Faribault police has 3 brothers as Minnesota pushes to retain officers
There are 35 police officers sworn to protect and serve this Southern Minnesota town of 25,000 people.
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There are 35 police officers sworn to protect and serve this Southern Minnesota town of 25,000 people.
Mitchell announced her resignation in a Facebook post on Friday afternoon.
Law enforcement is a real family affair at the Faribault Police Department, with three brothers serving their southern Minnesota community. As Caroline Cummings reports, a new state program aims to encourage more people like them to join the ranks.
Anderson is a U.S. Navy veteran who served in the Vietnam War, and he spent more than 30 years in the Legislature.
Legislators say there has been extensive abuse of public funds for years within several Medicaid programs, costing taxpayers over $1 billion.
Both chambers of the Minnesota Legislature will now cover the costs for enhanced home security for members in wake of the politically motivated shooting attacks on lawmakers and their spouses last month.
In the wake of the lawmaker attacks, the Minnesota Legislature will pick up the cost of increasing home security for its members. Caroline Cummings explains.
A guilty verdict for one state senator and the sudden death of another could reshape who's in charge in the Minnesota Senate.
A guilty verdict for one state senator and the sudden death of another could reshape who's in charge at the Minnesota State Capitol. As WCCO's Caroline Cummings reports, that means control of the closely divided Senate is back up for grabs.
There is still no word from a state lawmaker on whether she will resign after a felony conviction. Currently, Democrats hold a one seat majority in the Senate. Sen. Mitchell's case and the case of Vance Boelter, accused of murdering Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, and the shooting of Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, are cases we are going to break down right now with criminal defense attorney Joe Tamburino.
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are calling for Minnesota Sen. Nicole Mitchell to resign after a jury on Friday found her guilty on both charges in her burglary trial.
Jurors have found Democratic Minnesota state Sen. Nicole Mitchell guilty on both charges in her burglary trial.
State Sen. Nicole Mitchell, who is accused of burglarizing her stepmother's Detroit Lakes home, took the stand on the third day of testimony.
The prosecution rested its case Wednesday afternoon after several hours of testimony, including from Detroit Lakes Police Chief Steven Todd.
The jury in Sen. Nicole Mitchell's trial was seated on Monday. She is charged with felony first-degree burglary and possession of burglary or theft tools for the alleged break-in on April 22, 2024.
Brooklyn Park councilmember Christian Eriksen announced Tuesday he is running for the Minnesota House seat previously held by Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has called a special election to fill the seat formerly held by Democratic House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman, who authorities say was assassinated at her Twin Cities home in June.
Today marked the first official meeting at the Capitol since the political attack on Minnesota legislators. It was a hearing about fraud in public programs, but as Caroline Cummings reports, that violent night is still top of mind.
They may be out of session, but Minnesota lawmakers met for a special oversight hearing in the House.
Minnesota state Sen. John Hoffman has been discharged from the ICU, just over three weeks after he and his wife, Yvette, were shot in their home, a family spokesperson said on Monday.
The Minnesota Legislature had a one-day June special session to complete the next $66 billion two-year state budget funding the state government and its programs and services. That spending kicks in July 1, along with a slate of new policies.
Melissa Hortman chaired the chamber's energy policy committee and authored a law that remained one of her proudest legislative achievements: boosting solar energy in the state.
A Twin Cities community gathered in grief on Friday as they tried to find a way forward. At Champlin Park High School, the community chose unity over fear at a healing event to mourn Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark.
After Saturday's lawmaker attacks, several Minnesota politicians canceled town hall meetings this week, like Democratic state Rep. Huldah Momanyi-Hiltsley, who represents Osseo and parts of Brooklyn Park.
A Minnesota labor union manager has been charged after he allegedly made threats of violence toward the State Capitol.
