MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (AP) – A Minnesota man was charged with murder Monday after authorities say he posed as a package delivery driver, entered a home and demanded money before he shot three people in the head, including at least one at point-blank range. Alonzo Pierre Mingo, 37, was charged with three counts of second-degree murder, with intent, for Friday’s killings in a…
UPDATE: U of M says the Chippewa County Sheriff located the suspect “and have him contained in their county,” so activities on campus have resumed normal operations. Authorities “contain” a man suspected of issuing a social media threat to shoot people on the University of Minnesota campus. The suspect, 41-year-old Joseph Rongstad of Watson, Minnesota, was located at a home…
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (KVRR/FOX 9) — A cougar that was killed after being hit by a vehicle on Interstate 394 in Minneapolis may soon go on display in the city. The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board says the animal will be taxidermied and they want it to become part of an educational display. Before it’s death in early December, it had…
BECKER CO., Minn. (KVRR) — A Minneapolis man is being treated for a gunshot wound to his leg while hunting near Bad Medicine Lake in Becker County on Sunday. Becker County Sheriff’s Office says 40-year-old Jeremy Sailor’s hunting partner was checking to see if his gun was unloaded when it went off, hitting Sailor in the hip. Sailor was being…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — “Rejoice and Sing”. That is the theme for the 97th annual Concordia Christmas Concert and you’ll be able to get your tickets starting Tuesday at 9 a.m. The concerts are a regional highlight during the holidays featuring more than 300 student musicians performing in front of a newly created mural each year. Concerts will be held…
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (KVRR) — Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey is vetoing an ordinance that would bring a pay boost for drivers who work for Uber and Lyft. Both companies had threatened to pull out of Minneapolis if the ordinance had been signed into law. At the same time, Frey is offering a compromise for drivers. He says he has reached an…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Minneapolis man is sentenced to 17 years in prison with 5 supervised release for Conspiracy to Distribute Controlled Substances and Money Laundering Conspiracy inside Grand Forks County Jail. Fifty-seven-year-old Timothy Eason had been arrested on state drug charges and was being held in Grand Forks. From October 2021 to February 2022, Eason arranged shipments of…
MINNEAPOLIS (KVRR/FOX9) — Body and dashcam footage is released from a fatal shooting on I-94 in Minneapolis early Monday which left Ricky Cobb II dead. Colonel Matt Langer of the Minnesota State Patrol says Cobb was pulled over shortly before 2 a.m. for having no taillights. At that point, troopers discovered he had a pick up and hold for a…
MINNEAPOLIS (KVRR) — Minnesota State Patrol requests the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension investigate a fatal use of force incident on I-94 in Minneapolis. A trooper pulled over a vehicle with no taillights around 2 a.m. The trooper learned the driver was wanted for a felony in Ramsey County. The driver then refused to get out of the vehicle and drove…
MINNEAPOLIS (KFGO/KVRR) — On Friday, the Minnesota Department of Education announced one of its servers experienced a data breach. It comes from a global cyber-security attack targeting MOVEit software. 24 Minnesota Department of Education files were accessed which included data from the state’s Human Services department and school files for Minneapolis and Perham school districts, and Hennepin Technical College. The…
