Gov. Mark Dayton, a Democrat, appointed Boelter as a private-sector representative to the nonpartisan Governor’s Workforce Development Council in 2016. Gov. Tim Walz, also a DFLer, reappointed Boelter for another four years in 2019; Boelter lived in Inver Grove Heights at the time. His term expired in 2023.

The suspect in the Minnesota attack that killed a prominent lawmaker and her spouse was taken into custody Sunday after a sprawling, two-day manhunt that gripped the nation as the shootings ...

Two senators say the shooting shows it's time to address how people's private information is sold and shared online.