Crime and Courts

Natalie Hudson was the state’s first Black chief justice. Gov. Tim Walz appointed her as chief justice in 2023. Walz’s office said details about who will succeed Hudson are forthcoming.

Even during the most intense immigration enforcement in Minnesota, however, immigration authorities were arresting nearly triple the number of immigrants in Texas.

The Becker County Sheriff's Office received a call March 30, 2026, from a man who went to check on his brother because he hadn't shown up at work.

The lawsuit is the latest and most aggressive of a series of actions taken to secure key pieces of evidence in the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.

Danielle Westphal, 51, is expected to be sentenced to five years of supervised probation during an April, 20 2026, hearing.

Timothy Scouton was charged after 11 people voted without registering to do so in Badoura Township, where he served as an election judge in 2024.

The order filed March 16, 2026, said Pollyann Sorcan failed to state a First Amendment retaliation claim in her 2023 suit.

In a Thursday, March 12, 2026, order, Judge Jeanine Brand said the attorney general’s office showed sufficient probable cause for the case against Michelle R. Skroch to move forward.

The agreement follows a human rights investigation that found Lyft drivers canceled multiple rides for Tori Andres, a blind student who travels with a service dog.

In seeking to move the date, Eichorn waived his rights to a speedy trial, but said he does intend to proceed to a jury trial.