Minnesota News Network

• St. Paul City Council candidate arrested for posting topless photo on campaign website July 16, 2018
  Saint Paul City Council candidate David Martinez was arrested Monday morning for posting a topless photo of his estranged wife on his campaign website — but prosecutors haven’t yet decided whether to charge him. Mayor Melvin Carter has asked Martinez to immediately drop out of the race. In the past two months, Martinez has been […]
  Bill Werner
• State Appeals Court affirms lower court ruling on release of serial sex offender Thomas Duvall July 16, 2018
  A three-judge panel of the Minnesota Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court ruling that would allow the conditional release of serial rapist Thomas Duvall from the Minnesota Sex Offender Program. Human Services Commissioner Emily Piper has said she’ll appeal to the Minnesota Supreme Court. Attorneys for Duvall argued the court should focus on […]
  Bill Werner
• Somali leaders want independent investigation after children detained by police in Minneapolis park July 16, 2018
  Somali community leaders want an independent investigation after four children who they say were threatened by a man with a pocket knife, were then detained by Minneapolis Park Police. Aden Aden says, “If they decide to release the body-cam footage, you’ll hear me keep saying, please, sir, get the gun out of my face… because […]
  Bill Werner
• Police investigating shots fired Sunday at crowded Minnehaha park picnic area July 16, 2018
  Police are investigating after shots were reportedly fired in a crowded picnic area of Minnehaha Park in Minneapolis last night. Witnesses say a car drove into a parking lot near a splash pad and pavilion where dozens of families were gathered at around 8 pm and began firing at a group of people in the […]
  Scott Peterson