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2025 brought a cavalcade of crime
Cases include a federal drug kingpin sentenced to 26 years, political assassination indictments, and a $3.25 million civil rights settlement in Mahnomen County, Minnesota.
- Across Minnesota and North Dakota, courts processed high-profile federal and local cases in 2025, ranging from deadly political shootings to civil-rights litigation and arson allegations.
- Prosecutors say the motive included financial distress as Bryce James Campbell, owner of the Lutsen Lodge, was more than $14 million in the red with under $34,000 in bank accounts at the fire time.
- In Fargo, federal prosecutors secured Knott's guilty plea and sentence under the federal kingpin statute on July 29, 2025.
- The decision to drop charges came after reviewing fire response evidence at Lutsen Lodge, where multiple fire departments responded to the Feb. 6, 2024, fire.
- On Dec. 9, 2025, Mahnomen County, Minnesota settled a federal lawsuit by Karley and Amy Thorson over wrongful child removals, while David Brom was set for limited release on July 29, 2025.
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2025 brought a cavalcade of crime
The year 2025 included some high-profile crime and developments in criminal cases across the Upper Midwest. Big cases included multiple murders, a drug kingpin, shootings, arson, a politically momentous burglary and a large civil rights settlement. The following is a collection from Forum News Service coverage. It is not an exhaustive list and is presented in chronological order of each case's recent major development. Macalla Knott sentenced fo…
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Total News Sources15
Leaning Left0Leaning Right9Center5Last UpdatedBias Distribution64% Right
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- 64% of the sources lean Right
64% Right
C 36%
R 64%
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