DULUTH, Minn.-The Duluth Parks Department was left with a mess yesterday, after finding 14 jugs of cooking oil that were dumped at the head of the Superior Hiking Trail. The parks department is reminding the public that these types of situations create major challenges for them. You can help by volunteering. To find out more, call 218-730-4334. Categories: Crime, Environment,…
Theresa Katzmark (St. Louis County Jail) DULUTH, Minn. – A Superior woman accused of killing a woman on London Road in Duluth, pleaded not guilty at a hearing on Friday, May 12. Forty-nine-year-old Theresa Katzmark is charged with criminal vehicular homicide in the death of 62-year-old Donna Estrem. The incident happened on April 4, when Katzmark allegedly struck and killed…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Acute Hepatitis C cases have skyrocketed in Wisconsin, increasing 450 percent from 2011 to 2015. State health officials tell Wisconsin Public Radio that most infections resulted form injection drug use. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention encourages needle exchanges as a way to thwart drug addicts from spreading disease. The agency released its Morbidity and…
Joseph Jakubowski JANESVILLE, Wis. (AP) – Rock County Sheriff’s investigators aren’t sure an automatic weapon and 12 handguns ditched by the man who wrote a threatening manifesto will ever be found. Authorities say they found five of the 18 weapons stolen from a Janesville area gun shop with Joseph Jakubowski after a manhunt which ended about 125 miles away in…
DULUTH, Minn. – We’re getting a closer look at the damage a Duluth fire truck sustained while responding to an accident earlier this week. Late Tuesday night, a man lost control of his motorcycle while riding down Central Entrance Road. Shortly after, in the same location, another man lost control of his vehicle and struck a police car and fire…
PINE COUNTY, Minn. – Human remains have been discovered after a search for a missing man, according to the Pine County Sheriff’s Office. Authorities indicate that on May 6, members of the search group United Legacy were conducting a search in the region for a man that has been missing since March 3, 2015. Kenneth “Scott” Kleppen, who went missing just…
DULUTH, Minn.-A man was shot earlier this morning in the Super America parking lot at 602 E. Fourth St. He was transported to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries. One firearm was found at the scene and it was determined that it belonged to the victim. No one else was hurt during the shooting. Probable cause does exist to…
DULUTH, Minn.-A Monday fire at 2008 W. Fourth Street has been ruled an arson by the Duluth Fire Department. According to the department, the blaze began at the rear of the structure, which caused additional damage to the house next to it. The fire continues to be investigated by the Duluth police and fire departments. If you have any information…
DULUTH, Minn. – There was new information Tuesday involving the disturbing graffiti spray-painted all over one of the historic lighthouses in Canal Park. The Army Corps of Engineers put a fresh coat of white paint on top of the graffiti. A top official with the Duluth Army Corps of Engineers says the U.S. discussions are now underway to form a…
HIBBING, Minn. – Hibbing’s Fire Department is having trouble spreading its message of fire safety to area kids. Last winter someone broke into the fire department’s safety trailer, causing damage to the interior and exterior, and stole equipment used in fire safety presentations. Hibbing’s Fire Marshal says getting the trailer up and running again will cost between $3,000–5,000, but it’s…
Tyjuan Hill (left) and Rachel Fenzel (right)Photo: St. Louis County DULUTH, Minn. – The Duluth Police Department reports that on Monday, May 8, the Lake Superior Drug and Violent Crime Task Force executed a search warrant at an apartment in the 100 block of North 30th Avenue West. The search warrant was a result of an investigation into the suspected…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Prosecutors have charged a Beloit man with breaking into the state Capitol. Twenty-seven-year-old Zachary Bigelow was charged Tuesday with criminal damage to property and entry into a locked building. According to a criminal complaint, police discovered a broken window in the first-floor of the Capitol bathroom and blood throughout the building Saturday morning. They found another…
Seven months after losing her son, one Iron Range mother is hoping someone out there can help her find closure. Rita Licari wants answer about what happened to her son, Scott Christensen the night he died. Investigators say Christensen was hit and killed on Highway 100 near Aurora sometime before 4 a.m. Oct. 2 of 2016, but they still don’t…
DULUTH, Minn. – The beacon of all lighthouses in Canal Park has been heavily defaced with loads of graffiti. This comes just as tourism season is beginning in the city of Duluth. The layers of black spray paint and marker could be found Monday all over the historic South Pier, which has the red roof and is down the pier…
Photo: Como Zoo ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9 KMSP) – Two 23-year-old men who were reportedly intoxicated scaled a fence and jumped into the giraffe exhibit at Como Zoo in St. Paul, Saturday afternoon. Officers were called to Como Zoo around 5:42 p.m. after security officers found the two men inside the exhibit. The men told police that they jumped…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – A bipartisan proposal creates an exemption to Wisconsin’s sex offender registry for teenagers ages 15 to 18 who are convicted after having consensual sex. State law make sit a crime for two people under the age of 18 to have sexual contact, regardless of consent. Republican Rep. Joel Kleefisch and Democratic Representative Fred Kessler have written…
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension announced the eSearch Warrant application, which is now available to law enforcement agencies statewide. “Before eSearch Warrants, a peace officer would write a search warrant application and then drive it to the judge for review, said BCA Superintendent Drew Evans. “Making this process electronic is particularly beneficial for after-hours…
NOGALES, Ariz. (AP) – A shipment of Ford Fusions traveling by rail from Mexico to Minnesota has been found to have marijuana hidden inside the vehicles. The Arizona Daily Star reported Thursday that 15 Ford Fusions have been in the shipment and all of them had marijuana concealed in the trunks’ spare-tire space. A truck driver in a Minnesota…
Maurice Withers, 28 MADISON, Wis. – A jury reached a guilty verdict after less than three hours, following a four-day trial of a Madison man, who was involved in prostitution and sex trafficking. Attorney General Brad Schimel announced Friday, that Maurice Adonis Withers, 28, was found guilty on Thursday of six counts of sex trafficking and three counts of interstate…
DULUTH, Minn. – The South St. Louis DWI Court in Duluth, has been named one of four national Academy Courts in the United States by the National Center for DWI Courts (NCDC) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The Court was selected from more than 700 nationwide and will now serve a term of three years As an Academy…
LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) – A former Catholic school administrator from western Wisconsin has been charged with enticing a teenager for sex. Court documents allege 59-year-old Steven Smolek told police he chatted online with a 16-year-old boy and met him while living in Mosinee in January 2015. Charges against Smolek include child enticement and sexual intercourse with a child. The…
DULUTH, Minn. – The Lake Superior Drug and Violent Crimes Task Force executed a search warrant on Monday May 1, at an apartment in the 2300 block of West 6th Street, as a result of an investigation into the sale of controlled substances. Numerous complaints from neighbors had been received by the LSDVCTF about short-term traffic and other suspicious activity…
CROOKSTON, Minn. – The Crookston Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in locating an individual who may have information related to a death investigation. Eddie Markeith Frazier is described as age 49, 6′ 4″ tall, 320 pounds, with black hair, and brown eyes. He is believed to be driving a silver 4-door 2001 Oldsmobile Aurora with Minnesota license plate…
DULUTH, Minn. – A Hermantown man received a 60-year prison sentence today for sexually assaulting a pre-teen girl. It is believed to be the longest durational sentence for a sex crime in the county since the implementation of Minnesota sentencing guidelines in the early 1980s, according to St. Louis County Attorney Mark Rubin. In March, a St. Louis County…
SUPERIOR, Wis.-Superior City Councilor Graham Garfield was in Douglas County Court today to face the four domestic abuse charges including one felony. Garfield was recently asked by Superior Mayor Jim Paine to resign from his post, but the councilor is refusing to do so, wanting the process to play out in the courts. The case relates back to an alleged…
POPLAR, Wis. – The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office reports that a County Deputy was involved in a three car crash involving minor injuries. The incident happened Wednesday morning on U.S. Highway 2, according to authorities. Deputy Kris Witt was westbound on USH 2 near Bayfield Road, west of Poplar, when she pulled onto the shoulder to assist a disabled vehicle. A…
ST. PAUL, Minn. – From Snapchatting to shopping on Amazon while behind the wheel, more than 1,000 drivers made the choice to focus on activities other than driving during the statewide extra distracted enforcement period from April 10-23, according to the state Department of Public Safety. More than 300 agencies participated and handed out 1,017 citations to drivers for texting while…
GILBERT, Minn.-A 57-year-old man was sentenced to 67 months in jail today, for his role in a fatal hit-and-run in Gilbert in October of last year. Jeffrey Airhart hit 85-year-old Florence Mannelin with his vehicle on the 100 block of Broadway Avenue. After Airhart left the scene, the victim was taken to the hospital where she later died. Airhart has had…
DAKOTA COUNTY, Minn. (FOX 9) – A former Burnsville High School teacher accused of having sex with a 16-year-old student and sending nude selfies to another student is back in jail. Police arrested 29-year-old Erik Akervik for violating the conditions of his release. Akervik is currently charged with felony criminal sexual conduct in the third degree and felony electronic solicitation…
DULUTH, Minn. – A Chicago man received a nearly 10-year prison sentence today after being convicted Antonio Holmes (St. Louis County) of possessing heroin with intent to sell on the Fond du Lac Indian Reservation, according to St. Louis County Attorney Mark Rubin. A St. Louis County jury, in March, found Antonio Darrell Holmes, 29, guilty of first-degree possession of…
JANESVILLE, Wis. (AP) – Half of the nearly 30 methamphetamine labs identified by law enforcement in Wisconsin since October have been found in two southern counties. Data from the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Milwaukee office show Rock County had four labs while Walworth County had nine. Rock County sheriff’s Cmdr. Troy Knudson tells the Janesville Gazette that meth incidents are increasing…
HINCKLEY, Minn.-Two 17-year-old girls have turned themselves in after allegedly being involved in an attempted murder in Hinckley Wednesday. Aseil Abuhamed and Tayah Thomas turned themselves in to Hennepin County authorities. The teens allegedly stabbed a man which left him with life-threatening injuries. Police are continuing to investigate the incident. Categories: Crime, News, News – Latest News Tags: news…
Aseil Cynthia-Salema Abuhamed (left) and Tayah Valorios Thomas (right) PINE COUNTY, Minn. – The Pine County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s assistance in locating two females who were involved in an attempted homicide in Hinckley. On Wednesday, April 26, Aseil Cynthia-Salema Abuhamed, 17 and Tayah Valorios Thomas, 17, stabbed a male victim, resulting in life-threatening injuries. Both fled the…
DULUTH, Minn. – There are new developments involving embattled Superior City Councilor Graham Garfield. FOX 21’s Dan Hanger learned Thursday that Garfield will be present a Tuesday’s city council meeting. This, as Garfield faces charges of domestic assault, and after Mayor Jim Paine called for his resignation from the council on Monday. The confirmation of Garfield’s plans to return to…
Allen Scarsella MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – A Minnesota man convicted in the shootings of five black men who were demonstrating against the police killing of a black man in Minneapolis has been sentenced to move than 15 years in prison. Allen Scarsella’s sentence on Wednesday was only a few months short of the prosecution’s request. The 25-year-old Bloomington man was convicted…
Sherburne County Jail – File, Star Tribune ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – Minnesota lawmakers are considering changing the rules on money that may be recovered for victims of businessman Tom Petters’ $3.7 billion Ponzi scheme. Minnesota Public Radio reports the change would limit the recovery of investment income earned by charitable or religious organizations that took gifts from Petters or…
Scott BushyPhoto: St. Louis County Jail DULUTH, Minn. – The Duluth Police Department reports that officers and investigators form the Lake Superior Drug and Violent Crimes Task Force executed a search warrant at an apartment in the 400 block of 53rd Avenue West in Duluth. The search warrant was the result of an investigation into the suspected sale and trade…
Michael and Heather Germain Photo: Goodhue County Sheriff’s Office GOODHUE, Minn. (AP) – A southeastern Minnesota couple is accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl and trying to recruit her for a swinger’s lifestyle. Michael Lowell Germain, 43 and 49-year-old Heather Laverne Germain of Goodhue appeared in court Monday on charges including criminal sexual conduct and interfering with the privacy…
DULUTH, Minn.-Two juveniles have confessed to starting the fire and vandalizing the playground at Bay View Elementary School in the early hours of April 15. Both juveniles have agreed to attend the Duluth Fire Department FIRST (fire intervention referral safety team) class. Those classes provide educational intervention to ward off future fire-starting behavior for young people prone to that. Reports…
SUPERIOR, Wis. – On January 9, 2017, an arrest warrant for Jamar Maurice Smith was issued in Douglas County, according to Douglas County District Attorney, Mark Fruehauf. Smith is being charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm and misdemeanor bail jumping in connection with an incident that occurred on New Years Day in Superior, Wisconsin outside the…
Michael Costa MINNESOTA – Level III Predatory Offender, Michael James Costa was taken into custody in California over the weekend after he was no longer compliant with the conditions of his release, mid-April. Costa had been on a fugitive status after absconding from his supervised release in Rochester, Minnesota. He was arrested near Van Nuys, California after information led investigators…
DULUTH, Minn. – Police responded to a downtown stabbing late Friday night. Police arrived in the area of Lake Avenue and Interstate 35 shortly before 11:00 p.m. and found 34 year old male with a stab wound. The man, who’s identity was not released, was taken to the hospital with unspecified injuries. There’s no update if he’s still in the…
Arthur Barksdale DULUTH, Minn. – According to the Duluth Police Department, the Lake Superior Drug and Violent Crimes Task Force executed a search warrant at an apartment in the 600 block East 3rd Street and a motor vehicle on April 19, 2017. The search warrant was a result of an investigation into the suspected sale of controlled substances and ongoing…
DULUTH, Minn. – The Lake Superior Drug and Violent Crimes Task Force (LSDVCTF) executed a search warrant on April 18, 2017 at an apartment in the 300 block of North 20th Avenue West, according to the Duluth Police Department. The search warrant was conducted as a result of an investigation into the sale of controlled substances, specifically heroin. During the…
Photo: WJON ST. CLOUD, Minn. (KMSP) – A 29-year-old St. Cloud man is in custody after St. Cloud police say he stabbed a 17-year-old St. Cloud girl at Walmart. Police received the call just before 7:30 p.m. that a stabbing occurred at the Walmart on the 3600 block of 2nd Street in St. Cloud. Christian De Beche, Photo: Stearns Co…
CLOQUET, Minn. – Around 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 19, officers form the Cloquet Police Department responded to the Cloquet Community Memorial Hospital for a patient with two stab wounds to his abdomen and arm. Officers learned during their investigation that the 37-year-old male victim was in the 1800 block of Washington Avenue when the assault occurred. The victim has…
Racine County’s Juvenile Detention Center – WUMWMILWAUKEE, Wis. (AP) – Wisconsin juvenile advocacy groups are asking a federal court to order the state to stop using solitary confinement at its youth correctional facilities. The ACLU of Wisconsin and the Juvenile Law Center filed the request Wednesday as part of a pending lawsuit alleging poor treatment of juveniles at the Lincoln…
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (AP) – Another young child has died of a suspected opioid overdose in Milwaukee County. The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner says the death of 4-year-old Tyranne Beckless last week is being investigated as a probable opioid overdose, the seventh child under five to die in a similar way in the last 19 months in Milwaukee County. Additional toxicology…
ITASCA COUNTY, Minn. – An altercation between two men in Goodland, Minnesota, has recently become a talking point on social media. Law enforcement has released their findings in the investigation of this incident, and believes it provides considerable information, which was not available in discussions on social media. An altercation between 82-year-old Mark David Mehle, of Goodland, and Ed Allen…
Photo: FoxNews.com NEW YORK (FOX5NY) – Aaron Hernandez, the former NFL star found guilty of murder, was found dead of an apparent suicide in his cell in a Massachusetts prison. Hernandez was found hanging in his cell by corrections officers around 3:05 a.m. at the Souza Baranowski Correctional Center, Massachusetts Department of Correction officials said in a statement. He was…
