Mark Freie is a News Reporter at CBS Radio. He covers a diverse range of topics including sports, competitive sports, regional interest, world news, and health, while also delving into crime, social issues, and government politics. Mark's insightful reporting has earned him features in various prominent platforms.
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By: Mark Freie
It’s a big night for Gophers women’s basketball. A win Wednesday against Rutgers would give the team, and head coach Dawn Plitzuweit, their 11th straight home win, and sixth straight win overall. She’s been very pleased with the team’s improvement.
By: Mark Freie
The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office is expanding its prosecutor-led expungement efforts to include certain offenses committed by people under the age of 18. Since November the office has received more than 800 applications seeing expungement.
Lawyers for DFL State Senator Nicole Mitchell (Woodbury) are asking that her Becker County burglary trial be delayed until late spring, after the upcoming legislative session adjourns.
By: Mark Freie
Minnesota Sec. of State Steve Simon is addressing leaders of the Minnesota House of Representatives ahead of what could be a sour start to the session, saying Republicans, with 67 seats, don’t have the necessary number needed in state constitution.
By: Mark Freie
Minnesota Department of Human Services Commissioner Jodi Harpstead says she’s resigning after more than five years in the job. Appointed in 2019 by Governor Tim Walz, Harpstead oversaw the agency under scrutiny for state’s fraud cases.
By: Mark Freie
Victim and advocacy organization leaders gathered in downtown Minneapolis Tuesday to urge the U.S. Senate to defeat the Laken Riley Act. The bill would mandate federal detention of immigrants for crimes even if there are no charges or a conviction.
Burnsville 911 ambulances have a new tool in the form of whole blood to help treat patients in the field. Burnsville Fire/EMS is the first in the state to begin carrying whole blood aboard their ambulances.
By: Mark Freie
What chances do some of the president’s executive order have when it comes to actual legal opinions? St. Thomas professor Virgil Wiebe is an expert on immigration issues and says executive order targeting birthright citizenship could be short-lived.
By: Mark Freie
The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office will not press charges against three Minneapolis police officers who shot and killed an armed man last summer. Officers fired at 39-year-old Michael Ristow of Bloomington who was seen carrying a gun.
By: Mark Freie
What makes up a quorum? That is the big question the Minnesota Supreme Court must answer as a partisan power struggle has made its way all the way to the state’s highest court Thursday.
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