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Rep. Dave Baker: A dark day in Minnesota: A time to grieve, reflect, and heal

From the commentary, "We must ... come together, not as Republicans or Democrats, but as Minnesotans, united in sorrow and committed to healing."

Minnesota

Warrant issued for man minutes before he and wife found dead in Hermantown, Minnesota

Court documents indicate the 63-year-old had been acting erratically and aggressively toward family members the day before the shooting deaths.

Jun 18

Minnesota

Hortman family鈥檚 dog, gravely injured in attack on couple, has died

The Hortman family raised and trained their golden retriever, Gilbert, through Helping Paws, a nonprofit organization that trains assistance dogs

Jun 17

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Minnesota

Political violence is on the rise, Minnesota-based expert says

Q&A with Jillian Peterson, professor of criminology and criminal justice at Hamline University and co-founder of The Violence Project

Jun 17

Latest Headlines

Minnesota

Burnsville police chaplain: 鈥極ur community is broken鈥�

Hundreds gather at Burnsville, Minnesota, vigil for slain officers, paramedic

Feb 19, 2024

By Mara H. Gottfried / St. Paul Pioneer Press

NFL: Super Bowl LVIII-Kansas City Chiefs Celebration

National

Shooting near Kansas City Super Bowl victory rally kills at least one, injures 21

Three suspects taken into custody.

Feb 14, 2024

By Steve Gorman / Reuters

Minnesota

Police: Motive unknown in shooting that left 3 dead in Cloquet

A 22-year-old Cloquet woman and a 35-year-old Deer River man were killed before the shooter took his own life

Jan 9, 2024

By Macklin Caruso

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Minnesota

3 dead after Cloquet shooting

No information regarding a motive was available Monday night, police said

Jan 8, 2024

By Staff reports

Aftermath of a shooting at Perry High 歪歪漫画 in Perry, Iowa

National

Sixth-grade student killed in Iowa school shooting, gunman dead

Police also discovered an improvised explosive device when searching the high school.

Jan 4, 2024

By Scott Morgan and Joseph Ax / Reuters

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Minnesota

Carlton County man who 'mercy killed' wife dies by suicide in prison

Raymond Julian had just been sentenced to 25 years after pleading guilty in the fatal shooting of Tracy Julian

Dec 29, 2023

By Tom Olsen

uniformed men carry body on stretcher near house

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The Vault

Families object as Minnesota triple killer seeks early release nearly 30 years after crimes

Todd Warren claims he is a changed man nearly 30 years after killing Sam Witherspoon, Keith Hermanson and Peter Moore in Duluth. The victims' loved ones say he needs to serve his time.

Dec 15, 2023

By Tom Olsen

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The Vault

Killer foretold Minneapolis double murder in an infamous blues song years earlier

Guitarist Pat Hare recorded the menacing song "I'm Gonna Murder My Baby" in Memphis in 1954. But the song would take on an eerie legend after Hare shot and killed his partner and a Minneapolis Police officer in 1963.

Dec 14, 2023

By J.J. Perry