11+ hour, 1+ min ago   (708+ words) 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…...

12+ hour, 21+ min ago   (81+ words) 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…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (145+ words) A letter from Minnesota’s Department of Corrections commissioner says authorities are investigating possible contraband entering one of its prisons. According to the letter, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) and the Department of Corrections Office of Special Investigations (OSI)…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (373+ words) A Hugo woman will serve probation and community service for sending a number of threatening voicemails to House Speaker Lisa Demuth earlier this year. Rachel Welsch, 43, pleaded guilty in July to one felony count of threats of violence and was…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (210+ words) Twin Cities racehorse owner Barry Butzow was convicted Wednesday in a 2024 sexual conduct case tied to allegations from a private party worker. Butzow, a well-known member of the horse racing community, was sentenced to serve 60 days on work release. In…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (315+ words) A man acquitted of killing a St. Olaf Football player during a botched robbery in 2025 has been sentenced for illegal possession of a firearm. Terrell Anthony Ranzy, 20, was sentenced to 60 months in prison for possession of a firearm by an…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (619+ words) Brooklyn Center police said a year‑long investigation into suspected human trafficking and other criminal activity led to search warrants at four hotels early Wednesday — resulting in 23 arrests and a large multi‑agency response. “Today is about accountability, but it’s…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (960+ words) The ambush, assassination-style murder of St. Paul police officer Jim Sackett, Sr., in 1970 was an unsolved cold case for more than three decades. A series of stories by 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS resulted in the case being reopened in 1994, with two men…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (249+ words) A Monticello man was charged Tuesday for shooting his sister’s boyfriend in the chest over a dispute involving a cat, according to a criminal complaint. 48-year-old Steven Stahlberg was charged with two counts of second-degree murder. Stahlberg is accused of…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (577+ words) The whole operation took less than three minutes and targeted the most valuable works in the Renoir Museum in the town of Cagnes-sur-Mer, the regional prosecutor’s office said. The theft conjured up painful memories of the spectacular heist of crown…...