Crime, Law and Justice

Court: Regulators were correct in applying drinking-water standards to groundwater in Minntac permit
The Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday said state regulators correctly applied drinking-water standards to groundwater when issuing a permit to an Iron Range mine in 2018, reversing a lower court's 2019 decision.
Prosecutor: Alleged Health clinic shooter to face murder, explosives charges
Wright County Attorney Brian Lutes vowed to "aggressively prosecute” Gregory Paul Ulrich. Lindsay Overbay, a 37-year-old medical assistant, was killed in the clinic shooting. She was a mother of two children ages 5 and 8.
The Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office says 12-year-old Tajiddien Abdullah (“Josiah”) has been found safe and is now with his family.
Wolves' Beasley gets 120-day sentence for gun threat
Minnesota Timberwolves guard Malik Beasley was sentenced Tuesday to 120 days in jail after pleading guilty to a felony charge of threats of violence for pointing a rifle at a family outside his home last fall.
Eight Ramsey County jail guards have filed a lawsuit alleging racial discrimination after they were barred from working on the floor where Derek Chauvin, the former police officer charged in George Floyd's death, was being held.
A former University of St. Thomas student accused of calling in phony bomb threats targeting buildings where he was supposed to be attending class was sentenced Tuesday to a year in federal prison.
1 dead, 4 wounded in Buffalo, Minn., clinic shooting; suspect is ex-patient
Buffalo police said the man who allegedly opened fire in an Allina Health clinic is “very familiar” to them, but there’s no evidence this was domestic terrorism. He’s expected to face a judge on Thursday.
Another court blocks attempt to stop Line 3 construction
A federal judge has denied a request from Minnesota tribes and environmental groups to temporarily stop construction of the Line 3 oil pipeline project. A state appellate court panel also recently declined to halt work on the pipeline.