Trapped: Dying alone in grain bins
Minnesota is leading the nation in grain bin and silo accidents, the FOX 9 Investigators has learned. Since June, there have been nine deaths and three rescues.
A billion little pieces: Drowning in microplastics
There’s always something to worry about.
Violence on the road: Criminal vehicular homicide sentences ‘all over the map,’ but why?
The Fox 9 Investigators found about one third of drivers in Minnesota who kill people with their vehicles end up spending a year or less behind bars.
Last gasp of coal: Plants running when cheaper, cleaner energy available
This may go down as the decade coal energy died, but it’s not going down without a fight.
Last gasp of coal: Plants running when cheaper, cleaner energy available
This may go down as the decade coal energy died, but it’s not going down without a fight.
Art of the Deal: Renderings of proposed projects draw expectations
When developers and city leaders are selling the public on any project, big or small, a concept rendering is almost always provided.
Violence on the road: Criminal vehicular homicide sentences ‘all over the map,’ but why?
Under state law, a conviction for criminal vehicular homicide carries a 10-year maximum prison sentence and a guideline sentence of four years for someone without a criminal record. But the reasons judges and prosecutors deviate from guideline sentences vary greatly, as do the sentences themselves.
Violence on the road: Criminal vehicular homicide sentences ‘all over the map,’ but why?
The Fox 9 Investigators found about one third of drivers in Minnesota who kill people with their vehicles end up spending a year or less behind bars.
An unexplained death
For a decade Bob and Sandy Anderson have been looking for answers as to how and why their 19-year-old son, Robbie, died during a night of drinking with friends. They may finally be closer to getting answers.
An unexplained death
For a decade Bob and Sandy Anderson have been looking for answers as to how and why their 19-year-old son, Robbie, died during a night of drinking with friends.
Speed: Canterbury Park race horses exposed to methamphetamine
The Minnesota Racing Commission levied fines and suspensions against horses that tested positive, but a FOX 9 investigation shows human methamphetamine use could be the culprit for the positive tests.
State finds physician had business dealings with patients, calls it inappropriate
A Minnesota physician has been been had been ordered to take a course on professional boundaries by the State's Board of Medical Practice
North Minneapolis riverfront project: If you build it, will Beyonce come?
Everyone involved with planning the Upper Harbor Terminal development in North Minneapolis agrees the project will be important for generations to come, but there are major disagreements on what the final project should include.
Former Wisconsin DA who harassed women facing charges reprimanded by Minnesota Supreme Court
The Minnesota Supreme Court is reprimanding a former Wisconsin District Attorney after a FOX 9 investigation found he sexually harassed women who were facing criminal charges.
Parents struggle to pay out of home placement, state spends $10 million to collect $3 million
Michelle’s son played hockey and raced motocross. He was from all accounts a normal teenager, but then something happened his parents never expected.
Parents struggle to pay out of home placement, state spends $10 million to collect $3 million
When children are placed outside the home, whether it is in some kind of foster care, a group home, treatment center, or juvenile detention, there’s a taxpayer cost.
Green Acres: Minnesota farmers get $1 billion in subsidies, but checks also go to 'city slickers'
Minnesota farmers have collected more than a billion dollars in federal farm subsidies since the beginning of the trade war. Along with expected disaster aid and crop insurance, farm subsidies in Minnesota could reach a record $2 billion.
Minnesota farmers get $1 billion in subsidies, but checks also go to 'city slickers'
Minnesota farmers have collected more than a billion dollars in federal farm subsidies since the beginning of the trade war. Along with expected disaster aid and crop insurance, farm subsidies in Minnesota could reach a record $2 billion.
A serial arsonist and his vanishing rap sheet
When serial arsonist Alan Enger was sentenced for his fifth arson last July, he got what most would consider a pretty good deal: 90-days in the county workhouse.
Lawmakers respond to FOX 9 for light rail investigation
A Republican state lawmaker says he will consider a package of reforms to enhance security on Metro Transit, after a FOX 9 Investigators revealed an uptick in violent assaults, thefts, and robberies.