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Jacob Colt Johnson has been convicted on two charges of second degree murder in the death of Ricky Balsimo in June of 2021.

After taking the stand in her own nearly two-week trial, Janelle Johnson was found guilty of second-degree murder

After a nearly two-week trial, a jury has found Janelle Johnson guilty of second-degree murder, more than two years after Jesse Farris was fatally shot outside his Bemidji home.

More than two years after Jesse Farris was fatally shot at his Bemidji home on Dec. 25, 2020, a jury trial for Janelle Johnson is underway in Beltrami County to determine if she will be convicted of second-degree murder.

"I hope that with time, some peace comes to the family," the judge said. Written By: Leah Ward | × Baker WINDOM — A Cottonwood County District Court case years in the making drew to a close Tuesday morning when the defendant, Zachariah Baker, 28, of Windom, was sentenced to 78 months in prison for second-degree manslaughter in the killing of his infant son. Baker was arrested in November 2018 following a months-long investigation of the death of his son, Knox, in July of that...

Baker will receive his sentence in two weeks. Written By: Leah Ward | × Baker WINDOM — In lieu of the planned four-week jury trial set for a criminal case in which he was accused of killing his infant child, Windom resident Zachariah Baker entered a guilty plea Tuesday morning to a charge of second-degree manslaughter. Baker, 28, was arrested in November 2018 when his baby died while Baker was up in the night with the infant. At the time of the incident, Baker presented the ...