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Renee Good’s family hires George Floyd law firm to investigate Minneapolis ICE shooting

People attend a candlelight vigil at US Embassy in London, Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, for US Citizen Renee Good, who was shot by ICE in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Renee Good ’s family is accusing federal immigration officers of killing the Minneapolis mother as she attempted to follow agents’ instructions, and said Wednesday they have hired the same law…

MN Republican House members prepare articles of impeachment against Gov. Tim Walz

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz takes questions from reporters about his decision to not run for a third term. 1/6/26.ST. PAUL (KVRR/FOX9) – – Minnesota House Republicans are set to introduce articles of impeachment against Gov. Tim Walz this upcoming legislative session. Rep. Mike Wiener of Long Prairie, Minnesota shared with FOX 9 in the Twin Cities the impending articles of…

ICE agents to check documents at MSP Airport, employee says

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will spend three weeks at MSP Airport, checking and verifying documents of both customers and employees, an airport employee said. The employee shared a memo that details the plans, which include patrolling jet bridges. In a statement on Tuesday, a Metropolitan Airports Commission spokesman said, in part: “Neither the Metropolitan…

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…