Crime and Courts

A man impersonating a police officer shot Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband in their Brooklyn Park home. Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were also shot multiple times.

Daniel Hawley will replace the retiring Judge Erik J. Askegaard in Minnesota's 9th Judicial District.

The former Minnesota state senator is one of two people being charged at the federal level, which carries a tougher maximum sentence compared to the state level.

Jorden Borders, 34, was found guilty of 11 counts ranging from attempted murder, child torture and Medicaid fraud on June 4, 2025.

Plus: Summer EBT is now SUN Bucks and eligible families enrolled in certain programs will automatically be mailed new cards per school-age child; and nine Northland golf teams will compete at the state golf tournament next week.

Joseph H. Thompson was the lead prosecutor in the Feeding Our Future trial. He is also a born-and-raised Minnesotan.

Plus: A McKinley City Council member is facing three felonies after allegedly disrupting power service to three Iron Range cities; St. Louis County assessors are setting up an alternate process for Fairbanks Township residents to appeal their 2025 valuations due to wildfire evacuations; Amazon is building a distribution facility in Grand Rapids; and drifting Canadian wildfire smoke is prompting air quality alerts in the Northland this weekend.

Suzanne Thomas, 67, is accused of using undue influence over a relative with a declining mental state to acquire $1.5 million in real estate.

The woman was charged in October after allegedly admitting to the Itasca County Sheriff's Office that she voted for Donald Trump on behalf of her deceased mother.

Plus: the state Commission on Judicial Selection has put forward three candidates to fill the bench vacated by the upcoming retirement of an Aitkin County judge; and the Beltrami County Historical Society will present "Women of Law and Order" for a special panel discussion on May 15, 2025.