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    April 17, 2018
    Deandray Easley Courtesy of the Ramsey County Sheriff's Office
    Minnesota Harriet Island rape victims paint grim picture of their lives now
    ST. PAUL—It was supposed to be the best time of their lives. The two close friends had just finished their last day of high school; graduation...
    news/crime-and-courtsApril 17, 2018 - 11:11pm
    Veteran Minnesota lawmaker Paul Thissen talks Tuesday, April 17, 2018, about his appointment to the state Supreme Court by Gov. Mark Dayton (left). Don Davis / Forum News Service
    Ex-Speaker Thissen headed to Minnesota high court
    ST. PAUL — A former Minnesota House speaker will become Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton's fifth justice on the seven-member state Supreme Court....
    news/government-and-politicsApril 17, 2018 - 1:19pm
    April 16, 2018
    File photo of Attorney Michael Cohen arrives at Trump Tower in New York on Jan. 12, 2017. Bloomberg photo by John Taggart.
    Trump wants to review material seized from personal lawyer before federal investigators
    A federal judge will consider President Donald Trump's extraordinary request that she block his own Justice Department from viewing evidence...
    news/government-and-politicsApril 16, 2018 - 7:22am
    April 13, 2018
    Steven Walter Pladl (left) & Katie Rose Pladl
    An alleged case of incest leads to 4 'senseless' deaths in 3 states. One was a baby.
    Two years ago when Katie Pladl turned 18, like many adopted children, she attempted to find her biological parents. Using social media she succeeded...
    news/crime-and-courtsApril 13, 2018 - 10:43am
    April 12, 2018
    Tnuza Jamal Hassan Photo courtesy of Ramsey County Sheriff's Office
    Feds argue against release of arson, al-Qaidi wannabe suspect in Minnesota
    MINNEAPOLIS—The Minneapolis woman accused of planning to join al-Qaida in Afghanistan and setting a series of fires at St. Catherine University...
    news/crime-and-courtsApril 12, 2018 - 9:45pm
    April 11, 2018
    Minn. man gets jail time for trying to lure strangers to ex’s house for sex
    ST. PAUL -- A St. Paul man who posted his ex-girlfriend’s address on Facebook along with a message urging men to visit her for sex will spend...
    news/crime-and-courtsApril 11, 2018 - 5:35pm
    April 10, 2018
    Judge authorizes sale of Country Inn & Suites
    BEMIDJI—An investment of $400,000 the city of Bemidji made toward the construction of the Country Inn & Suites may not get paid back in...
    news/government-and-politicsApril 10, 2018 - 5:49pm
    March 30, 2018
    Diamond Reynolds, 27, of West St. Paul Courtesy of the Ramsey County Sheriff's Office
    Jury finds Castile's girlfriend guilty of misdemeanor hammer assault, not guilty of felonies
    ST. PAUL—Diamond Reynolds was found not guilty of the most serious charges in an assault case that involving allegations she attacked another...
    news/crime-and-courtsMarch 30, 2018 - 7:15pm
    March 29, 2018
    Members of the Fond du Lac Band work through the wild rice on Dead Fish Lake near Saywer, Minn. Forum News Service file photo
    MPCA challenges judge's ruling on sulfate limit
    ST. PAUL — The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency on Wednesday, March 28, said it has filed a response defending its proposed wild rice...
    news/government-and-politicsMarch 29, 2018 - 11:04am
    March 23, 2018
    Minnesota House Speaker Kurt Daudt listens during a late-February 2018 legislative committee hearing. He says he does not plan to run for higher office. Don Davis / Forum News Service
    Capitol Chatter: Minnesotans look to Washington
    ST. PAUL — State and local governmental decisions often are felt more than things happening in Washington, but not in recent days. Minnesotans,...
    news/government-and-politicsMarch 23, 2018 - 2:40pm
    March 21, 2018
    Minnesota considers limits on cameras in courtrooms
    ST. PAUL—A state bill designed to restrict fledgling efforts to allow video coverage of Minnesota court sentencings passed through a House committee Wednesday — with critics arguing it would hinder cooperation by witnesses and victims, and proponents arguing it would give...
    news/government-and-politicsMarch 21, 2018 - 8:19pm
    March 20, 2018
    Seng Xiong Courtesy of the St. Paul Police Department and the Minnesota Financial Crimes Task Force
    U.S. attorney: Appeal is delaying repayment to Hmong homeland fraud victims
    MINNEAPOLIS—Prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney's office in Minneapolis say there's a good reason they can't immediately restore $1.2 million...
    news/crime-and-courtsMarch 20, 2018 - 8:38pm
    March 19, 2018
    Happy attorney Dan Siegel, Shannon Miller and Jen Banford meet with media outside the federal courthouse last week following the favorable decision by the jury in Miller’s discrimination lawsuit against UMD. Steve Kuchera / Forum News Service
    Former UMD coaches file state sexual discrimination, hostile workplace lawsuit
    DULUTH, Minn.—Three former University of Minnesota Duluth women's athletics coaches have taken their legal battle to state court. Former...
    news/crime-and-courtsMarch 19, 2018 - 6:39pm
    March 16, 2018
    Buffers of grass that filter crop land pollutants and soil out of water are required by Minnesota law. Submitted photo / Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
    Capitol Chatter: Buffer-related lawsuit fails
    ST. PAUL — Gary Haugen has lost his attempt to overturn a decades-old decision that forces him to install vegetative buffers. The lawsuit,...
    news/government-and-politicsMarch 16, 2018 - 2:05pm
    March 15, 2018
    Former UMD women’s hockey head coach Shannon Miller (from left), attorney Anne Weills and Jen Banford, former UMD softball coach and women's hockey director of operations, leave the federal courthouse Monday, March 12, 2018. Steve Kuchera / Forum News Serviceplay button
    Jury sides with Shannon Miller, awards former UMD coach $3.74 million
    DULUTH — A jury has found that former University of Minnesota Duluth women's hockey coach Shannon Miller was subjected to sex discrimination...
    news/crime-and-courtsMarch 15, 2018 - 5:56pm
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