Tim Harlow

1 day ago | winonadailynews.com | Tim Harlow

State authorities are telling Minnesotans that texts purportedly coming from the “Minnesota Department of Motor Vehicles” requesting payment for an outstanding traffic ticket are fake and shouldn’t be responded to. Thousands of Minnesotans on Wednesday received the messages — sometimes several times — threatening the loss of driving privileges and escalating penalties if the matter is not taken care of by Thursday.

1 day ago | startribune.com | Tim Harlow

Local advocacy groups and lawmakers are reacting to President Trump's latest travel ban with a wide range of emotions, from condemnation to concern, all while trying to assess the impact it could have locally. Trump imposed a travel ban on 12 countries and harsh restrictions on seven others.

1 day ago | startribune.com | Tim Harlow

By Tim Harlow Don't respond to the message or click any links. Don't give money or personal information. If you think the message might be real, contact DVS through our website at drive.mn.gov. Report the message as junk or spam and delete it. File a report with the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center: https://www.ic3.gov/ This is not the first scam to hit Minnesotan's cell phones and email boxes.

1 day ago | swoknews.com | Tim Harlow

Minnesota advocacy groups and lawmakers are reacting to President Donald Trump’s latest travel ban with condemnation and concern as they work to assess its impact. Trump has imposed a travel ban on 12 countries and put harsh restrictions on seven others. The new executive order forbids citizens of Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen from traveling to the United States.

3 days ago | mankatofreepress.com | Tim Harlow

Crime scene investigators sorted through hundreds of bits of evidence at a popular Minneapolis park Monday as the city’s mayor and police chief bemoaned a shooting that left a 23-year-old woman dead and six people injured. The shooting Sunday night at Boom Island Park came just more than a month after a burst of gun violence in Minneapolis left five people dead in three separate incidents.