Murder charges dismissed in 2016 Minneapolis drive-by shooting of 2-year-old boy

Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman has dismissed the murder charges against the suspected gunman in a deadly 2016 drive-by shooting of a 2-year-old boy in Minneapolis.

Innocent bystander hit by gunfire in uptown recounts terrifyingly close call

One of the victims of a Sept. 18 shooting in Uptown says she’s traumatized, nine days after she was shot walking down West Lake Street. 

Reward offered for information on Minneapolis church arson

Authorities are offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information on an act of arson that destroyed a Minneapolis church back in April.

Frey won't say if Arradondo will stay as chief past 2022

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has made Police Chief Medaria Arradondo a central theme in his campaign to defeat a ballot question that would replace the city's police department this fall.

Child grazed by bullet while sleeping in bed in Minneapolis

Minneapolis police say a boy sleeping in his bed overnight was grazed by a bullet after shots were fired near his home.

Child grazed by bullet while sleeping in bed in Minneapolis
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Minneapolis police say a boy sleeping in his bed overnight was grazed by a bullet after shots were fired near his home.

Midwives celebrate 50 years of service at Hennepin Healthcare

There aren’t many workplaces where coworkers can say they’ve helped deliver each other’s babies, but Hennepin Healthcare is one, and on Saturday Minnesota’s first certified midwife service celebrated 50 years of delivering babies.

Minnesota group working to make rowing more inclusive launches site

North Star Community Rowing is celebrating the grand opening of its very own launch site in northern Minneapolis. The new site is three years in the making and leaders hope this is just the beginning of attracting more people to the sport of rowing.

Well-known Minnesota wrestler 'Playboy Pete Huge' dies at 41

Local wrestler Peter Houston, also known as Playboy Pete Huge, was found dead inside his South Minneapolis home earlier this month.

Well-known Minnesota wrestler 'Playboy Pete Huge' dies at 41
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To mom and sister, Peter Houston was the youngest in the family, a giant, sentimental, loving teddy bear, who was found dead inside his South Minneapolis home, alone earlier this month. He was just 41 years old.

Popular Minnesota wrestler 'Playboy Pete Huge' dies at 41
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To mom and sister, Peter Houston was the youngest in the family, a giant, sentimental, loving teddy bear, who was found dead inside his South Minneapolis home, alone earlier this month. He was just 41 years old.

Alleged Tony Lazzaro co-conspirator pleads not guilty in child sex trafficking case, avoids pretrial jail

Gisela Castro Medina, the alleged child sex trafficking co-conspirator of ex-Minnesota GOP donor Tony Lazzaro, pleaded not guilty to several charges Thursday and will avoid pretrial jail.

State Patrol chief refutes major who said troopers purged emails, texts from 2020 riots
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Minnesota State Patrol Col. Matt Langer is refuting a patrol major who testified this summer that a "vast majority" of troopers deleted emails and text messages about their response to the 2020 riots in Minneapolis and St. Paul.

Along Minneapolis's Lake Street, developers anxious for rebuilding aid

Developers are anxious for the state of Minnesota to deliver long-awaited grants, their plans to rebuild from the 2020 riots on hold until the financing puzzle comes together.

Minneapolis approving additional worker’s compensation settlements with first responders

The Minneapolis City Council’s Policy and Government Oversight Committee approved nearly two dozen worker’s compensation settlements with first responders walking away from their jobs, claiming mental health and trauma-related issues.