Minnesota

In a daring rescue operation, firefighters in Minnesota saved a dog from the treacherous 8-foot waves of Lake Superior.

Former Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter is set to be released from prison this week, after serving 16 months behind bars for the killing of Daunte Wright.

Thao suffered a broken leg and other injuries, but he is expected to live. Authorities are still looking for the two men involved in the chase.

One employee at Brooklyn Center took the adage to heart when they were spotted giving a patron the shoes off their feet, according to a post on the store’s social media accounts.

Derek Gotchie refused to let a car thief in Minneapolis get away in his vehicle, that his four young children inside. Using a vehicle abandoned by the thief, he chased down the crook and saved his kids.

Authorities arrested a 45-year-old burglary suspect after following his fresh footprints in the snow, a news release says. 

A man with a negative balance in his bank account is charged with theft by swindle after conning a Minnetonka dealership out of a nearly $200,000 luxury vehicle.

A 22-year-old man faces murder charges for allegedly ordering two teenagers to break into his ex-girlfriend’s apartment and kill her current boyfriend, as well as her if she got in the way, according to authorities. 

The delay in reporting Powerball’s winning numbers for the $2 billion jackpot was due to a processing delay in Minnesota, the Minnesota Lottery said in a release. 

The generosity of a young trick-or-treater in Waconia, Minnesota, didn't go unnoticed thanks to a woman's door camera. 

A Brainerd man is accused of fatally shooting his daughter's boyfriend, who he suspected was abusing her, criminal charges state.

In a landmark case, a jury found a Minnesota pharmacy didn't discriminate against a woman who was denied the morning-after pill in 2019, but the jury did award her $25,000. 

Guinness World Records says this 63-year-old grandmother from Minneapolis has set a new record for having the longest fingernails in the world.

Police stopped a drunk driver recently who was more than six times over the alcohol limit in Blaine.

A bear cub in Northern Minnesota is getting called out by researchers for being a “twerp.” The cub's antics were captured on trail camera video, and are adorable.

Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 20 ½ years in prison on Thursday after reaching a plea agreement on federal charges that he violated George Floyd's civil rights in 2020, as well as those of Jonathan Pope, a Black teenager, in 2017. 

The search for a six-year-old girl in Northfield, Minnesota continued Sunday after her mother was found dead inside their home on Saturday.