Sen. Nicole Mitchell testifies during her trial.WOODBURY, Minn. (KVRR/FOX9) — A special primary is underway as candidates battle for the Minnesota Senate seat once held by Nicole Mitchell in Woodbury. The primary is for the DFL since there are two candidates: State Reps. Ethan Cha and Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger. There is only one Republican running for the Senate District 47 seat,…
Nicole Mitchell & Sen. Bruce AndersonST. PAUL (KVRR) — Gov. Walz has called for a special election to fill two vacancies in the state senate. Seats formerly held by Sen. Bruce Anderson of Buffalo and Sen. Nicole Mitchell of Woodbury will be on the ballot on November 4. Anderson, a Republican, died this month at 75. Mitchell, a Democrat, resigned…
Democratic Sen. Nicole Mitchell looks to her attorney Dane DeKrey during her trial on Wednesday, July 16, 2025, at Becker County District Court in Detroit Lakes, Minn.DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR) — Sen. Nicole Mitchell of Woodbury, Minnesota will be sentenced on September 10 after being found guilty in Detroit Lakes. A jury convicted Mitchell on two counts of burglary and…
Sen. Nicole Mitchell (D) Woodbury, MNDETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR/FOX9) — The burglary trial of Sen. Nicole Mitchell, which was rescheduled after the shooting of the Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses, begins Monday in Detroit Lakes. Mitchell, who represents Woodbury, faces first-degree burglary and possession of burglary tools for allegedly breaking into her stepmother’s home in 2024. Her trial will begin…
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR/FOX9) –Attorneys for Sen. Nicole Mitchell have filed a motion to dismiss an added charge of possession of burglary tools following an incident in Detroit Lakes in April 2024. That is when Mitchell is accused of breaking into her stepmother’s home to steal some personal items from her late father. The Democrat from Woodbury has pleaded not…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR) — Sen. Steve Drazkowski of Mazeppa, Minnesota has filed a conflict of interest complaint against fellow Sen. Nicole Mitchell of Woodbury. The Republican says the Democrat Mitchell voted on a matter that directly impacted her income and continued employment. Mitchell took part in a Senate vote on January 27 to uphold a ruling by the presiding…
ST. PAUL (KVRR/KFGO) – A Minnesota Senate committee has taken up a new ethics complaint against Democratic Sen. Nicole Mitchell of Woodbury, who is facing two felony burglary charges. Republican lawmakers revised a previous ethics complaint for entering her stepmother’s home in Detroit Lakes last April. Mitchell has pleaded not guilty. Republican Sen. Karin Housley says the new statement is…
State Sen. Nicole Mitchell (D) Woodbury, Minn.DETROIT LAKES, Minn. – State Sen. Nicole Mitchell of Woodbury will stand trial for first-degree burglary later this month in Becker County. Mitchell appeared at a settlement conference Tuesday for the alleged break-in at her stepmother’s Detroit Lakes home in April. No agreement was reached and the judge scheduled jury selection to begin Jan….
State Sen. Nicole Mitchell (D) Woodbury, Minn.DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (AP)– A Minnesota state senator has pleaded not guilty to burglarizing the home of her estranged stepmother after her father’s death.Sen. Nicole Mitchell, a Democrat from the St. Paul suburb of Woodbury, was charged in April. She told police at the time that she broke into the home in Detroit Lakes…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota Senate ethics panel deferred further action Tuesday night on a complaint against a lawmaker who’s charged with burglary for allegedly breaking into her estranged stepmother’s house until after her next court date. Democratic Sen. Nicole Mitchell, of Woodbury, told police she broke in last month because her stepmother refused to give her items of sentimental value from…
