform

Bishop Andrew Cozzens calls Minnesota ICE activity "very indiscriminate"

Bishop Andrew CozzensCROOKSTON, Minn. (KVRR) – Another Catholic bishop in Minnesota is speaking out about the effects of ICE activity across the state. Diocese of Crookston Bishop Andrew Cozzens oversees more than 60 parishes in 14 counties in northwestern Minnesota. Cozzens says law-abiding, undocumented immigrants being swept up by the unprecedented wave of ICE arrests are victims of a broken system….