Jennifer Mayerle

Jan 16, 2025 | cbsnews.com | Jennifer Mayerle

MINNEAPOLIS — One gun owner heard voices telling her to kill the president. Another mused about shooting up a school. But neither of those crimes happened, thanks in part to Minnesota's new red flag law. A WCCO Investigation found that 140 extreme risk protection orders were filed last year. That's when authorities temporarily take away someone's guns. A mental health crisis can touch any family at any time. Just ask DFL Rep. Ethan Cha.

Jan 15, 2025 | cbsnews.com | Jennifer Mayerle

MPCA faces lawsuit from nearly 100 Minnesotans who claim it mishandled pollution problems WHITE BEAR TOWNSHIP, Minn. — A state agency now faces lawsuits from nearly 100 people who claim it mishandled pollution problems at the center of a WCCO investigation. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is accused of neglecting to protect the public from a manufacturing plant that neighbors blame for cancer cases, chronic illnesses and even deaths.

Jan 14, 2025 | cbsnews.com | Jennifer Mayerle |Stephen Swanson

MINNEAPOLIS — A Twin Cities woman has pleaded guilty to illegally buying weapons for her children's father, who went on to use them in the killing of three first responders last year. Ashley Dyrdahl, 35, was charged by the U.S. Attorney's Office in November with 11 felonies, including five counts each of straw purchasing and making false statements during the purchase of a firearm.

Jan 9, 2025 | cbsnews.com | Jennifer Mayerle

MINNEAPOLIS — The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms is urging law enforcement to reconsider selling their police-issued guns. Some duty weapons traded or sold after police are done with them are being used to commit crimes, even murder, which WCCO and CBS News exposed last spring. The ATF now shares data with law enforcement across the country, confirming more than a thousand guns once owned by police were associated with a homicide. Even more were tied to violent crimes.

Dec 17, 2024 | cbsnews.com | Jennifer Mayerle

Water Gremlin agrees to settlement in lawsuit over exposure to cancer-causing chemical WHITE BEAR TOWNSHIP, Minn. — Water Gremlin and its parent company, Okabe, agreed to a settlement in a lawsuit filed by people who accused them of causing their health issues. Nearly a hundred people sued the now-bankrupt plant in White Bear Township last year over exposure to a toxic and cancer-causing chemical called TCE. That chemical is now banned in the state, and recently the EPA banned it too.