For decades, these special registration plates have been the visual hallmark of repeat DWI offenders in Minnesota. But the way police handle these impoundments has fundamentally changed.

St. Louis County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the 7400 block of Laine Road at approximately 10:22 a.m. following a report of a medical emergency.

Authorities were dispatched to an area approximately five miles northwest of Meadowlands around 12:30 p.m. on Thursday regarding a snowmobiler who had been unable to leave the woods.

Crews were dispatched around 4:01 p.m. to a two-story house at 3600 Garfield Avenue and arrived to find smoke and flames coming from a first-floor window.

According to the sheriff’s office, the incident began around 8:56 p.m. on the 900 block of Golf Course Road after a 911 caller reported a man in the street yelling and carrying a large knife.

Police say they responded around 4:37 a.m. to the 6100 block of Quinwood Lane North where a resident reported that an adult male was outside knocking on a window.

A deputy arrived a few minutes later and found the crash involved an eastbound 2006 Mustang driven by an adult woman from Rochester and a westbound 2019 Toyota Tundra.

A GMC Acadia driven by 20-year-old Goay Gatluak Jikany approached from behind at a high rate of speed and struck the back driver’s side of the car.

While the intent to harm might be similar in two different altercations, Minnesota statutes rigidly categorize assault based on the physical outcome—specifically, whether a bone was broken, a weapon was displayed, or a permanent injury was inflicted.

For victims' families, the penalties for Criminal Vehicular Homicide often feel insufficient, yet prosecutors face a steep uphill battle to prove the "depraved mind" required for a murder conviction in a traffic incident.

"Theft" and "Robbery" are often used interchangeably in casual conversation, but in Minnesota courts, they are distinct crimes with very different sentencing guidelines.

When a violent death occurs in Minneapolis, Saint Paul or anywhere in Minnesota, the specific charge filed dictates the potential prison time.

A person on the property contacted the St. Cloud Police Department to report the discovery of what appeared to be a body. Officers responded to the scene and located the remains, but determined the site lay just outside city limits in Minden Township.

The drivers of a westbound Chevrolet Equinox and an eastbound GMC Acadia collided on Highway 55 near County Road 33 around 2:34 a.m.

A northbound semi driver on Olmsted County Road 7 entered the intersection as the driver of a Chevrolet Impala came off the eastbound Interstate 90 exit ramp.

According to the charges, investigators say 56-year-old Tracey Andrea Flex was babysitting the two-year-old girls on Nov. 16 when she called for help shortly before 2:50 p.m.

Dejon Paul Brown, 30, is accused of shooting the 40-year-old victim multiple times, leaving him in critical condition, before fleeing and leading officers on a chase.

St. Cloud Police say an officer first saw the driver travelling westbound going 62 miles per hour in the 30 zone on University Drive near Killian Boulevard around 10:40 p.m.

The crash happened around 8:52 p.m. Initial info from troopers says the Jeep driver veered into the eastbound lane and struck a 2026 Mack Anthem tractor truck head-on.

A man accused of running over a woman walking with her husband and two dogs in Saint Paul last week is now charged with criminal vehicular homicide.