KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Two juveniles were charged with crimes connected to the mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl rally, authorities said Friday, as the city tries to recover in the aftermath of the violence. A news release from the Jackson County Family Court said the juveniles were charged Thursday and are being detained in the county’s…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The mass shooting that unfolded amid throngs of people at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl celebration appeared to stem from a dispute between several people, authorities said Thursday. Police Chief Stacey Graves said that the 22 people injured in the shooting ranged between the ages of 8 and 47 years old, half of whom were under…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — At least one person was killed Wednesday in a shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade, police say. Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves said at a news conference that one person is dead and up to 15 were injured. It’s not clear how many were injured by gunshots “I’m angry at what…
DULUTH, Minn. –The Duluth Police Department has a put out a photograph of a suspect in a weekend armed robbery. The person appears to be a man, and in one of the pictures it looks like the person is holding a large handgun. The armed robbery happened on Super Bowl Sunday, about 7 p.m. It happened at the Cenex Short…
Raymond Skoglund DULUTH, Minn. — A Duluth firefighter who was seriously injured in a hit-and-run incident last month will soon be getting specialized care at a hospital in Colorado. Ray Skoglund, 24, will fly out of Monaco Air around 11:45 a.m. Monday to head to Craig Hospital in Denver to receive advanced physical therapy, according to the city of Duluth….
LUTSEN, Minn. — Less than an hour after describing the Lutsen Resort Main Lodge fire, as a crime scene, the Cook County Sheriff’s office said it is not a crime scene. In response to an email from FOX21, Sheriff Pat Eliasen replied, “It is not a crime scene. The release was worded incorrectly. We are sorry for the confusion…the release…
NEW YORK (AP) — A suspected shoplifter opened fire inside a Times Square sporting goods store after being confronted by a security guard Thursday night, hitting a tourist in the leg before fleeing into the street, according to police. As police chased the shooter a few blocks on the busy streets of Midtown, Manhattan, he fired twice at an officer,…
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan jury convicted a school shooter’s mother of involuntary manslaughter Tuesday in a first-of-its-kind trial to determine whether she had any responsibility in the deaths of four students in 2021. Prosecutors say Jennifer Crumbley was grossly negligent when she failed to tell Oxford High School that the family had guns, including a 9 mm handgun that…
A Virginia man was sentenced Monday for causing an alcohol and cannabis-induced crash last fall that killed a woman. David Medicine, 38, will face 41 months in prison for the crime, according to court records. Medicine was driving on Highway 169 during the evening hours when he slammed his vehicle into a pick-up truck that was sitting still in backed-up…
SUPERIOR, Wis. — Two armored vehicles were deployed around a home in Superior Saturday morning after police say a man was threatening his girlfriend with a rifle. The incident began just after midnight at a home in the 1200 block of Birch Avenue. “A female caller reported she had been in an argument with her boyfriend, during which he threatened…
DULUTH, Minn. — The Duluth Police Department arrested a 44-year-old man involved in a stabbing with the help of their Drone unit. Police say they responded to a report of the stabbing at 2:15 a.m. Thursday in the 6700 block of Redruth Street. Upon arrival officers located a 35-year-old man with non-life-threatening stab wounds who they transport to a local…
A man has been charged in the crash that severely injured a Duluth firefighter who was jogging. The criminal complaint filed Monday identifies the driver as 88-year-old Ronald Gene Myrdahl of Duluth. Myrdahl is charged with “Criminal Vehicular Operation–Great Bodily Harm–Driver Who Causes Collision Leaves Scene.” The complaint says Myrdahl was driving his minivan on Grand Avenue in Duluth about…
DULUTH, Minn. — An alleged stabbing took place Tuesday night leaving one person in the hospital. The Duluth Police Department says at 9 p.m. they responded to a report of a stabbing at Chum. The victim, a 37-year-old man had a minor stab wound to his elbow and was transported to a local hospital. Police say at the same time…
The man who stole the ruby slippers of Wizard of Oz fame, now moves only by wheelchair and is on oxygen 24/7. Doctors give him only months to live. His attorney said Monday’s sentencing gives at least partial closure to investigators, the museum, and Terry Jon Martin himself–the man who confessed to stealing the slippers. “At the end of your…
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — A dying thief who confessed to stealing a pair of ruby slippers that Judy Garland wore in “The Wizard of Oz” because he wanted to pull off “one last score” was given no additional prison time at his sentencing hearing Monday. Terry Jon Martin, 76, stole the slippers in 2005 from the Judy Garland Museum in…
CLOQUET, Minn. — The Cloquet Police Department has released an update regarding the Super 8 Motel shooting incident that happened earlier this month. The shooting occurred January 8 with the shooter taking the life of 2 victims, 22-year-old Shellby Trettel of Cloquet and 35-year-old Patrick Jeffrey Roers of Deer River before taking his own life. The suspect is Nicholas Lenius,…
Raymond Skoglund DULUTH, Minn. – FOX 21 has learned a pedestrian critically injured in a hit-and-run incident is a Duluth firefighter who joined the department in July of 2021. Raymond Skoglund Raymond Skoglund, 24, was struck by a vehicle Thursday around 5:45 p.m. on the 9500 block of Grand Avenue, according to Duluth police. Caleb Kittleson, a fellow Duluth firefighter,…
VIRGINIA, Minn. — A 17-year-old boy was robbed at gunpoint in Virginia Thursday night. The Virginia Police Department says at 10:41 p.m. the report of a robbery came in near the 800 block of 5th Avenue in South Virginia. Authorities say the victim told police he was robbed at gunpoint by known acquaintances. The robbers took money and personal property….
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota State Patrol trooper was charged with murder Wednesday in the shooting of motorist Ricky Cobb II after he refused to get out of his car during a July traffic stop. Trooper Ryan Londregan is charged with second-degree unintentional murder, first-degree assault and second degree manslaughter in the death of Cobb, a 33-year-old Black man, Hennepin County Attorney…
DULUTH, Minn. — The Duluth Police Department responded to six vehicle break-ins between Sunday and Monday. Duluth police said the incident happened in the Ely’s Peak Superior Hiking Trail parking area off of Becks Road. Authorities said the suspect or suspects broke into vehicles by breaking windows. Police said “nothing of significant value was taken” as all reporting parties didn’t…
DULUTH, Minn. — The Duluth Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying the suspect involved in the armed robbery that happened on Tuesday. The robbery happened in the 1600 block of Kenwood Avenue around 7 p.m. at Walgreens. The person in the photo above is seen wearing a black face mask, plaid jacket, blue jeans, black shoes,…
CLOQUET, Minn. – Search warrant documents reveal new details about the suspect accused of fatally shooting two people at a hotel in Cloquet before turning the gun on himself. Cloquet police were dispatched at 6:33 p.m. Jan. 8 to the Super 8 hotel for a report of an “attack.” The search warrants say the suspect, Nicholas Lenius, 32, of Ramsey,…
DULUTH, Minn. — Duluth police responded to a report of an armed robbery around 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Kenwood neighborhood Walgreens. When officers arrived to the store in the 1600 block of Kenwood Avenue, employees told police an individual “brandished a firearm and demanded money,” according to a news release. Police said an employee gave an “undetermined amount of…
DULUTH, Minn. – Duluth police are investigating an armed robbery involving a knife. The call for help came in around 3:30 p.m. Sunday at the Walgreens on the 1100 block of East Superior Street. The victim told police the male suspect approached him with a knife, took $2 and then fled the area before police arrived. Police say investigators will…
DULUTH, Minn. – A suspect took St. Louis County deputies on a pursuit Wednesday that ended in a crash. The incident happened around 3:30 p.m. on West Central Entrance. In a news release, the Duluth Police Department said a pit maneuver was used on the vehicle by a deputy after using spike strips. The vehicle eventually crashed and hit two…
DULUTH, Minn. – Four firearms are more than 1,200 fentanyl pills are off the streets of Duluth after a successful arrest by the Lake Superior Violent Offender task Force. The search warrant and arrest happened around 2 p.m. Tuesday on the 800 block of North 11th Avenue East. A 21-year-old was arrested while in the process of delivering fentanyl pills…
CLOQUET, Minn. – Dozens of friends and family held a candlelight vigil Wednesday night outside the Super 8 in Cloquet where two people were killed Monday by a man with a gun. The vigil was organized by the family of 22-year-old Shellby Trettel. Shellby was the young woman who worked at the front desk of the hotel for at least…
DULUTH, Minn. — The Cloquet Police Department released the names of the two victims who were shot and killed Monday at the Super 8. One of those victims is Patrick Roers, 35, of Deer River. His sister, Ellen, said Patrick was known to his sisters and brothers as Bubba because he weighed nearly 10 pounds when he was born and…
CLOQUET, Minn. — The Cloquet Police Department has released the names of the victims and suspect in the Cloquet shooting that happened Monday night. Authorities say the suspect who was found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound has been identified as 32-year-old Nicholas Elliot Lenius of Ramsey, Minnesota. The victim found inside a car in the parking lot of…
CLOQUET, Minn. – We are learning more about the life of a young woman who was one of two people shot to death Monday night at the Super 8 hotel in Cloquet. The father of 22-year-old victim Shellby Trettel calls his daughter’s death a “senseless act of violence.” Tuesday: (Cloquet Police Chief Provides Update On Super 8 Shooting Fatalities) Shellby…
The unthinkable happened in Cloquet Monday night. Two victims were shot and the suspect was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gun wound, according to police. The Mayor of Cloquet, Roger Maki, held a press conference Tuesday morning. “I’d like to share my heartfelt sympathies to the victims of this horrible incident 0:41 Mayor Maki asked the public to give…
BARNUM, Minn. — A Barnum High School student is facing serious charges after police say she cut another student with a box cutter. The suspect is a 14-year-old girl. The victim is a 16-year-old boy. The incident was reported around 9 a.m. Tuesday. The school was placed on lockdown during the incident. The Carlton County Sheriff’s Office said the boy…
DULUTH, Minn. — Piedmont Elementary School went into a soft lockdown Tuesday. The lockdown happened around 12:15 p.m. Duluth police told FOX 21 that a parent was causing a disturbance at the school. Police requested a soft lockdown as a precaution. The parent was trespassed from school property. Nobody was injured. Below is the full e-mail alert to parents: Dear…
CLOQUET, Minn. — The Cloquet Police Department held a press conference Tuesday morning at 10 a.m. on the shooting that happened Monday night. Categories: Crime, News, News – Latest News
Law enforcement investigators spent the night at the crime scene in Cloquet. Investigators say a man shot and killed a female desk clerk, and then shot another man who was sitting in a car. The gunman then shot himself. Tuesday morning, Chief Derek Randall said investigators were still looking for answers for what happened at the Super 8 motel. He…
ASHLAND COUNTY, Wis. — A house fire in Ashland County resulted in in the death of one person. The Ashland County Sheriff’s Office says the call came in around 5:30 p.m. Monday of a fully engulfed structure fire on Salo Road, in the Township of White River. Authorities say when deputies arrived on scene the homeowner was unaccounted for. When…
10:15 p.m. Update: The Cloquet Police Department released new information on Monday evening’s active shooter incident. Around 6:30 p.m., an employee of the Super 8 hotel in Cloquet called 911 to report they’d found another hotel employee who looked like she’d been attacked, according to the news release. Cloquet police responded to find a 22-year-old woman with a gunshot wound. …
CASS LAKE, Minn. — The man who died after his ATV fell through the ice on Pike Bay on Friday has been identified. The Cass County Sheriff’s Office says the report came in at 11:15 a.m. Friday that 82-year-old Thomas Steele, of Bemidji had been traveling on the ice when it broke through and went into the water. Steele was…
DULUTH, Minn. – An apparent domestic dispute ended with one man stabbed multiple times at the Union Gospel Mission Tuesday and a female arrested on three felony charges. According to court documents, 38-year-old Tiwanna Cheree Dunbar stabbed the man five times and accused him of cheating. The two had been in a relationship for a few months and were living…
PERRY, Iowa (AP) — Police said a sixth grader was killed and five other people were wounded by a 17-year-old suspect in the shooting Thursday at a small-town Iowa high school. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below. PERRY, Iowa (AP) — Multiple people were shot inside a small-town Iowa high school early Thursday, as students…
SUPERIOR, Wis. — A heavy police presence happened Wednesday afternoon around a McDonald’s in Superior. The incident happened at the North 21st Street McDonald’s around 3:30 p.m. Officials said a police officer’s “Automated License Plate Reader” in his squad spotted the stolen vehicle in front of him. Per the Superior Police Department’s procedures, multiple officers arrived on scene to order…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Former University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Chancellor Joe Gow said Thursday that regents fired him because they were uncomfortable with him and his wife producing and appearing in pornographic videos. The regents voted unanimously during a hastily convened closed meeting Wednesday evening to fire Gow. After the vote, Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman and regents President…
BELTRAMI COUNTY, Minn. — Three men are safe after breaking through the ice on Upper Red Lake when returning from fishing on Thursday. The Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office says the call came in just before 8 p.m. Upon investigation it was found an all-terrain vehicle and trailer along with 3 people had broken through the ice. 2 of them fell…
DULUTH, Minn. – A 26-year-old Duluth man was arrested Wednesday morning on four counts of possessing child pornography, according to Duluth police. The investigation started in May of 2022 after two tips were reported to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. The Duluth Police Department and Homeland Security investigators worked the case. Investigators said a search warrant this…
DULUTH, Minn. — Duluth police investigators arrested two suspects Wednesday in an attempted armed robbery. Officials said the call for help came in around 11:20 a.m. for a “person with a gun” in the 300 block of West 4th Street. Duluth police said a 32-year-old man and an 18-year-old man fled to an apartment building on the 100 block of…
DULUTH, Minn. — A problematic downtown Duluth parking ramp has been secured with new fencing to help curb unwanted behavior — and more improvements are on the way. The fencing at the HART District Ramp on East Superior Street now covers all open areas, except where vehicles enter and leave. In May, the city council approved $165,000 to install an…
DULUTH, Minn. — A convicted killer from Duluth is sentenced again for a serious crime he committed while out on parole. Dennis Hannuksela, 64, kidnapped, bound and raped a woman on a logging road near Duluth in May of 2021. In court Monday, Hannuksela got the maximum sentence of 19 years in prison. He was previously convicted of first-degree murder…
DULUTH, Minn. — Two people were arrested during a drug bust in Duluth on Friday. The Duluth Police Department says that the Lake Superior Violent Offender Task Force were attempting to execute a search warrant on a person inside of a vehicle. During the attempt, a 24-year-old woman rammed into two unmarked police cars. Authorities detained the woman as well…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin man who made a bomb threat in 2018 that prompted a search of then-Gov. Scott Walker’s office in the state Capitol has been sentenced to three years in prison and two years of extended supervision, the state Department of Justice announced on Friday. Terrance Grissom, 53, was already serving time for making other threats…
A man described as the head of the Hells Angels on the Iron Range was charged Wednesday in an alleged kidnapping and assault case. He is charged with two felonies, including kidnapping and false imprisonment. He’s also charged with assault. A criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court says the man is Jerand Paul French. The complaint says French, 38,…
