NORTH MANKATO, Minn. – Authorities are identifying the 17-year-old boy who died of a gunshot wound following a car crash in North Mankato. Officers say Tyson Michael Goodsell died in the hospital. Police were called to a vehicle crashing into a town house late Saturday night when they found Goodsell unresponsive with a gunshot wound. Investigators are asking anyone with…
Abdikhadar MohidinMANKATO, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — Eighteen-year-old Abdikhadar Mohidin of Moorhead now faces felony charges after a drug-related shooting on New Year’s Eve in Mankato. Blue Earth County prosecutors charging Mohidin with five counts including assault resulting in great bodily harm and assault with a dangerous weapon. Police say surveillance video from a parking lot showed Mohidin and another suspect shooting…
MANKATO, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – A Blue Earth County District Court jury has convicted Adam Fravel of murder in the death of Madeline “Maddie” Kingsbury. The jury began deliberating on Wednesday afternoon and returned the verdict late Thursday morning. The 26-year-old Winona woman, who was also the mother of Fravel’s two children, vanished in late March of last year and her…
MANKATO, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Mankato teen arrested in Breckenridge on Friday is facing a murder charge for a shooting in Mankato last Thursday. 17-year-old Emmanuel Isaac is charged with second-degree murder with intent in Blue Earth County. Investigators say Isaac shot and killed 19-year-old Marcus Cargill, Jr. after a heated argument. After Isaac was arrested at a home in…
MANKATO, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Mankato man is sentenced to life in prison for the sexual assault and murder of a 2-year-old. Police responded to an apartment in April 2021 for a medical incident where they found a child unresponsive. Officers took him to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. The autopsy found injuries consistent with sexual assault and…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR) — Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan celebrated the Governor’s Fishing Opener on Madison Lake near Mankato. Despite the rain, she bundled up and got out on the water. After fishing, she joined other anglers for a lunch on shore. She says she was honored to take part in such a fun and longstanding tradition, celebrating our state’s…
ST. PAUL (KVRR) — Minnesota State Colleges and Universities has a new leader and his name is Scott Olson. The Board of Trustees has appointed Olson as the next chancellor effective August 1st. He will take over for Devinder Malhotra who is retiring in July after serving as chancellor since 2017. Olson has served as president of Winona State University…
MINNEAPOLIS (KVRR) — The founder of Feeding Our Future and 46 others have been charged in what federal officials are calling the largest pandemic fraud in the country. U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger of Minnesota announced charges against founder Aimee Bock and others that include conspiracy, wire fraud, money laundering, and bribery. Authorities allege the massive fraud scheme took at least…
MANKATO, Minn. – A Mankato man has been charged with two felonies after he allegedly hit two squad cars and threatened an officer with his belt. Daniel Devens was charged Monday with fleeing police and property damage, both felonies, as well as gross misdemeanor counts of driving while intoxicated and obstructing the legal process. According to court documents, Devens began…
MANKATO, Minn. — A Twin Cities real estate agent faces charges after getting kicked out of a Mankato bar for refusing to wear a mask. 21-year-old Samuel Wocelka of Prior Lake is charged with felony threats of violence, assault and disorderly conduct. Police say Wocelka was thrown out of 507 Saturday night. He told a bouncer he would “put a…
