Immigration lawyers say ICE is focusing on smaller employers in workplace enforcement under President Donald Trump’s second term.
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Lawyer for Renee Good’s family says ICE targeted ‘best of the best’ when agent killed her, promises transparency
Antonio Romanucci tells the Minnesota Star Tribune that competing federal and state investigations is making his job more difficult.
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Renee Good came to Minneapolis seeking a safe place. Less than a year later, she was killed.
After years as a military wife, Good was starting over when an encounter with ICE agents cut her new life short.
January 14, 2026
After losing custody, Twin Cities woman allegedly fed 18-month-old daughter fatal overdose
The mother also tried to kill herself in her home and was hospitalized, the criminal complaint read.
January 14, 2026
Stabbing rampage in Twin Cities apartment hall killed man, badly injured teen, prosecutors say
The suspect fled for the North Shore and was caught later that same morning, according to the charges.
January 14, 2026
MN lawmaker wants to outlaw federal agents’ face coverings statewide. St. Paul mulls its own rules.
The bill’s author acknowledges the measure will likely not make federal agents show their faces, but hopes local police take note of the problems masks cause.
January 14, 2026
Police: Day care worker confesses to suffocating and killing infant at Savage day care
Harvey Gene Muklebust died after he stopped breathing at Rocking Horse Ranch Childcare last September. He was a few days away from his first birthday.
January 14, 2026
Homeland Security presence in Minnesota dwarfs Twin Cities’ largest police forces
If 3,000 federal agents land in Minnesota, their footprint will be bigger than the 10 largest metro police departments combined.
January 13, 2026
State appeals federal plan to withhold $2 billion in Medicaid funds
Federal officials say the state doesn’t have an adequate plan to combat Medicaid fraud, while state leaders call a potential payment pause politically motivated.
January 13, 2026
Police say random shooting kills man, 19, in Twin Cities home; suspect arrested
The gunfire occurred over the weekend in a North St. Paul apartment, the police chief said.
January 13, 2026
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What to know about the massive social services fraud scandal in Minnesota
Providers who bilked housing, autism and day care programs thrust the state into the national spotlight.
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GoFundMe, other online campaigns raising big money for ICE agent who killed Renee Good
A GoFundMe official said the fundraising effort is under review for its compliance with company policy.
January 12, 2026
ICE presence grows as Minneapolis grapples with fallout of fatal shooting
Federal officials send more agents to Minnesota amid protests, walkouts and an escalating fight over oversight.
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