ELY, Minn. — A wildfire in Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness has grown to 27 acres, causing the closure of more areas and portages. According to the U.S. Forest Service, there was a small amount of rain overnight, and fire activity is minimal. Firefighters are working to suppress and contain the blaze.

MINNEAPOLIS — In Minnesota, opioid-related deaths continue to rise, with more than 1,000 fatalities in 2022. That's up from 421 people in 2017, according to the Minnesota Department of Health. Thus M Health Fairview and the Minneapolis Health Department's Opioid Response Team spent a couple of years figuring out...

MINNEAPOLIS — An 18-year-old was arrested and a 14-year-old was hurt after gunfire in downtown Minneapolis. According to the Minneapolis Police Dept., officers could hear the shots fired near their precinct. Officers found "evidence of gunfire" in a parking lot near 5th Street North and Hennepin Avenue. Three blocks...

MINNEAPOLIS — For the second time in two months, an apparent attack has been made on former President Donald Trump’s life. “This is certainly an unprecedented series of assassination attempts,” University of Minnesota political science Professor Larry Jacobs says. To his knowledge, Professor Jacobs says he can’t...

MINNEAPOLIS — Andrea and Juan Broome want people to know how caring their artistic 16-year-old daughter, De'Miaya, was. “She cared about people. She cared about animals. She was just a loving person,” Juan Broome said. De'Miaya came from a blended family with 13 brothers and sisters. She was...

BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. — A man is facing a felony charge following the death of his 3-year-old son, who fell out the window of an 8th-floor apartment. It happened the morning of May 18 at the Lux Apartments on Summit Drive in Brooklyn Center. According to the criminal complaint, the child was declared dead at the scene by paramedics.

The Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty announced Monday that a man charged with killing five women in a 2023 Minneapolis car crash will now face additional charges. In a news release, Moriarty said Derrick Thompson is now charged with five counts of third-degree murder, on top of the original 10 counts of criminal vehicular homicide.

MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota woman who says she was a victim of sex trafficking as a teen has filed suit against the operators of a Twin Cities hotel for allegedly not only turning a blind eye to the illegal activity but giving her captors extra accommodations to do their business.

A 35-year-old man is the second person to face criminal charges after an alleged attack on an unhoused shelter left residents injured and displaced earlier this month. A release from the Hennepin County Attorney's Office Monday said Robert Brent, III, of Faribault, was charged with two counts of second-degree assault; one count of threats of violence; one count of possessing a firearm after being convicted of in a crime of violence, and one count of second-degree riot in the alleged Sept. 5 attack at north Minneapolis' St. Anne's Place that left at least two residents and one staffer injured, and dozens more displaced.

BEDFORD, Ohio — An 8-year-old girl took an SUV from her Ohio home and drove for miles to a store where she was later found unharmed, authorities said. The girl, whose name was not released, and the vehicle — a 2020 Nissan Rogue — were reported missing around 9 a.m. Sunday, Bedford police said. Family members said they had last seen the girl at the residence about two hours earlier.

MINNEAPOLIS — Ready, set... RUNWAY!. Fashion Week Minnesota is back and better than ever at the Minnesota Institute of Art for a glamorous night of creativity and community. The event is called "Creative Renaissance," and will take place on Oct. 12. Fashion Week MN producer Annie Clark and Inspire...

SARTELL, Minn. — The Boy Scouts of America reintroduced itself as Scouting America in May, and since then, the organization has been hard at work recruiting. Gerry Granum, Scout executive from the Central Minnesota Council, visited KARE 11 News at Noon to share more about the work. Scouting America...

MEEKER COUNTY, Minn. — A man is dead following an explosion inside a fish house in Meeker County Saturday morning. The Meeker County Sheriff's Office says deputies were dispatched to an address in Collinwood Township just before 7 a.m. on reports of a man who had suffered significant burns. Upon arrival they learned that 46-year-old Jeffery Holmquist of Dassel was inside the fish house when it exploded, leaving him with severe burns over a significant portion of his body.

DULUTH, Minn. — The rollerblading community is mourning a passionate inline skater who died after a marathon Saturday on the North Shore. In a statement posted on Facebook, organizers of the NorthShore Inline Marathon announced that participant Mike Lufholm died following the race in Duluth Saturday. The 36-year-old Lufholm was a Duluth native who now lives in the Twin Cities.

BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. — An upcoming training session with officers at the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board was canceled after they learned Kim Potter was a part of it. Potter, a former Brooklyn Center police officer, was convicted of manslaughter after she shot and killed Daunte Wright during...

SAN ANTONIO — Homelessness can happen to anyone. According to a survey from the personal finance website Bankrate, nearly a third of U.S. workers say they are living paycheck to paycheck and have no money for savings after accounting for monthly bills. 19-year-old Samuel Haymon described how he's been...

PORTAGE COUNTY, Ohio — Portage County's sheriff appeared to call for the community to record the addresses of residents who publicly display support for Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris. Sheriff Bruce D. Zuchowski, who took office in 2021, made the below remarks in Facebook posts shared to two separate...

MINNEAPOLIS — A local winter tradition is in jeopardy, forcing two sculptors to ask the public for help. Austin, Trevor and Connor Bartz, the Bartz brothers, have crafted giant snow sculptures in New Brighton since 2012. Their first creation was a puffer fish, followed by a shark, an octopus, a sea turtle, a whale, a walrus and more. In 2024, the brothers created a 21-foot-tall "Sparky" the sea lion, their biggest creation to date.

CLARKFIELD, Minn. — The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal (BCA) is investigating an incident in Yellow Medicine County after a suspect shot at law enforcement on Saturday night. According to information from the Yellow Medicine County Sheriff, the office got a call around 3:15 p.m. for a welfare check on a person in Clarkfield, a city around 2 and 1/2 hours west of Minneapolis. Deputies learned the person had left the city while en route to the call and were told he was in a farm field with a rifle.

SHOREVIEW, Minn. — At least one person was taken to the hospital overnight after a crash near Shoreview. Information form authorities is sparse as of Sunday morning, but according to officials with the Ramsey County Sheriff's Office, the driver of a vehicle was taken to the hospital by medics and had both legs amputated.