Category Archives: Crime

30 Years Later: St. Joseph Remembers Officer Brian Klinefelter's Ultimate Sacrifice
(KNSI) - Thirty years ago today, on January 29, 1996, Officer Brian Klinefelter of the St. Joseph Police Department made the ultimate sacrifice while protecting his community. Officer Klinefelter was ...
Jake Judd Jan 29, 2026 St. Joseph Police Department

Minnesota DOC Disputes DHS Claims of ICE Arrests in St. Cloud
(KNSI) - As St. Cloud residents call for Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations to end, the Minnesota Department of Corrections is now disputing the federal government's claims about how they'...
Jake Judd Jan 28, 2026 Minnesota Department of Corrections

Man arrested after spraying unknown substance on Rep. Ilhan Omar at Minneapolis town hall
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A man sprayed an unknown substance on Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar and was tackled to the ground Tuesday during a town hall in Minneapolis, where tensions over federal immigratio...
Associated Press Jan 28, 2026 AP Photo/Abbie Parr

DHS Says 14 Criminals Arrested in St. Cloud Amid ICE Operations
(KNSI) - As St. Cloud residents call for Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations to end, the Department of Homeland Security says it has taken 14 hardened criminals off the city's streets. Acco...
Jake Judd Jan 27, 2026 Handcuffs

St. Cloud Man Arrested in Sartell on Out-of-State Felony Sex Crime Warrant
(KNSI) - A 32-year-old St. Cloud man was arrested on an out-of-state felony warrant for a sex crime against a child. Jeffrey Richard Ronnei was taken into custody around 7:09 a.m. on January 16th duri...
Jake Judd Jan 26, 2026 Stearns County Jail

Minnesota Senator Proposes Temporary ICE Enforcement Pause to Ease Tensions, Restore Cooperation
(KNSI) - Minnesota State Senator Julia Coleman is calling for a temporary pause in federal immigration enforcement operations in exchange for state cooperation with ICE detainers. In an interview on K...
Jake Judd Jan 26, 2026 AP Photo/Tom Baker

The Latest: Federal judge to hear arguments on Minnesota's immigration crackdown after shootings
A federal judge will hear arguments Monday on whether she should at least temporarily halt the immigration crackdown in Minnesota that has led to the fatal shootings of two people by government office...
Associated Press Jan 26, 2026 AP Photo/Nikolas Liepins

The man killed by a US Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis was an ICU nurse, family says
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Family members say the man killed by a U.S. Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis on Saturday was an intensive care nurse at a Department of Veterans Affairs hospital who cared deepl...
Associated Press Jan 24, 2026

A person has been shot, killed by federal officers in Minnesota amid immigration crackdown
(AP) - Federal officers shot and killed a 37-year-old man in Minneapolis amid the Trump administration's immigration crackdown, according to a hospital record obtained by the Associated Press. Minneap...
Associated Press Jan 24, 2026 AP Photo/Abbie Parr

Man Charged with Kidnapping, Raping 7-Year-Old Zimmerman Girl
(KNSI) - A 28-year-old International Falls man has been charged with abducting a seven-year-old girl from Zimmerman on Wednesday and raping her. Joseph Andrew Bragg appeared in Sherburne County Distri...
Jake Judd Jan 23, 2026 Sherburne County Sheriff's Office