Friends, family and law enforcement crowded into the benches of the gallery of a federal courtroom Friday morning in Fargo for Macalla Knott's sentencing.
Macalla Knott oversaw the transport and sale of millions of dollars of drugs supplied by the notorious Sinaloa Cartel to her native Minnesota and the Dakotas. Now she faces life in prison.
While the number of homeless population deaths in Duluth has risen in recent years, it saw a slight decline over the past year, with 61 individuals and five advocates dead.
A man has sustained life-threatening cold weather exposure injuries following a medical and mental health crisis on Thursday in Ten Lakes Township in Beltrami County.
Jim Carlson, 67, was among the nearly 1,500 people who received commuted sentences. The White House said those receiving a commutation had been serving sentences at home "for at least one year."
Beltrami County will receive federal resources to help law enforcement address illicit drug trafficking and the overdose epidemic through the High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program.
