Lobbyist involved in campaign contribution investigation: 'I did the right thing'

The once anonymous lobbyist at the center of a FOX 9 Investigation into bribery solicitation allegations in the St. Paul Mayor's race has come forward, saying her reputation is being attacked.

EXCLUSIVE: St. Paul mayoral candidate Dai Thao fires campaign manager

As a result of a Fox 9 Investigation, a candidate for St. Paul Mayor, and current City Council member Dai Thao, has fired his campaign manager for allegedly soliciting a bribe from a lobbyist in exchange for a vote.

UPDATE: Campaign contribution request now being referred for criminal probe

St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman has asked Police Chief Todd Axtell to look into allegations raised in a FOX 9 Investigation that Dai Thao's former campaign manager, Angela Marlow, solicited an illegal campaign contribution. 

Cottage Grove man indicted in murder for hire case

A Washington County Grand Jury indicted a Cottage Grove man today for the first degree murder of his wife. It took the Grand Jury only a few minutes of deliberations to reach its decision. Stephen Allwine is accused of killing his wife, Amy Allwine, last November after unsuccessfully attempting to hire a hit man on the ‘dark web' to murder his wife.

Group home causing concern for police, neighbors
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Police and residents in Coon Rapids, Minnesota are speaking out about a vulnerable adult living in a state-run group home whose violent behavior has brought officers to the neighborhood at least 46 times since last July.

New Leadership at Univ. of Minnesota Psychiatry Dept promises changes

Three years ago the Fox 9 Investigators told the story of a young man who died while enrolled in a psychiatric drug study at the University of Minnesota.

Lawmakers demand answers from Metro Mobility after Fox 9 Investigation

Some lawmakers are demanding answers after a Fox 9 Investigation highlighted safety concerns involving Metro Mobility, a taxpayer-funded ride service for the elderly and people with disabilities.

Lawmakers demand answers from Metro Mobility after Fox 9 investigation
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Minnesota lawmakers are demanding answers from Metro Mobility after a Fox 9 investigation found many instances of unsafe driving and other incidents involving the ride service.

FAKE NEWS: The media's existential crisis
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For news consumers the relentless discussion of ?fake news? can make it seem like reality itself is suddenly up for grabs. And for those who write and produce journalism, it can seem like a media Twilight Zone, where ?All The News Fit To Print,? as it says on the New York Times masthead, is now decided by social media shares, likes, and retweets.

Cyber-security flaw sleuths put business to test
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In our hyper-connected world, every office and home is a potential target for a cyber-attack. Recently, the Fox 9 Investigators followed professional hackers. Their mission is to help companies discover weaknesses before the bad guys find them.

INVESTIGATORS: 1 person, 1 home, millions of dollars
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One person lives in the three bedroom home and state employees come and go around the clock.There are at least three per shift and they are hired to support the needs of the lone occupant. The Fox 9 Investigators discovered it is costing taxpayers almost a million dollars a year.

Victor Barnard now appealing criminal case

Minnesota cult leader Victor Barnard is appealing his criminal conviction in which he plead guilty to sexually molesting two of his teenage followers. As part of a plea bargain, Barnard had agreed to a 30 year prison sentence. 

Civil lawsuit filed against River Road Fellowship

A woman who was sexually assaulted by cult leader Victor Barnard for nearly a decade, beginning when she was 13 years old, is now filing a civil lawsuit against 15 former leaders of his religious group, the River Road Fellowship.

After 14 months and Fox 9 report, charges filed in Isanti County hit-and-run

More than a year after a fatal hit and run accident, the daughter of a former Cambridge, Minnesota police officer has been charged with leaving the scene of an accident. Prosecutors did not charge Bailey Anne Hanson, 22, with the more serious offense of criminal vehicular homicide.

Husband arrested in Cottage Grove murder

Up until now Cottage Grove police have only described Amy Allwine's death as suspicious. But on Tuesday, two months after she was killed, police arrested her 43-year-old husband Stephen Allwine for her murder.

Convicted cult leader Victor Barnard beaten in prison

Convicted cult leader Victor Barnard was violently assaulted Sunday night at the state prison in Rush City, Fox 9 has learned.

Documents reveal dismissed criminal case against Archdiocese

One thousand pages of documents released by the Ramsey County Attorney’s Office and St. Paul Police detail the criminal investigation into the Archdiocese of St. Paul-Minneapolis. 

Victims abused by Minnesota casting director awarded more than $2 million

Two sex abuse victims have been awarded more two million dollars by a Hennepin County jury because of the abuse they suffered from a local casting director, Matthew Feeney.