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Minneapolis police are asking for the public’s help to identify a “strong person of interest” in the 2021 death of Ryan Whiteis-Saks, who is also known as Kane. Investigators say the victim was found dead with a gunshot wound to the head on Feb. 28, 2021, near Golden Valley Road....
Elk River High School canceled classes Tuesday after a bomb threat was directed at the school, police say.
Elk River police say investigators have found nothing credible in the wake of a bomb threat that caused Elk River High School to dismiss students early Tuesday. Police told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS that they were first notified of the potential threat at 8:43 a.m., although the departme...
A Florida woman was arrested after authorities say a lover’s triangle led to her tossing a bucket of feces on a woman she accused of sleeping with her husband....
A head-on crash in Bernadotte Township on Monday left one person dead and another with minor injuries.
Two people reportedly drove themselves to the hospital after a reported shooting in Columbia Heights early Monday morning.
The Ramsey County Attorney's Office has determined that a shooting involving two St. Paul Police Officers in December 2025 was legally justified under Minnesota law....
A high school football coach in California was arrested Friday after students discovered a cellphone secretly recording them while they were changing inside a campus locker room, police said....
Authorities are investigating a fire that broke out at the Enbridge Energy building in Superior, Wisconsin early Monday morning.
The University of Minnesota Police Department has agreed to remove a Flock camera from the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood after concerns raised by neighbors....
Authorities report that a disturbing social media trend that has already led to several juvenile arrests. Some posters are using AI-generated, menacing versions of "The Cat in the Hat" to make online threats against local schools and students....
The veteran newswoman returns to 5 and 6 p.m. broadcasts, three months after suffering nerve injuries in a boating accident.
Several other departments have removed the license plate reading cameras in recent months.
A man was found dead in the yard of a rural Cass Lake home on Sunday morning, according to the sheriff’s office. Officers were called to the home near John Moose Drive NW in Pike Bay Township just before 8 a.m. where they found the victim dead. Nobody has been arrested and invest...
The cargo airline that flew the plane that ran off the end of a Miami runway over Labor Day weekend and killed five people lost one of its biggest customers when Amazon suspended its partnership with 21 Air, and it’s not yet clear if the company will lose more business while the ...
A shooting in Minneapolis on Sunday night left a man with serious injuries. Minneapolis police said that at around 8:25 p.m., officers responded to the 1100 block of James Avenue North for a shooting and found a man with several gunshot wounds. The man was brought to the hospital...
Minnesota's murder and violent crime rates fell sharply in 2025, with the state recording its fewest murders and lowest violent crime rate since before the pandemic, according to a new report from the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension....
A man is suffering from serious injuries after a shooting in downtown Minneapolis on Sunday. Just before 11:30 a.m., Minneapolis police officers responded to Seventh Street South and Nicollet Mall on a reported shooting. 911 callers said there were multiple gunshots and that a ma...
U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, a candidate for Wisconsin governor, wiped away tears and laughed while sharing how thankful he was Sunday to survive a harrowing late-night emergency landing into a lake of the small plane he was riding in....
A manhunt has ended in Louisiana after a man with a violent criminal history was arrested for an alleged stabbing spree that left four people dead and a child critically injured....
Backpackers found Craig Berg, who had been missing since Sept. 5, alive and alert in the remote national park.
One man is dead following a crash involving multiple motorcycles Saturday on Highway 61 near Two Harbors. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, the motorcycles were traveling in a group northbound on the highway when several riders crashed just after exiting the Silver Creek C...
U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, Wisconsin’s Republican nominee for governor, says he was taken to the hospital Saturday night after he was aboard a plane that had to make an emergency water landing. In a social media post, Tiffany said the plane he was flying in lost power as it approache...
Wisconsin Republican gubernatorial candidate and U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany said escaped with minor injuries after a small plane he was in lost power and made an emergency landing in a lake....
Police say that a man was shot and injured at a gun range in Blaine Saturday evening. Blaine Deputy Chief Joe Gerhard said that it happened at Bill’s Gun Shop & Range on 88th Ave. Northeast at about 6:15 p.m. The man was conscious when officers arrived and found him with a suspec...
An Oakdale man is recovering from emergency reconstructive surgery after his fiancée said he was punched, stomped and kicked during an assault at the Minnesota State Fair on Sept. 5. Heather Hoffman says her fiancé, Sammy Kimbrough, suffered a broken jaw in two places and extensi...
A shooting and a stabbing within 48 hours have University of Minnesota police on high alert as students return for the fall semester.
A collision involving multiple motorcycles and one vehicle left on Highway 61 just north of Two Harbors left one person dead and multiple injured on Saturday afternoon....
The patrol said some of the motorcycles crossed into the opposite side of the highway after the initial crash.
A drug investigation at a UPS facility snowballed into two arrests and a major weapons find at a Columbia Heights apartment.
Police have arrested a man on a murder charge in connection with the death of Tasia Fortune, a 29-year-old Black woman whose body was found hanging from a tree in Jackson, Mississippi, last month....
The Minnesota State Patrol said it arrested a 22-year-old man from Chaska on suspicion of driving while intoxicated after a crash sent him and another driver to the hospital....
Urban exploration, which typically involves trespassing into old buildings and tunnels, has been an area of major concern for police following a recent near-fatal fall....
Minnesotans gathered Wednesday to honor the innocent lives lost on 9/11 and the emergency personnel who ran toward danger. For Minnesota Department of Public Safety Assistant Commissioner John Cunningham, the memories of that day remain as vivid. “Twenty-five years goes by fast, ...
Gunman Carlton Johnson III got off at least 25 shots while killing two people and wounding others before police fired even more, according to court filings....
Fire crews are at Apple Valley Community Center on Friday afternoon after an apparent fire response. Chopper 5 showed several fire engines and firefighters at the building in the 4 o’clock hour, with hoses outstretched and water flowing toward the top of one of the buildings. A p...
Fire crews are at Apple Valley Community Center on Friday afternoon after a fire was spotted atop the building. Chopper 5 showed several fire engines and firefighters at the building in the 4 o’clock hour, with hoses outstretched and water flowing toward the top of one of the bui...
Criminal charges will not be filed against two St. Paul police officers who shot an armed suspected car thief on a ramp to Interstate 94 over the winter. The Ramsey County Attorney’s Office announced Friday that the force used by officers Matthew Foy and Byron Treangen III was ju...
A federal grand jury on Wednesday indicted Aaron Farinacci, 37, formally accusing him of starting the Old Trails Fire in early August, which burned over 3,000 acres and caused devastating damages to homes in the area....
Three men were charged Tuesday after police said guns were shown during a confrontation inside Macy’s at the Mall of America. According to criminal complaints, Abdihakim Mohamoud, 21, of Burnsville, Abdifatah Douled, 20, of Lino Lakes, and Samatar Abdisalam, 21, of St. Paul were ...
Reported crime fell sharply from 2024 to 2025, according to an annual state report. The data was briefly yanked after the BCA learned that the state’s two most high-profile homicides last year were omitted....
The Lake Harriet Bandshell is hosting an evening of music and remembrance to honor the people who died 25 years ago on 9/11. The free annual event has welcomed thousands of community members, veterans, service personnel and families for over two decades. Friday’s schedule kicks o...
The FBI is investigating a child welfare facility on the Red Lake Reservation after executing a search warrant Thursday at Ombimindwaa Gidinawemaaganinaadog, formerly known as Family and Children Services. The FBI and the Bureau of Indian Affairs have not made any arrests so far,...
President Donald Trump marked the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks Friday at a Pentagon ceremony honoring the nearly 3,000 people killed when hijackers crashed planes into three sites across the country....
An update from Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says the city is moving forward with a national search for its next police chief. According to the mayor, dozens of applicants have already applied for the position, with a mix of internal and external candidates. The city’s “executive ...
Minneapolis leaders say the city’s General Fund is expected to fall below the required minimum balance by the end of the year, dipping into its emergency reserves for the first time in more than a decade. A city budget chart shows the General Fund forecasted to fall $22 million o...
Search warrants revealed a warning that came hours before the gunfire erupted at Loring Towers in downtown Minneapolis.
Bloomington police arrested four men after reports of guns being drawn at Mall of America during a confrontation between opposing groups.
The arrests were announced one day after another human trafficking investigation unfolded in Brooklyn Center.
Violent crime in Minnesota declined in every major category last year, according to new data released by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. Instances of murder, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault all decreased in 2025, and overall violent crime dropped for the four...
The wildfires that burned in northern Minnesota for months have now been 100% contained, fire officials report.
A Minnesota school bus company repeatedly operated buses that inspectors had deemed too dangerous to drive, but prosecutors rarely filed charges, according to state and court records obtained by 5 INVESTIGATES. The findings come after a high-profile crash this past spring involvi...
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