Tom Heffelfinger

7 Collection Items

• Red Lake Shooting: Feeling scars, 10 years later (part 2)

  MPR’s Dan Gunderson & John Enger reports on the survivors of the 2005 mass shooting at Red Lake High School in northern Minnesota. The tragedy changed everyone involved. A survivor, investigator, and community leader discuss how they cope and look for ways to prevent future shootings.

  Mar. 18, 20159 minSave
• Body of Dru Sjodin found

  Mainstreet Radio’s Dan Gunderson reports that searchers found the body of Dru Sjodin in a ditch northwest of Crookston on Saturday, April 17th 2004. The 22-year-old University of North Dakota Student had been missing since November 2003. Police believe she was taken from a Grand Forks mall parking lot by a convicted sex offender.

  Apr. 18, 2004Save
• Somalis stuggle in aftermath of 9/11

  MPR’s Mary Losure speaks with local Somali residents about their experience in the cities after 9/11. They speak on fear of Minnesotans retaliating toward them based on their Muslim religion, experiences of racism, how immigration interviews were canceled and not rescheduled, and how money wiring services were shut down.

  Sep. 9, 2002Save
• Heffelfinger on U.S. Justice Department's role in Dave Durenberger case

  Tom Heffelfinger, a former U.S. attorney, explains the possible decisions of U.S. Justice Department in pursuing a fraud investigation into U.S. Senator Dave Durenberger.

  Dec. 7, 1993Save
• Red Lake child abuse

  Mainstreet Radio’s Catherine Winter reports on the difficulty to prosecute child abuse on Red Lake and other Indian reservations. On most reservations, state criminal laws don’t apply. The federal government is responsible for prosecuting serious cries under federal law. While child sex abuse is prohibited under federal law, child physical abuse is not.

  Mar. 13, 19935 minSave
• Heffelfinger commentary on federal probes of Los Angeles Police Department

  MPR’s Gary Eichten interviews Thomas Heffelfinger, U.S. attorney for Minnesota, about U.S. Justice Department probe into Los Angeles Police Department. Civil rights complaints locally are also discussed.

  May. 4, 1992Save
• Minnesota Journal: Duluth shooting / NSP / sex offenders / firefighter deaths / 1985 session / curling

  Minnesota Journal host Gary Eichten presents a collection of reports and news items for Monday, January 7, 1985.

  Jan. 7, 198530 minSave