Family of Cold Spring group home worker fatally stabbed reflects on loss
A family is mourning a man killed on the job. Police said he was fatally stabbed while working at an adult foster home in Cold Spring last month.
Hoffman family delivers raw statements at Vance Boelter sentencing
John, Yvette and Hope Hoffman addressed a federal court Thursday as Vance Boelter awaited sentencing for killing former House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband and shooting the Hoffmans in their Champlin home.
Do ICE agents use body cameras in Minnesota? Agency hasn't said
Six months after federal agents shot and killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis amid Operation Metro Surge, officials with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security still aren't giving a clear answer on whether their officers are equipped with those devices in Minnesota.
Ely businesses struggle amid northern Minnesota wildfires
Wildfires in northern Minnesota have brought summer tourism to a near halt in the Ely area.
Heroics play out in the Boundary Waters as residents get ready to evacuate
Under the threat of at least 15 burning fires in and around the Boundary Waters, local authorities are closing roads. As smoke filled the air over the area this week, heroics played out on the water.
Northern Minnesota wildfires burning close to homes and cabins
Crews are working to keep wildfires burning across northern Minnesota from reaching public and private infrastructure, officials said in a news conference Friday afternoon.
Canadian Air Force rescues Minnesota teens trapped in wildfires
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz announced Wednesday members of the Royal Canadian Air Force successfully evacuated 11 Minnesota teenagers and four staff members from wildfires north of the border.
Walz extends peacetime emergency as Minnesota wildfires rage on
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and other state leaders moved Wednesday to extend a peacetime emergency amid raging wildfires in the northern part of the state and southern Canada.
250 runners take to the Minnewashta Mud Run
On a hot summer day, about 250 people decided that a sprint through the mud was the best way to spend time.
Minneapolis police note missing man found by drone as city weighs program
Police in Minneapolis are citing a May incident involving a missing man found by a drone as a positive example of how the technology can be used to keep the public safe. City officials are considering trying out a drones-as-first-responders program that neighbors are concerned could really mean public surveillance.
A Wisconsin family is suing Target after their 10-month-old died from swallowing a water bead
A Wisconsin family lost their ten-month-old daughter after she swallowed a water bead. They blame Target and the water bead manufacturer for her death.
Cleanup continues after EF2 tornado devastates Detroit Lakes area
Wednesday is another day of picking up the pieces after an EF2 tornado touched down Monday night in the area of Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, injuring at least three people.
Teenager in critical condition after water rescue at Minnehaha Falls
A 16-year-old boy is in critical condition after nearly drowning at Minnehaha Falls in Minneapolis.
People facing drug addiction in Mpls. voice woes amid planned crackdown
As Mayor Jacob Frey pledges a crackdown at open-air drug markets in Minneapolis, WCCO found brutal honesty about the situation from people who say they actively participate in the illicit trade.
Families struggle as thousands of providers no longer able to bill Medicaid
Colin McGuire is trying to learn to walk with a special device. Born with cerebral palsy, he's required to undergo different kinds of occupational and physical therapy weekly in order to improve his quality of life. For the past month, he hasn't gotten any of that.