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Investigative Report: Retired Chisago County Sheriff Admitted Writing 'Blackmail' Letters to Himself, Female Co-Worker

State Sen. Jim Abeler, R-Anoka, reviews the results of a federal report on oversight of the state's adult day care centers.

Federal Report Says State DHS ‘Lacks Routine Oversight’ Over Adult Care Centers

Newly Obtained Video Depositions Provide Glimpse of NHL Defense in Concussion Lawsuit

St. Croix County Investigators Use Stagecoach and Parades to Help Solve 25-Year-Old Murder

The St. Croix County Sheriff's Office took an unique approach toward generating more tips in the 1993 unsolved murder of 76-year-old William Clapp...

Active Military Members, Veterans Respond to 'A Hidden Epidemic' Investigation

Active service members and veterans from across the country are contacting KSTP following our investigation into the military's use of mefloquine and the story of how it's left a veteran in Duluth partially disabled...

Shawn Bolf, of Duluth, said he was ordered to take the antimalarial drug, mefloquine, during his deployment to Afghanistan in 2010 with the 148th Fighter Wing.

Dayton Signs Bill Aimed at Protecting Children From Identity Theft

5 EYEWITNESS NEWS has been tracking the bill since the winter of 2017 when the special series "In The Wrong Hands: Child ID Theft" ran, providing parents, grandparents and guardians with answers on how to protect a child from identity theft ...

'A Hidden Epidemic': Investigation Prompts Congressman to Demand Answers after Mefloquine Leaves Minn. Veteran Disabled

Shawn Bolf, of Duluth, said he was ordered to take the antimalarial drug, mefloquine, during his deployment to Afghanistan in 2010 with the 148th Fighter Wing. Now, eight years after he stopped taking the drug, he's living with serious and permanent health problems as a result...

Former Mayor Gets Probation for Lying About Military Service

Robert Livingston, 75, pled guilty to a misdemeanor count of making false demands against the government and was ordered to repay veteran’s benefits he had obtained since 2010 ...

KSTP Investigation Leads to Increased Storm Shelter Enforcement in Minnesota

5 EYEWITNESS NEWS found nearly 30 parks statewide have come into compliance since our investigation. The Minnesota Department of Health has taken disciplinary action against another six ...

Former Orono Swim Coach Suspended from USA Swimming Due to Allegations of Misconduct

That's according to disciplinary records posted Wednesday by SafeSport, a national organization tasked with preventing emotional, physical and sexual abuse of amateur athletes ...

Lawmakers, Advocates React to KSTP Investigation that Found Doctors are Breaking Law

Lawmakers and advocates are responding to a 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS investigation that found thousands of doctors are breaking the law in Minnesota...

'It's Shameful': Dayton Responds to KSTP Investigation Finding Thousands of Minn. Doctors are Breaking Law

Gov. Mark Dayton responded Tuesday to a 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS investigation that found thousands of doctors who are breaking the law, and state regulators are doing little to enforce it...

Gov. Mark Dayton comments on KSTP investigation Tuesday.

Thousands of Minn. Doctors Break Law by Not Signing Up for Prescription Monitoring Program

Thousands of doctors in Minnesota are breaking a law that is supposed to make it more difficult to obtain large amounts of painkillers—and state regulators are doing little to enforce that law in the middle of an opioid epidemic, according to a 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS investigation...

Ramsey County Pulls Deputies from Controversial Training

Bulletproof – a traveling seminar put on by a former police commander and military colonel management – has been criticized for promoting overly aggressive police tactics ...

Confidential Files from Youth Detention Center Found after Storage Unit Auction

According to the man who purchased the unit for $20, the files contained social security numbers, as well as medical and criminal records on teenagers who attended Elmore Academy, a youth detention facility that shut down in 2014 ...

The Boston Model: Hennepin Co. Attorney Touted Radical Change to Police Shooting Investigations

Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman recently touted the "Boston Model" as a better way to investigate officer-involved shootings in Minnesota...

Medical Records Show Late NHL Player from Minnesota Suffered Severe CTE

The records provided Thursday exclusively to 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS and The New York Times show Jeff Parker had the same level of the degenerative brain disease as former NFL star Aaron Hernandez...

Test results show former NHL player Jeff Parker's brain had a significant build-up of Tau. The protein causes dementia, memory loss and other symptoms and is how researchers identify CTE.

Former Gopher Football Player Recruiting Players for CTE Study

Researchers hope to identify the degenerative brain disease before death...

Kyle's Story: Minnesota Family Raising Awareness about CTE

When doctors asked Kyle Raarup how many headaches he suffered every week, the boy would answer with a question of his own: "They go away?"...

Hundreds of Domestic Abusers who Violated Restraining Orders Spent Months Instead of Years in Prison

Hundreds of domestic abusers in Minnesota, who would have served years in prison had judges followed the state's sentencing guidelines, walked free after spending just months, weeks or days in jail, a 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS INVESTIGATION has found...

Prince Files: Rock Star's Computer was Accessed, Prior to Police Seizing It

Files and e-mails from Prince's computer may have been deleted before investigators took control of it, according to documents released in the case...

Images from inside Paisley Park released Thursday

Some Non-Emergency Medical Vehicle Providers Fail State Inspections, Records Show

KSTP obtained through a public records request year-2017 inspection and safety checks on 125 non-emergency medical transportation companies with vehicles that were on the state-administered list of providers ...

Former Hockey Players and NHL Square Off in Courtroom

In the state of hockey, a major lawsuit filed by former National Hockey League players against the league took center stage in federal court in St. Paul on Friday. They accuse the league of failing to warn players about the health risks with brain injuries and concussions ...

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