MINNEAPOLIS, MN — A Minneapolis man has been sentenced for selling heroin on the White Earth Reservation. The U.S. Attorney’s Office says Steven Gant will spend 7 years in prison. He was accused of working with another person to distribute the drug from October 2017 through February 2018. Authorities say Gant admitted to traveling to the White Earth Reservation to sell…
FARGO, ND — St. Louis-based Perficient is buying Sundog, a marketing, sales and business technology firm, with offices in Fargo and Minneapolis. The information technology consulting firm will acquire all of Sundog’s assets which are valued around $14 million. The company will gain about 100 consulting, technology, sales and other professionals as a result of the acquisition. It is expected to…
MINNEAPOLIS – The City of Minneapolis agrees to a $20 million settlement with Justine Daymond’s family. They will donate $2 million dollars to the Minneapolis Foundation’s Fund for Safe Communities. “This is not a victory for anyone, but rather a way for our city to move forward. And I do believe we will move forward together united in a shared…
FARGO, ND (KFGO) – A passenger on a Delta Airlines flight headed to Minneapolis from Fargo says it was a wild ride. The plane blew a rear tire on take-off from Hector International Airport late Thursday morning and a second tire shredded. Passengers were bused to the terminal and no one was hurt. The CRJ aircraft is operated by Skywest…
Former Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor and his legal team exit the Hennepin County Government Center on April 26, 2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – Former Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor was found guilty on third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter and not guilty on second-degree murder in the 2017 shooting death of Justine Ruszczyk Damond. The trial…
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – The decision of whether or not to convict former Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor in the July 2017 shooting death of Australia native Justine Ruszczyk Damond now lies in the hands of the jury. The jury–12 jurors and four alternates–consists of four women and 12 men. The jury includes half-a-dozen minorities, with four born outside the U.S. including two from the Phillipines,…
Titus Martin/Guntallwon BrownBECKER COUNTY, MN — Two Minneapolis men were arrested after heroin was seized Wednesday in Becker County. Forty-three-year-old Titus Martin and 29-year-old Guntallwon Brown were each charged with 1st degree possession of a controlled substance. Officers from the West Central Drug and Violent Crimes Task Force, Headwaters Safe Trails Task Force, and Paul Bunyan Drug Task Force seized over…
MINNEAPOLIS, MN — There is a major break in a nearly 50-year-old cold case in Mille Lacs, Minnesota thanks to DNA. A burned body found in an abandoned home 49 years ago has been identified as 18-year-old Gloria Rieken of Minneapolis. The BCA matched her DNA to family members. Gloria was a freshman student at the University of Minnesota at the…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar is firing back at President Trump after he called on her to resign over tweets seen as anti-semitic. The Minneapolis Democrat tweeting that Mr. Trump has “trafficked in hate” his whole life. She also asked when he plans to resign. In a pair of tweets over the weekend, Omar criticized the American Israel Public…
MINNEAPOLIS, MN — Sen. Amy Klobuchar is dismissing reports that she is difficult to work for, saying she has high expectations for the people who work for her. Klobuchar was asked Sunday about the reports of high staff turnover and the loss of potential staff for the presidential campaign she announced in Minneapolis. Klobuchar says “I can be tough” and that…
