MINNEAPOLIS – The service file of a suburban Minneapolis police officer charged with manslaughter in Daunte Wright’s death includes a commendation for safely resolving an incident involving a suicidal man, as well as a handful of reprimands for driving mishaps. The city of Brooklyn Center released more materials from the service file of Kim Potter, the 26-year veteran who shot…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR) – Gov. Tim Walz has announced a three-step timeline to end nearly all state COVID-19 restrictions by May 28, and end the statewide mask mandate when 70% of residents 16 years and older get their vaccine, or by July 1. “The pandemic is not over and we have work to do. But from the State…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX9) – The St. Paul City Council is asking the state’s Peace Officers Standards and Training Board (POST) to evaluate if Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher’s on-patrol livestreams violate the police code of conduct. Fletcher’s “Live on Patrol” Facebook livestreams are taken from his patrol car and often end up on the streets of St. Paul. He…
This week’s pet comes to us out of one of the most successful animated movie franchises of all time. But unlike his namesake… this guy is not grumpy. He’s actually a pretty smiley guy, just like the rest of his species. Say hello to Gru the leopard gecko, who’s introduced to us on this week’s Pet Connection by his human…
UPDATE: Eighteen-year-old Willie Sparkman of Fargo has been arrested for second degree unintentional murder and aggravated robbery in the death of 24-year-old Abdullahi Mohamed Abdullahi of Moorhead. Moorhead Police say Sparkman shot Abdullahi during a planned robbery and they do not know each other. Sparkman was also wanted for two attempted armed robberies in Fargo. Police say the first robbery…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – When Julie Savat began work as a correctional officer at the Clay County Jail in 1991, inmates were kept behind steel bars in an aging facility that eventually would be demolished and replaced. Fast forward to 2021. The steel bars are gone and the county has one of the newest, state-of-the-art jails in Minnesota. Soon, the…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) – Minnesota officials say the security fence that has surrounded the state Capitol for nearly one year should come down soon. The departments of Public Safety and Administration are recommending removal of the fence after the legislative session ends. The Legislature adjourns its regular session May 17. “Absent any credible threat to the building, the…
Minneapolis 3rd Precinct burns. May, 2020 MINNEAPOLIS – A St. Paul man has been sentenced to more than three years in prison for his role in the arson fire that burned a Minneapolis police station during protests over the death of George Floyd last year. Twenty-three-year-old Branden Michael Wolfe was given 41 months in prison after earlier pleading guilty to…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Police say the death of a man whose body was found Wednesday in a taxi in south Moorhead is being investigated as a homicide. Officers were called to a single-vehicle crash in the 3000 block of 20th St. S. A taxi appeared to have been traveling eastbound when it drove over the road, crossed the railroad…
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – Derek Chauvin’s attorney filed a motion asking the court to throw out his guilty verdicts and schedule a new trial Tuesday. The filing, made by Attorney Eric Nelson, cites jury intimidation and a failure of the court to sequester the jury as some of the reasons he is asking for a new trial. In the filing, Nelson…
