Bethany Danner News Today

Organizations that support first responders said the killing of two police officers and a firefighter-paramedic in Burnsville has taken a huge toll on the people who wear the uniforms and their families.

As the year draws to a close, here is a look at the top news that made headlines, from January through July.

As the year draws to a close, here is a look at the top news that made headlines, from January through July.

As the year draws to a close, here is a look at the top news that made headlines, from January through July.

Created: January 10, 2021 07:33 PM Vincent Williams was driving down Highway 252 in Brooklyn Center on Jan. 3 when he saw a Minnesota State Trooper wrestling with a man who the trooper was trying to detain on suspicion of driving under the influence. Williams pulled over, with Minnesota Department of Transportation traffic cameras rolling, and helped the trooper control and arrest the suspect, later identified as 38-year-old William Cleve. Cleve was arrested for an alleged assault...

Created: January 06, 2021 03:58 PM More than 200 family members of Minnesota law enforcement have raised money to show their gratitude to Vincent Williams, a man called a “good Samaritan” by the Minnesota State Patrol after he came to the aide of a trooper on Sunday. "That feeling of gratitude washed over me after I saw everyone was OK," said Bethany Danner, president of the nonprofit, Backing the Blue Line. "Even my adrenaline kind of subsided to know the officer was OK, I was ...