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Justice Department sees no basis for civil rights probe in Minnesota ICE shooting, official says

Courtesy: FOX 9, ICE-involved shooting in Minneapolis 01/07/26WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department does not believe there is currently any basis to open a criminal civil rights investigation into the killing of a woman by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis, a top department official said Tuesday. The decision to keep the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division out of…

Minnesota Department of Human Services appealing decision to withhold federal funds for Medicaid

MINNESOTA (KVRR) — 1.2 million people in Minnesota rely on Medicaid, according to the Minnesota Department of Human Services. But funding for over one million people is being withheld of up to $515 million quarterly unless the state takes more actions against fraud. “What CMS is saying here is they’re going to basically withhold possibly up to $2 billion annually…

Former U.S. Attorney says ICE tactics designed to ‘create chaos, instill fear’

FARGO (KVRR) – A former federal prosecutor who spent years enforcing U.S. Immigration laws says the confrontations involving ICE officials in Minneapolis and elsewhere are nothing like he’s ever seen before. “They have nothing in common with the law enforcement agencies that I had experience with 15 years ago, dedicated professionals who followed the law,” said former North Dakota U.S….

Assistant U.S. Attorney Thompson and five others resign from U.S. Attorney’s Office in Minnesota

ST. PAUL (KVRR/FOX 9) — The face of Minnesota fraud investigations has resigned. First Assistant U.S. Attorney Joe Thompson is among six prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Minnesota who quit in the wake of a reported investigation into the widow of Renee Good, the woman shot and killed by an ICE agent last week. Thompson was the lead…

Boy fatally mauled by dog near New York Mills, MN is identified

NEW YORK MILLS, Minn. (KVRR) — A three-year-old boy mauled to death by a dog west of New York Mills, Minnesota on Sunday has been identified as Beckett Brown. His 51-year-old grandmother, Kristen Nelson, is in a Fargo hospital after suffering serious injuries while trying to stop the attack. Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office says Beckett entered an outside enclosure…

The Annual Homeless Count to be done on January 28 in Minnesota

FARGO — The region’s annual homeless count is coming up at the end of the month, and organizers say the numbers are likely to rise again this year. That goes not just for the most visible, metro-based members of the area homeless population, but for those living in rural areas, as well. The count encompasses communities in our parts of…

In the car with the Minneapolis community patrols working to disrupt ICE operations

Three cars filled with federal agents stop in front of Elle Neubauer and another observer, surrounding the car and threatening arrest during an early morning patrol observing ICE in South Minneapolis Monday, Jan. 12, 2026. (Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer)MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (Minnesota Reformer) — As Elle Neubauer drove before dawn past the darkened windows of the immigrant-owned businesses on Lake…

Testy exchange at Moorhead City Council over the mayor’s choice for mayor pro tem

Moorhead Mayor Shelly Carlson, Council Member Deb White and Council Member Lisa BorgenMOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — A simple motion to appoint Moorhead Mayor Shelly Carlson to several area boards including Metro Flood Diversion Authority Planning Committee was derailed by a dispute over the mayor pro tem. Carlson announced that she was appointing Council Member Lisa Borgen to the role. The…