The Minnesota Board of Pardons commuted a sentence from a nearly 30-year-old murder conviction on Wednesday morning.

Last Thursday, officers from the university's police department responded to the area of Rapson Hall on a report of shots being fired. The criminal complaint notes that at the time, an event was taking place with hundreds of people in attendance inside the hall.

12-year-old Sophia Forchas is showing steady neurological improvement and is scheduled to move this week from acute care at HCMC to an inpatient rehabilitation program for ongoing therapy.

BREAKING: ABC has ended Jimmy Kimmel's suspension, which came about after pressure from major affiliate owners and the FCC. "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" will return to KSTP starting on Tuesday night.

5 EYEWITNESS NEWS is partnering with the Mall of America on a campaign to give children in need new shoes.

As summer winds down, fall projects are now on the table, and a great way to get those ideas started is with the Architect's Tour.

López has been placed on the 15-day injured list with a mild mid-right forearm strain.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey is proposing a 7.8% property tax increase for 2026, a hike he says is necessary to maintain core city services.

Minneapolis police say that Jacinda Oakgrove, 30, died at the hospital on Thursday.

This week, the majority of the City Council voted on a resolution to move forward with a location that is currently home to a longtime auto repair shop.

A SAFE-U emergency alert said that just before 8:45 p.m., a University of Minnesota Police Department (UMPD) supervisor reported hearing gunshots near Rapson Hall.

The woman was brought to Hennepin Healthcare in critical condition.

Terrell Anthony Ranzy, 19, faces one count of second-degree murder, one count of second-degree manslaughter and one count of illegal firearm possession.

BREAKING NEWS: Gov. Tim Walz has confirmed he's running for reelection. If successful, he’d be Minnesota’s first governor to serve three terms.

The junior linebacker was killed early Friday morning in a shooting that also left another person seriously hurt and prompted a shelter-in-place.

The season for Oktoberfest events has started, and Forgotten Star Brewing in Fridley begins their next weekend.

Brooklyn Park police have canceled the alert for Escherich, stating that he was found.

Minnesota State Patrol says that just after 2 p.m., a Harley-Davidson motorcycle was going west on Highway 60 at Wabasha County Road 13 when it lost control and collided with a Ford F250 going east.

Ray Allan Crenshaw, 83, was identified by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner as a man who died in the crash from "multiple blunt force injuries"

The Portage County Sheriff's Office said that on Thursday at around 4:42 p.m., a report was received of a missing 6-year-old named Ruby Lehmann in the Town of Almond.

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BREAKING NEWS: President Trump says ‘with a high degree of certainty’ that the suspect in the Charlie Kirk killing has been caught.

UPDATE: A shelter-in-place in South St. Paul has been lifted and a person is in custody after an overnight shooting that killed one and critically injured another.

BREAKING NEWS: Police are searching for a shooting suspect in South St. Paul and asking residents to shelter inside.

The owner of the plane, who was not identified in the report, was killed when the single-engine Beechcraft K35 crashed near Cambridge Municipal Airport last Thursday.

Ron and Sue Wilson, a couple in their 80s, are among the 23 people shot and during the school mass service on Aug. 27.

BREAKING: Conservative activist Charlie Kirk is dead after he was shot Wednesday at a college event in Utah, President Donald Trump said.

Wesley Dopkins, 43, of St. Paul, was last seen paddling on the lake on June 15, 2024, according to Grand Teton National Park officials.

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Impacted staff will be permanently laid off on Oct. 24 or Nov. 14.

According to 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS sister station, WDIO, prison authorities said 60-year-old Terrance Wayne Buescher was found unresponsive at about 8:30 a.m.

MFD said on Monday that all the structures on fire had collapsed.

Pets will be lining Grand Avenue in St. Paul on Sunday to support local non-profits.

The Germanic-American Institute will hold its annual two-day Oktoberfest celebration this Friday and Saturday in St. Paul, featuring live polka, Bavarian beer and traditional German fare.

On Friday at 5:10 p.m., the Carlton County Sheriff's Office received a report that a child was hit by a pickup truck near the intersection of Broadway Street and Crestwood Drive in Wrenshall.

According to the DNR, Parker John Wilson, 27, now faces misdemeanor failure to extinguish fire.

Tiara Johnson, 14, was last seen leaving her Oakdale home on July 28. She was wearing a grey sweatshirt with a hood and carrying a multi-color backpack.

Authorities have identified the armed suspect and the officer involved in a deadly use-of-force incident last week in West St. Paul.

28-year-old Ahmednaji Maalim Aftin Sheikh was indicted on Wednesday with conspiracy to commit international money laundering, Acting U.S. Attorney for Minnesota Joseph H. Thompson announced.

St. Cloud police began investigating and, through evidence, found that Stuart William Hanmer, 35, who was Ernst's roommate at the time of his death, intentionally poisoned Ernst with Thallium.

Officers initially took the three people in the vehicle into custody, but two of the three were later released.

Minneapolis police say that on Sunday, just after 3:15 p.m., a Ford was going east on Sixth Street South when it was hit by a Kia on Second Avenue South.

On Labor Day, 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS anchor Kevin Doran talked to Mike Brennan, the owner of Lulu's Public House in the West End, about beer sales over the course of the fair.

The chairs are meant to make state parks more accessible.

EYEWITNESS NEWS anchor Kevin Doran had a great time bringing stories from the fair throughout the Great Minnesota Get Together. On the final day of the fair, he took a look at the best of these stories.

In just a couple of weeks, one of the largest dinner parties in the world will be held in the Twin Cities, and you could be seated at the (very long) table.

According to the Minnesota State Patrol, a Chevy K30 was going west on Highway 19 just after 1 p.m. in Dryden Township when it collided with a Pontiac Bonneville going east.

Kevin Doran spoke with Michelle Leonard at the Minnesota Newspaper Museum about their history at the fair.

Rescue teams had been searching for Grant Gardner since Aug. 1, when authorities learned he summited Cloud Peak in the Misty Moon Lake area.

The Minnesota State Patrol said an 89-year-old man was killed after his vehicle was involved in a collision on Highway 34.