RED LAKE, Minn. (KVRR) — The FBI is helping investigate a fatal shooting and arrest near Red Lake, Minnesota last Friday. Red Lake Department of Public Safety arrived around 7:15 p.m. and found a man on the ground outside of a home with a fatal gunshot wound. It happened in the Heart Lake area, just east of Red Lake. After…
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (KVRR) — A Red Lake woman has been sentenced to 15 months in prison following the death of a child in her care. The trial evidence showed Sharon Rosebear, 64, intentionally deprived a child of necessary food and health care over the course of 2022. The child died from the combined effects of starvation and infection. Julius Fineday, Sr….
TODD CO., Minn. (KVRR/FOX9/KFGO) — Disturbing details about the woman who set off an Amber Alert this past weekend in Red Lake, Minnesota. 36-year-old Jennifer Stately is charged with child torture. According to the charges, Stately was stopped in Todd County near Long Prairie, about a 150-mile drive south from her address. In the backseat, authorities say Stately’s child was…
POLK CO., Minn. (KVRR) — Numerous tips about this person of interest poured in to Polk County Sheriff’s Office, resulting in an arrest. 64-year-old Dennis Hovet of Goodridge was taken into custody on Friday for charges related to burglary and theft. Polk County released these images on Thursday of Hovet at a service station. They worked with sheriff’s offices in…
MINNEAPOLIS (KVRR) — A Red Lake, Minnesota man is sentenced to over 6 years in prison for the sexual abuse of a minor. According to court documents, 63-year-old Ronald Pearson was visiting a home on Red Lake Indian Reservation in August 2022 when the abuse occurred. He pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court last September to one count of sexual…
RED LAKE, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — The Red Lake Nation in northwestern Minnesota plans to roll out a mobile dispensary. The on-reservation NativeCare was the state’s first recreational marijuana store to open this month. The dispensary, which will resemble a food truck, will allow the tribe to expand its cannabis business into other markets, but only on tribal lands. It’s estimated…
RED LAKE, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — Business is booming at Minnesota’s first recreational cannabis dispensary in Red Lake. The NativeCare dispensary was the first cannabis business to open following the state’s legalization of recreational marijuana on August 1. It served over 300 customers on the first day of business. The dispensary still seeing hundreds of customers every day. Tribal officials plan…
MINNEAPOLIS (KVRR) — A Red Lake man is sentenced to nearly 3 years in prison for the brutal assault of a woman he was in a relationship with. Prosecutors say 20-year-old Devin Sumner became angry with the woman on March 10, 2022 and slapped and punched her while in the car. He then hit her repeatedly with a shotgun causing…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR) — Minnesota lawmakers are considering a bill that would prevent schools from using Native American imagery as logos. Senator Mary Kunesh is behind Senate File 584 which would require schools to file requests to grant permission from the Tribal Nations Education Committee and Indian Affairs Council to continue using a nickname and logo. Schools can also…
ST. PAUL (KVRR) — A Red Lake, Minnesota man is sentenced to 37 years in prison for the murder of Red Lake Tribal Police Officer Ryan Bialke. 30-year-old David Donnell Jr. pleaded guilty to one count of murder in the second degree back in April. Court documents say five officers were doing a welfare check at Donnell’s home in Redby…
