Crow Wing County

Crow Wing County's Eric Klang said agents worked out of the sheriff's office while temporarily stationed in the lakes area, asking him for guidance on "what's off limits."

Davis, of Crow Wing County's Mission Township, was first elected to the state Legislature in 2022.

The Rev. Leslie Moughty of First Congregational United Church of Christ participated in a protest in the Twin Cities against current immigration enforcement on Jan. 23, 2026.

Criminal histories include a 2002 DWI conviction for one, and a 2010 underage drinking conviction for the other. Two others arrested without warrants are being held pending removal proceedings.

Signs in the windows of the popular downtown Mexican place offered words of thanks for community support and announced the business’ indefinite closure.

Cass and Itasca counties say a recent legal opinion nullified past agreements to work with ICE, while Crow Wing County has no current plans to change course.

Sources with knowledge of the incident said the arrests took place at El Potro Mexican Restaurant on South Seventh Street in downtown Brainerd.

About 300 people attended the vigil Jan. 24, 2026, a few hours after the shooting death of U.S. citizen Alex Pretti at the hands of federal agents in Minneapolis.

The guidance says state law bars MN sheriffs, including those in Crow Wing, Cass and Itasca counties, from unilaterally entering agreements with federal immigration officials.

Bryan Carl Schindel and Polina Yuryevna Donnik Schindel each face 10 felonies related to filing false or fraudulent income tax returns and failing to file sales tax returns.