At around 6:50 a.m. on August 11, an inmate at the Beltrami County jail was found unresponsive in his cell by other cell mates who alerted jail staff. Immediate lifesaving efforts were initiated and Fire and EMS personnel were called to the jail, but the inmate was pronounced dead at the scene.
Authorities have identified a couple found fatally shot at a farm in northwestern Minnesota.
On Tuesday August 2, just after midnight, Duluth Police arrested 50-year-old Wallace Warren of Embrrass, MN for 2nd degree burglary.
The Duluth Police Department is notifying the public on the release and relocation of a Level III Predatory Offender 55 year old, David Houle.
On Tuesday, August 2, investigators from the Lake Superior Drug and Violent Crime Task Force with assistance of the Duluth Police Department, St. Louis Sheriff’s office, Douglas County Sheriff’s Department, Superior Police Department, Cloquet Police Department, and the Fond Du Lac Police Department arrested multiple individuals for distributing controlled substances.
UPDATE: Authorities have located Delores Wolfley
Duluth Police Chief Mike Tusken has been on the job as the city’s top cop for roughly 90 days now, and he’s talking to FOX 21’s Dan Hanger about hard research underway to decide whether more cops should be on the streets of Duluth.
Duluth Police Chief Mike Tusken took some time out of his day to read one of his favorite stories to some community youngsters.
At approximately 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday August 2, authorities located a man wanted for murder, after he stole his victim’s car.
Duluth Police Department makes an arrest after receiving and responding to a suspicious activity call.
A group of Superior residents have a strong statement to make they support local law enforcement, and they want to show it on their own homes.
A 23-year-old woman who sold heroin to a Hermantown woman who died after using it was sentenced to more than six years in prison, Monday.
Authorities in southeastern Wisconsin plan to exhume the body of a newborn baby who was found dead nearly 27-years-ago. Trappers had found the boy’s body beneath the Des Plaines River Bridge in the Town of Paris on November 9, 1989.
The St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a case of arson.
The Associated Press reports that a 14-year-old northwestern Wisconsin girl told police she was a psychopath looking for her first kill. She is now accused of riding her bike to the home of her brother’s girlfriend, beating her, and then slitting her throat.
 A special prosecutor will be brought in to assist in the Philando Castile Investigation.
Itasca County Attorney John J. Muhar reports that on July 28, 2016, a hearing was held in Itasca County District Court in the case of State of Minnesota v. Emery James Jenkins.
The Duluth Police Department is notifying the public on the release and relocation of a Level III Predatory Offender 44-year-old Dennis Armstrong.
On Wednesday July 27, the Sawyer County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call that a female victim has been shot at a residence at 10690W Twin Lakes Road in Sawyer County.
On Tuesday, July 26, 2016, Samuel Nelson of Proctor was formally charged with two counts of Fleeing Police in a Motor Vehicle and one count of Assault in the Second Degree which involves a dangerous weapon.
Authorities say a 50-year-old suspect fired at law officers during a standoff in Lincoln County before police shot and killed the individual.
Fox News reports that three persons of interest, in the recent nightclub shooting in Fort Myers, Florida, were arrested Tuesday morning. The trio was booked into the Lee County Jail on unrelated charges.
The Duluth Police Department reported on their Facebook page that late Tuesday morning officers and the Lake Superior Drug and Violent Crime Task Force made an arrest on the 2200 West block of 3rd Street.
On March 30, 1981, John Hinckley Jr. attempted to shoot and kill President Ronald Regan outside of the Washington Hilton Hotel. Hinckley fired six shots, where he hit four people, including Reagan, who suffered a wound when a bullet bounced off the presidential limo.
Back in 2014, two Wisconsin girls were accused of trying to kill their friend as a sacrifice to the fictional horror character, Slender Man.
Cloquet Police Chief, Steve Stracek, confirmed Tuesday, that a Virginia man with a lengthy criminal record has been charged with nine felonies in connection with the shooting that took place on Sunday.
Fox 9 – KMSP reports that St. Paul police have arrested at leas 20 protesters who refused to leave Summit Avenue in front of the Governor’s Residence. Police started making the arrests just after 11 am Tuesday, four hours after they began negotiations.
A truck drove onto the sidewalk and plowed through a crowd of Bastille Day revelers who had gathered to watch fireworks in the French resort city of Nice late Thursday in what some officials and eyewitnesses described as a deliberate attack.
Officers across the country are facing violence after the recent deaths of two black men.
On Monday, June 27th, 2016, Ellis Tooles of Eagan, MN was initially arrested and then charged with possession of controlled substance and child endangerment.
The Associated Press reports that Japan’s national broadcaster NHK is reporting that 15 people were killed and 45 injured in a knife attack at a facility for the handicapped in Sagamihara, just outside Tokyo.
The Duluth model for domestic violence has been named the world’s best policy to address violence against women and girls.
Itasca County authorities have charged 35-year-old Joseph Christen Thoresen,of Grand Rapids, with the murder of David Haiman, 20, of Hibbing.
A level three predatory offender will be returning to Hibbing in July.
A gunman killed 50 and injured dozens more in a Orlando nightclub.
Detectives assigned to the Economic Crimes Unit have arrested a woman for adoption fraud in Tampa, Florida that involves a Duluth couple.
A mother in Hibbing spoke out exclusively Wednesday to FOX 21’s Dan Hanger after authorities say a random man broke into her home and sexually assaulted her 5-year-old daughter while the family was sleeping.
Northland police departments are working to build trust and connect with communities.Â
Gunfire erupted at a nightclub, Club Blu, in Fort Myers, Florida. The nightclub was hosting a swimsuit-themed party for teens when gunfire ensued, leaving two teens dead and at least 17 other people wounded, early Monday.
The Duluth Police Department reported on their Facebook page early Monday afternoon that the Duluth Police Special Investigation Unit received information on a wanted individual.
A suspect in the shooting that took place on the Fond du Lac Reservation Sunday afternoon, leaving two people injured has been located and taken into custody.
A shooting investigation was underway Sunday on the Fond du Lac Reservation.
On Monday July 18, at approximately 1:25 p.m., Duluth Police and the Lake Superior Drug and Violent Crime Task Force arrested 36-year-old Mario Jackson of Austin, MN.
A vehicular homicide charge has been dropped against a Superior woman who is accused of striking and killing her friend while driving under the influence.
Police presence is heightened on day two of the Republican National Convention.
An officer with the Kansas City, Kansas Police Department was and killed Tuesday afternoon shot while responding to a 911 call that at least three people were shooting from a vehicle.
In the early Tuesday morning hours, Hermantown Officers were requested to assist the St. Louis County Sheriff’s Department in locating a vehicle leaving the area of Munger Shaw Road traveling south on Hwy 53 towards Pike Lake.
On July 18, Itasca County Attorney, John J. Muhar reports a complain was filed in Itasca County District Court charging Joeseph Greniger, 20, of Grand Rapids, with one Count of felony First Degree Witness Tampering.
David Smithson, 27, of Duluth pleaded guilty to criminal vehicular homicide, Monday for driving under the influence of a controlled substance when his vehicle struck and killed Brian Respler on December 19.
Police officers in both Minneapolis and St. Paul are taking precautions as officer involved shootings are on the rise.
