FBI: Al-Shabaab Released Video To Recruit Minn. Men For Jihad
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – It’s well documented that foreign terror groups have been working to bring in new recruits. In fact, more than two-dozen young Somali-Americans from the Twin Cities have already...
View ArticleMan Accused Of Flying Ultralight Plane Aircraft Over Festival
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 28-year-old Biwabik, Minn. man has been arrested and charged with allegedly flying an ultralight aircraft low over a Bluegrass Festival while intoxicated Thursday, according to...
View ArticleNo Charges Filed Against 2 Mpls. Cops In Green Bay Incident
(credit: CBS) MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — No charges will be filed against two Minneapolis police officers who got into a fight in Green Bay, Wis. earlier this summer, according to a Green Bay Police...
View ArticleSt. Paul Teen Charged In Beating That Resulted In Brain Damage
(credit: St. Paul Police) ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) — A 19-year-old St. Paul man was charged Friday in connection with the brutal beating and robbery of a young man on the city’s east side, according to...
View ArticleAuthorities Investigate Wis. Home Invasion, Fatal Shooting
From left to right: Rocky Butler, James Hamilton, Kevin Crone (credit: Sawyer County Sheriff’s Office) MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Sawyer County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a home invasion that...
View ArticleSt. Paul Man Fights For Life After Being Beaten By Several People
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Twenty-six-year-old Raymond Widstrand was walking on Payne Avenue Sunday evening when he came across a large group of people, who were watching a fight. Police say it happened...
View ArticleSomali Community Leaders Respond To Terror Recruitment Video
(credit: CBS) MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Somali community in Minnesota is doing everything it can to stop terror groups from recruiting men from the Twin Cities. The FBI says more than two dozen young...
View Article7 Car Break-Ins Overnight In St. Francis
ST. FRANCIS, Minn. (WCCO) – St. Francis police are investigating a rash of car break-ins — done all in one night. Seven cars were broken into on Yucca Street NW and the person responsible destroyed...
View ArticlePolice: Woman’s Body Found Alongside Road In Otsego
(credit: Eliot Schechter/AFP/Getty Images) OTSEGO, Minn. (WCCO) – Wright County officials are trying to find out how a woman died on Saturday morning. Her body was found on the side of Parrish Road...
View ArticleAuthorities: Man Found Shot Dead At St. Paul Park House
(credit: ThinkStock) ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) – Police were called to the scene of a shooting in St. Paul Park at 1:45 a.m. Saturday. Once there, authorities found a man dead from a gun shot at a house...
View ArticleFBI Wants Public’s Help IDing St. Cloud Robbery Suspect
ST. CLOUD, Minn. (WCCO) — The FBI is asking for the public’s help in locating the suspect from a Friday robbery of the American National Bank. (credit: FBI) According to authorities, an elderly man...
View ArticleCops: 2 Arrested In Connection With Slain MN National Guard Sgt.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) – St. Paul Police say they’ve arrested two people in connection with the shooting death of a Minnesota National Guard sergeant earlier this week. According to the St. Paul...
View ArticleCanine Pals Make Prison Life Easier For Rush City Inmates
RUSH CITY, Minn. (WCCO) – Rush City’s prison is a level-four security facility that houses some of the most dangerous criminals in Minnesota. It’s the last place you’d expect an organization to turn...
View ArticleNew Brighton Police Chase Ends With Body Pulled From Lake
ROSEVILLE, Minn. (WCCO) — Police in the north metro are investigating a chase that ended with the suspect’s body being pulled from a lake. It started around 9:30 p.m. Saturday night when a Roseville...
View ArticlePolice Investigating Man’s Drowning Death After Chase
ROSEVILLE, Minn. (WCCO) — Police in Roseville are investigating a car chase that ended with a man drowning in a lake in Arden Hills over the weekend. It started at about 9:30 p.m. Saturday on...
View ArticleAuthorities Investigating Vandalism At Edina Middle School
EDINA, Minn. (WCCO) – School is not back in session yet, but custodians had to be called in over the weekend to clean up a school in Edina after being hit by vandals. Police said sometime overnight on...
View ArticleMan Sentenced In Drunken Crash That Killed 3
(credit: Kandiyohi County) MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A Cokato man has been sentenced for drunkenly causing a car crash that killed three generations of a family last year in Kandiyohi County. Paul...
View ArticleManslaughter Conviction Reversed In Hunter Case
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Court of Appeals has reversed the manslaughter conviction of a man accused of pulling down a deer stand while another man was in it. An appeals panel ruled 2-1...
View ArticleBemidji Police: No Charges In Facebook Drug Post
BEMIDJI, Minn. (AP) — The Bemidji police chief says no charges will be issued after someone posted a Facebook ad for marijuana. Someone had offered, “WEED FOR SALE!!!” last week on a page called...
View ArticleMan Sentenced To Prison In Crash That Killed 2 Cousins
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 21-year-old St. Paul man has been sentenced to prison in the February deaths of two of his cousins. On Monday, Teng Vang was specifically sentenced to 5 years in prison. In June,...
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