Heidi Wigdahl
Reporter at KARE-TV (Minneapolis, MN)
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1 day ago |
kare11.com | Heidi Wigdahl
BROOKLYN PARK, Minnesota — Neighbors of House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman are gathering Thursday night for a community update and healing event. Another event is scheduled for Friday for community members in Brooklyn Park and Champlin. "I think people want to come together and begin healing and discussing. How do we deal with this? How do we grapple with what this means?" Brooklyn Park Mayor Hollies Winston said.
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2 days ago |
kare11.com | Heidi Wigdahl
BROOKLYN PARK, Minnesota — The largest manhunt in Minnesota history could have unfolded differently had it not been for the Brooklyn Park Police Department. "No question. Those officers saved lives. I mean, he [Vance Boelter] does not stop. He had already been to four addresses. That was the fourth address that we caught him at. This was going to be catastrophic over the next couple of hours," Chief Mark Bruley told NBC News' Maggie Vespa.
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4 days ago |
kare11.com | Heidi Wigdahl
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota — The weekend manhunt of Vance Boelter involved multiple scenes and left people in those neighborhoods shaken. In Brooklyn Park, neighbors are grieving the loss of DFL House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark. "Just been very hard for all of us. So we're just trying to come together," said Sarah Abuisnaineh, who lives across the street from the Hortmans. "I used to go over to their house for birthdays and barbecues and Mark... he would just invite us over.
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Mar 19, 2025 |
kare11.com | Heidi Wigdahl
KENSINGTON, Minnesota — Erica Sawatzke remembers it was the day before Thanksgiving in 2023 when she noticed the family farm's turkeys were sick. By Thanksgiving night, they were testing the flock for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) and by Black Friday, the results came back positive. "There's no way that you can mentally prepare yourself to lose an entire flock," Sawatzke said.
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Mar 3, 2025 |
kare11.com | Heidi Wigdahl
ROSEVILLE, Minnesota — This spring will be a game-changer for collegiate women's flag football. The Vikings are partnering with six NCAA schools in and near Minnesota to launch a new league. The schools participating include Augustana University (Sioux Falls, South Dakota), Concordia College, Gustavus Adolphus College, Bethel University, the University of Northwestern, St. Paul and the University of Wisconsin, Stout.
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