Investigative

The Deportation Business: More detainees, more challenges, more money for local jails

County jails in Minnesota that have contracts with the federal government are making millions of dollars every year off an immigration system plagued by delays, confusion and inefficiency, according to financial records and federal court documents analyzed by 5 INVESTIGATES.

Borrowing on faith: Former church members say pastor requested secret loans

5 INVESTIGATES: Man previously investigated for fraud, now charged with embezzling from church

Doubting Miranda: High school principal accused student of making up sexual harassment claims

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Raising Red Flags

Crime of the heart?: A convicted embezzler's Robin Hood reputation only goes so far

First independent prison investigator hired after office was defunded in 2003

Security firm fired from Super Bowl LII now fined, banned from future work in Minnesota

Homeless woman featured in 5 INVESTIGATES story finds stable housing after 7 years

After 5 INVESTIGATES story aired in 2018, city leaders voted weeks later to suspend enforcement of the crime-free/drug-free ordinance and directed a workgroup to look into the impacts of the policy ...

The Deportation Business: ICE detaining fewer immigrants with serious criminal convictions

5 INVESTIGATES' review of TRAC's state-by-state data found low-level, non-violent offenders are making up a larger portion of immigrant detainees in Minnesota ...

In this Wednesday, May 22, 2019 file photo migrants mainly from Central America guide their children through the entrance of a World War II-era bomber hanger in Deming, N.M.

New Brighton man pleads guilty to stealing from historic church

Seiple was charged this summer after an investigation into missing money at the Church of St. Peter in Mendota ...

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Paul McEnroe

Joe Augustine

Eric Chaloux

Ana Lastra

Ryan Raiche

Eric Rasmussen

Weather

Above average temperatures likely Tuesday

Minnesotans will be able to enjoy more wild weather Tuesday, according KSTP Chief Meteorologist Dave Dahl ...

The sun peeks through the clouds in Rosemount.

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Temperatures swings result in uptick in pothole reports

While MnDOT does the majority of its pothole patches in the spring, crews do use a special mixture in the winter to fill in the gaps ...

Local

Otterly adorable: Rocky the sea otter making smooth recovery at Minnesota Zoo after first-of-its-kind procedure

After coming to this conclusion, three Minnesota Zoo veterinarians with surgical experience with sea otters performed what is thought to be the first sea otter flipper amputation ...

In-Depth

Minneapolis drops controversial 911 answering software

Minneapolis 911 dispatchers will soon no longer use a controversial software program dispatchers and the head of the police union previously told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS was slowing calls and potentially putting the public in danger...

The Deportation Business: More detainees, more challenges, more money for local jails

Borrowing on faith: Former church members say pastor requested secret loans

5 INVESTIGATES: Man previously investigated for fraud, now charged with embezzling from church

Doubting Miranda: High school principal accused student of making up sexual harassment claims

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Investigative Team

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Joe Augustine execCheckDiffShort("12/09/2019 05:58 AM","minutes",14003,4182268);

Eric Chaloux execCheckDiffShort("12/09/2019 05:58 AM","minutes",14003,4182272);

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Ryan Raiche execCheckDiffShort("12/09/2019 05:58 AM","minutes",14003,4539192);

Eric Rasmussen execCheckDiffShort("01/23/2020 12:41 PM","minutes",14003,5210954);

Above average temperatures likely Tuesday execCheckDiffShort("01/27/2020 10:23 PM","minutes",0,5625060);

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Minneapolis drops controversial 911 answering software execCheckDiffShort("08/16/2019 06:17 PM","minutes",13995,5459534);

Forensic experts question reliability of breathalyzer used by Minnesota law enforcement agencies execCheckDiffShort("07/14/2019 10:34 PM","minutes",13995,5422816);

Twin Cities couple cooks up possible solution to son's rare disease execCheckDiffShort("05/23/2019 07:55 AM","minutes",13995,5352906);

Minnesota National Guard takes look at itself, makes changes after 12 soldier suicides execCheckDiffShort("05/20/2019 10:29 PM","minutes",13995,5360618);

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