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    August 3, 2018
    Edward Muhammad Johnson, 42, is the inmate suspected of killing a corrections officer at the state prison in Stillwater on July 18, 2018. Johnson is serving a 29-year sentence for the 2002 murder of his girlfriend at his Bloomington apartment. (Courtesy of the Minnesota Department of Corrections)
    Prosecutors seek first-degree murder conviction in killing of Minn. prison officer, county attorney says
    STILLWATER, Minn.—Prosecutors said Friday that they may never know why Edward Johnson allegedly attacked and killed Stillwater corrections...
    news/crime-and-courtsAugust 3, 2018 - 6:35pm
    August 2, 2018
    Edward Muhammad Johnson, 42, is the inmate suspected of killing a corrections officer at the state prison in Stillwater on July 18, 2018. Johnson is serving a 29-year sentence for the 2002 murder of his girlfriend at his Bloomington apartment. (Courtesy of the Minnesota Department of Corrections)
    Minnesota prison inmate charged with murder in bludgeoning death of corrections officer
    STILLWATER, Minn.—A Stillwater inmate used a prison-issued hammer and two improvised knives to kill a corrections officer last month, according...
    news/crime-and-courtsAugust 2, 2018 - 7:15pm
    July 20, 2018
    Editorial: Court recording decision is a good start
    Slowly, slowly, the Minnesota judicial system moves closer to the openness in Wisconsin, Iowa and North Dakota courtrooms. A pilot project on...
    opinion/editorialsJuly 20, 2018 - 5:55pm
    April 17, 2018
    Veteran Minnesota lawmaker Paul Thissen talks Tuesday, April 17, 2018, about his appointment to the state Supreme Court by Gov. Mark Dayton (left). Don Davis / Forum News Service
    Ex-Speaker Thissen headed to Minnesota high court
    ST. PAUL — A former Minnesota House speaker will become Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton's fifth justice on the seven-member state Supreme Court....
    news/government-and-politicsApril 17, 2018 - 1:19pm
    March 21, 2018
    Minnesota considers limits on cameras in courtrooms
    ST. PAUL—A state bill designed to restrict fledgling efforts to allow video coverage of Minnesota court sentencings passed through a House committee Wednesday — with critics arguing it would hinder cooperation by witnesses and victims, and proponents arguing it would give...
    news/government-and-politicsMarch 21, 2018 - 8:19pm
    February 7, 2018
    Dozens arrested in Super Bowl sex trafficking sting
    Minnesota law enforcement agencies arrested more than three dozen people on felony prostitution and child sex-trafficking charges in the week...
    news/crime-and-courtsFebruary 7, 2018 - 10:08am
    February 1, 2018
    Woodbury man charged after hotel standoff in Minneapolis
    MINNEAPOLIS — The Woodbury man arrested Tuesday, Jan. 30, after a 36-hour standoff with police at a hotel on the University of Minnesota...
    newsFebruary 1, 2018 - 7:50pm
    November 17, 2017
    Minnesota Senate President Michelle Fischbach of Paynesville and House Speaker Kurt Daudt of Crown get in a laugh before a Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017, meeting in which legislative leaders discussed the goveror's veto of Legisalture funding. Don Davis / Forum News Service
    Court says Minnesota Legislature has enough money to remain open
    ST. PAUL — Minnesota legislative leaders say they will limp along to the 2018 legislative session by taking money from a House-Senate commission....
    news/government-and-politicsNovember 17, 2017 - 2:45pm
    November 14, 2017
    Sarah Clifton of Duluth presses an "I Voted" sticker on her coat Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017, after voting at the Duluth Public Library. Bob King / Forum News Service
    U.S. high court to hear Minnesota political apparel case
    ST. PAUL — The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether a Minnesota law banning political items in and near polling places violates free...
    news/crime-and-courtsNovember 14, 2017 - 2:45pm
    October 30, 2017
    Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson
    State, CenturyLink settle suit over billing practices
    ST. PAUL — Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson and CenturyLink have reached an agreement on the communications company's pricing practices,...
    newsOctober 30, 2017 - 7:54pm
    October 3, 2017
    Michael Weigel
    Judge cracks down on first ex-boyfriend sentenced for 'revenge porn' in Minnesota
    ST. PAUL — Michael Weigel's former partner woke up last December to a stunning email from her ex. "You will never live in peace. You will...
    newsOctober 3, 2017 - 11:08pm
    September 6, 2017
    Shaun Maubach
    Maubach sentenced to 19 years on sex trafficking charges
    A Mahtomedi man faces an 18-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to felony sex trafficking charges involving at least two women. Shaun...
    news/crime-and-courtsSeptember 6, 2017 - 2:08pm
    August 29, 2017
    Preliminary autopsy results show 'homicidal violence' in death of Fargo woman
    FARGO - Fargo police have received preliminary results of the autopsy on Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind. Police reported on the department’s Facebook...
    newsAugust 29, 2017 - 8:38pm
    June 26, 2017
    Ramsey County District Judge John Guthmann questioning parties in the Legislature’s suit against Gov. Mark Dayton, June 26, 2017 (Pool Photo)
    Legislature, Dayton take defunding veto to court
    ST. PAUL — In a filled-to-capacity Ramsey County courtroom Monday morning, June 26, the Minnesota Legislature and Gov. Mark Dayton laid...
    newsJune 26, 2017 - 9:27pm
    June 21, 2017
    A gigantic rainbow banner is carried down Hennepin Avenue during the 2011 Gay Pride parade in downtown Minneapolis, on Sunday, June 26, 2011. (Scott Takushi: Pioneer Press)
    After Yanez verdict, police asked to keep low profile at Twin Cities Pride parade
    ST. PAUL — St. Paul and Minneapolis police officers typically have a big, visible presence at the start of the Twin Cities Pride parade,...
    newsJune 21, 2017 - 11:45pm
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