Beltrami County authorities identified the victims as Red Lake Department of Public Safety Officer Jesse Branch and Alan Lussier Jr., a member of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians.

Dakota County sheriff’s deputies were dispatched at 6:35 a.m. after the man reportedly hit a deer while driving west on County Road 46 near General Sieben Drive in Marshan Township.

Oscar Lee Covington, 42, of Brooklyn Park, was shot in the abdomen on Oct. 30 in the 800 block of Rice Street. Officers responded to the scene around 5:45 p.m. and found Covington critically injured.

Both incidents involved vehicles losing control on slick roads as snow and ice created hazardous driving conditions, resulting in rollovers and a head-on collision.

Authorities say the call came in around 1:20 p.m., requesting officers check on the 71-year-old man after he sent text messages indicating self-harm to a friend.

A Douglas County sheriff’s deputy was injured Sunday night when he was struck while assisting at another crash scene. Video of the collision has been obtained by MN CRIME.

A fatal head-on collision on Highway 12 near Independence left one person dead and another seriously injured Friday night.

An 8-year-old girl from Rochester has died at the hospital following a two-vehicle crash Wednesday night, family members say. The decision was made Friday to donate her organs.

A Bemidji man was convicted by a federal jury of distributing and possessing child sexual abuse material through the dark web.

Officers responded to the 600 block of Aurora Avenue just before 1:40 p.m. after several 911 callers reported hearing gunfire, with some estimating as many as 20 shots.

At least one person was killed in a rollover crash on Interstate 35 near Owatonna Wednesday morning.

A Dakota County jury has convicted a man of murder and assault in the May 2021 death of a woman at a Hastings hotel.

A Cambridge man has been charged with second-degree murder and related felonies following a deadly shooting at a family hunting cabin in Hinckley.

Oakdale police arrested a 35-year-old man early Tuesday after he reportedly fired a gun inside a home and barricaded himself, prompting a response from the Washington County SWAT Team.

Police say a pedestrian died early Monday morning after being struck by a vehicle on Highway 61 in Maplewood.

A crash early Monday morning on Interstate 494 resulted in one fatality, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.

The Kandiyohi County Sheriff’s Office responded to two separate water rescue incidents on Saturday involving stranded hunters caught in strong winds.

Minneapolis police say three people were injured and one person was arrested after a chaotic shooting early Sunday at Tantrum Nightclub in Downtown Minneapolis.

A man is in custody and a woman has been found dead after a lengthy standoff in Red Wing, authorities said.

Three police officers narrowly avoided serious injuries early Saturday morning after an alleged drunk driver struck a parked squad car during a traffic stop.