Authorities say Jeffery Lee Niemi, 39, of Duluth, was arrested after he was tracked down using facial recognition software and other digital forensic methods following the discovery of a series of explicit videos by the Queensland Police Service in Australia.

The State Patrol and Aitkin County authorities say the crash occurred around 5:15 p.m. Friday when the driver of a GMC Suburban pulling a trailer failed to stop at a stop sign on County Road 3. The Suburban was struck by a 2019 GMC Yukon traveling northbound on Highway 169.

A MnDOT camera near the crash captured the 20-year-old driver drifting across the median without any signs of correction. The camera then pans to reveal the aftermath of the high-speed collision. Two people were airlifted from the scene.

Surveillance video captured the moment as school staff worked frantically to move children out of the way of the juvenile driver, who swerved across the grass and sidewalk between the school and playground. Fortunately, no children were injured during the incident.

Deann M. Jensen is charged with four felony counts of mistreating animals for alleged abuse and neglect of dozens of cats in her care. Authorities say they first received complaints in Oct. 2022 about sick kittens being sold from her residence.

Michael Lee Kurkowski was sentenced this week after pleading guilty to producing sexually explicit images of a minor and sending graphic messages about a plan to kill the victim’s parents, assault the victim’s sister and then murder her, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

According to the criminal complaint, officers responded to a reported shooting around 4:15 a.m. to the 1400 block of Seventh Street East in Saint Paul. Police found the victim with a gunshot wound through his chin and cheek.

Prosecutors have filed additional charges against 36-year-old Joshua Anthony Jones, accused of shooting four people and attempting to shoot a fifth during a violent rampage.

Prosecutors have charged a 24-year-old suspect with two counts of felony second-degree assault after he allegedly stabbed a 67-year-old man in the neck Oct. 1 in Wright County.

Steven Frane Bailey, the driver charged in the fatal crash at Park Tavern that killed two and injured three, will be released on bail. Bailey posted a $500,000 bond with conditions on Tuesday, following a hearing in Hennepin County District Court.

A 30-year-old man from Inver Grove Heights died late Sunday night when his motorhome caught fire on Interstate 35E in Eagan, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.

Maplewood firefighters and multiple assisting agencies battled a large residential fire Sunday morning that left the home uninhabitable, with external damage to a neighboring property.

A motorcyclist is in critical condition after colliding with a deer in Rush City on Saturday evening. The crash occurred around 7:27 p.m. on Sept. 28 near the intersection of Forest Boulevard and 480th Street.

A 34-year-old Hibbing man was hospitalized after crashing his motorcycle while fleeing State Troopers on Saturday night. Authorities say the incident began just after 9:20 p.m. on Sept. 28, when a State Trooper attempted to stop the motorcyclist near I-35 and U.S. Highway 8 in Forest Lake.

A 75-year-old man was airlifted to a Fargo hospital with life-threatening injuries after his moped collided with a minivan Friday afternoon in Beltrami County.

Saint Paul police say a suspect is dead following an officer-involved shooting in Belle Plaine on Thursday morning. SPPD officers were in Belle Plaine investigating a homicide that took place in Lowertown the night before.

According to a criminal complaint filed in Hennepin County, officers responded to reports of gunfire in an alley near the 2900 block of 18th Avenue South at approximately 9:20 p.m. on May 19, 2024. Upon arrival, officers found a woman fatally shot in the backseat of her vehicle.

The Minnesota State Patrol is investigating a crash that left a motorcyclist dead Wednesday afternoon in Little Canada.

A motorcyclist was critically injured in a multi-vehicle crash on I-35W in Minneapolis on Tuesday evening, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.

According to the criminal complaint, Lue Chang, 32, was arrested at the scene after officers responded to a shots fired call at around 6:34 p.m. Officers found the victim lying unconscious in the backyard with multiple gunshot wounds to his abdomen and back