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DFL releases priorities for special session on gun control, Republicans say their input wasn’t considered

    ST. PAUL (KVRR) — Democrats in Minnesota release their priorities for a special session on gun control. It comes in the wake of the shooting at Annunciation Church in Minneapolis and the killing of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband. Gov. Tim Walz and DFL leaders unveiled a list of reforms which includes bans on assault weapons, high-capacity…

Two Children Killed, 17 Injured in Twin Cities Catholic School Shooting

UPDATE:  A shooting Wednesday at a Minneapolis Catholic school has killed two children as they prayed and injured 17 other people, 14 of them kids. The police chief says the shooter also died in the violence Wednesday at the Annunciation Catholic School. Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said the shooter approached the side of the church and shot through the…

Man Shot in Cass County, Minnesota

There were multiple witnesses to the shooting, and the primary suspect was apprehended shortly afterwards as a result.

POWERS TOWNSHIP, MN – A man from Hackensack, Minnesota is in custody after allegedly shooting an acquaintance late Thursday night. Cass County Sheriff Bryan Welk says that at 11:26 PM the Sheriff’s Office received 911 calls reporting that a someone had been shot in Powers Township. Deputies and responders arrived and learned that an adult male, age 34, of Pine…

TSA officers intercepted 8 guns at Hector International Airport in 2024

FARGO (KFGO) – Transportation Security Administration officers intercepted eight guns at Hector International Airport in Fargo last year. That’s five more than in 2023. The TSA says 19 guns were stopped from making it through security at North Dakota airports in 2024, up from 12 the year before. Besides the eight firearms at Hector, TSA officers intercepted six at Bismarck…

Horace Man Accidentally Discharges Firearm, Injures Self

The man was able to administer first aid to himself while waiting for first responders.

HORACE, N.D. – The Cass County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call coming from Horace at about 10:15 on the evening of November 29 regarding a man who had fired a gun and suffered an injury. Through an initial investigation, deputies learned the incident was caused by an unintentional discharge of a handgun, and the bullet struck the individual who…

Burnsville woman charged with buying guns used in Minnesota standoff that killed 3 first responders

(Alex Kormann/Star Tribune via AP)MINNEAPOLIS (AP/KVRR) – A Burnsville woman, Ashley Dyrdahl, has been charged with illegally buying guns used in the killings of three Minnesota first responders in a standoff at a home in the Minneapolis suburb of Burnsville, where seven children were inside, federal authorities said. The 35-year-old Burnsville woman conspired with the shooter between Sept. 21 and…

Man who killed 1 Fargo officer, hurt 2, was interviewed about guns in 2021 after tip, FBI says

Mohamad BarakatMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The heavily armed man who killed one Fargo police officer and wounded two as they were investigating a traffic stop had been interviewed about his guns in 2021 after the FBI received a tip, authorities said Thursday. In a statement in response to questions from The Associated Press, the FBI and Fargo Police Department said the FBI received an anonymous…