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1 week ago | 
kttc.com | Brock Bergey
PRESTON, Minn. (KTTC) – A KTTC follow-up on the twin sisters tied to a deadly Fillmore County crash from 2023. Sarah Petersen, now serving time in Preston, has denied our request for a jailhouse interview—an opportunity to tell her side of this high-profile legal case. Back in late March, Petersen, 37, was convicted of two felony counts of criminal vehicular operation causing bodily harm.
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1 week ago | 
kttc.com | Brock Bergey
SAINT PAUL, Minn. (KTTC) – The delayed progress on Minnesota’s new financial blueprint has some state workers anticipating layoff notices as early as this weekend. Since lawmakers failed to approve a two-year spending plan during the regular legislative session, a special session is now needed—and time is winding down for a deal to get done before consequences are felt.
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1 week ago | 
kttc.com | Brock Bergey
ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) – An incident at Rochester Century High School on Wednesday has the district’s emergency response plan in the spotlight. The Rochester Police Department was called in to assist with a disorderly student just before 2 p.m. During the response, the high school was placed in a response protocol called hold. That’s where students must remain out of school hallways until the ‘all clear’ is given.
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1 week ago | 
kttc.com | Brock Bergey
ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) – What is the most desired state among young people to buy property? According to a recent study, the answer is the Land of 10,000 Lakes. Evernest, a nationwide property management company, announced Minnesota is the only state in the U.S. where the homeownership rate of people under 35 is more than 50. Iowa’s rate was nearly 46%, in the study, with Wisconsin’s rate landing at roughly 40%.
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1 week ago | 
kttc.com | Brock Bergey
ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) – Prompted by viewer requests, KTTC fact checked a comment made by Minnesota Governor Tim Walz during a one-on-one interview last week. Evening news anchor Brock Bergey asked the state’s top elected official and 2024 Democratic vice presidential nominee about the Trump administration’s current work in Washington. In his response, the DFLer had this to say about consumer prices. “I think, right now, I’m not seeing egg prices go down, Walz said.
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2 weeks ago | 
kttc.com | Brock Bergey
SAINT PAUL, Minn. (KTTC) – A KTTC follow-up to a Digging Deeper report we first brought you on Monday. That was the final day of Minnesota’s 2025 legislative session, and knowing a budget deal wouldn’t be in place, we revisited the Gopher State’s record-setting surplus from 2023. Many people have been asking us—where did that money go? Since Monday’s report, KTTC has received additional information from Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB).
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2 weeks ago | 
kttc.com | Brock Bergey
OWATONNA, Minn. (KTTC) – There are several ways to measure the length of a year—12 months, 52 weeks or 365 days. But when that specific period is largely consumed by grief, the concept of time can be lost. Such is the case for the parents of Olivia Flores, the victim of last May’s traffic crash involving a now-former state trooper—making this an unusual case. On Wednesday, KTTC was provided the opportunity to sit down with Flores’s parents—one year after their lives were forever changed.
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2 weeks ago | 
kttc.com | Brock Bergey
SAINT PAUL, Minn. (KTTC) – The return of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Rochester has the federal agency’s present-day actions front and center on the local level. ICE’s online dashboard includes arrests, detentions and removals as of December 31, 2024.
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2 weeks ago | 
kttc.com | Brock Bergey
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KTTC) – Farmers are well ahead of the five-year state averages for crop planting, according to the latest numbers released Monday by the USDA. As of May 18, 92% of Minnesota’s corn crop had been planted. That’s a significant increase from last week, when 64% was in the ground. Last year, 77% of the Gopher State’s corn was planted at this same point, with the five-year average also at 77%. Turning to soybeans in Minnesota, 81% of the crop had reached soil as of Sunday.
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2 weeks ago | 
kttc.com | Brock Bergey
SAINT PAUL, Minn. (KTTC) – With the 2025 state legislative session winding down without a new budget deal in place, and a special session now all but certain, Minnesota’s previous budget surplus—to the record-setting tune of $17.6 billion—is back in the spotlight. State DFLers, then in control of both the house and the senate, used most of the surplus to approve a $72 billion, two-year budget—the largest in Minnesota history. It included one-time spending in some areas and added new programs.
