Forest Lake may have found a new way to use $150,000 in federal COVID-19 relief money after the city reversed a controversial decision to commit the funds to building a new clubhouse on the city-owned Castlewood Golf Course ...
From testing for the coronavirus, to treating patients with bedsores in staff-depleted nursing homes, to backing up police as riots escalated in the Twin Cities, it has been a record setting year for the Minnesota National Guard.
The Minnesota National Guard is preparing for a potentially massive and indefinite deployment early next year, during the high-profile trial of the four former Minneapolis police officers tied to the death of George Floyd, according to an internal plan obtained by 5 INVESTIGATES ...
Plans to use pandemic relief funding to build what leaders call a "modest" clubhouse on Forest Lake's city-owned golf course have become the target of criticism and outrage among residents and local business owners ...
The first people to receive shots of a potentially life-saving COVID-19 vaccine will earn their spots in line based on the critical work they do, their age, or underlying conditions
A small police department in southwestern Minnesota has settled its second police brutality lawsuit in two years, this time for more than half-a-million dollars ...
A year after a deadly high-rise fire killed five people, 5 INVESTIGATES found public housing officials in Minneapolis have made little progress on retrofitting its apartment buildings with upgrades that advocates say will save lives...
Tens of thousands of counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl have been traced back to illegal pill presses being operated out of basements and apartments in Minnesota, according to state court records and interviews with federal investigators.
Despite her pleas for help to Elk River police and county child protection services, Kelsey Kruse was unable to see her 8-year-old daughter in the six months before she died ...
The City of Isanti has settled a federal excessive force lawsuit for nearly a quarter-million dollars, according to an attorney who handled the case ...
5 INVESTIGATES has learned at least 20 pharmacies around the Twin Cities reported losses to state and federal officials in wake of the civil unrest this summer ...
It is part of an emerging legal strategy that a long time labor attorney calls "cleaning the record" and it is quietly taking place behind closed doors at dozens of state agencies ...
A review of nearly 7,000 pages of internal university emails reveals administrators scrambled to contain the scandal in 2019, but a regent and donors have continued to criticize the university's handling of the matter ...
In a letter obtained by 5 INVESTIGATES, Klobuchar urged Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy to "reinvestigate any potential gaps or uncertain conclusions included in the report" ...
A 5 INVESTIGATES review of records from the Minnesota Department of Health revealed Goodridge was among 19 people between the ages of 41 and 50 who died from the virus between March and July ...
While the global pandemic has limited how many fans can actually go to the track, the demand for betting on horse racing has continued to grow. 5 INVESTIGATES found a 93% increase in off-track wagering at the height of the pandemic...
A self-proclaimed “proud Islamophobe” who traveled around Minnesota spreading conspiracy theories about the state’s large Muslim community is now the Republican nominee for a seat in Congress ...
The Auditor's annual report showed a slight drop in the number of "completed forfeitures" of vehicles, cash and other property from 2018, but forfeitures are still up 15% over the last five years ...
The mother of the 8-year-old girl who died in Elk River pleaded for months to see her daughter and documented safety concerns with authorities, but was denied in part because of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to court records obtained by 5 INVESTIGATES ...
