A Chanhassen man has become the third person to plead guilty in a $20 million mortgage fraud scheme that involved 57 properties. Douglas Rex Butler faces up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of fraud.

Jennifer Nibbe, 35, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder Wednesday, admitting that she shot and killed 26-year-old James Nibbe in their house south of Lake Crystal without pre-meditation. The Mankato Free Press has posted video of her tearful confession.

A man from Minneapolis pleaded guilty to a federal hate crime after attacking an 83-year-old Somali man outside a bar. George Thompson admitted he assaulted the man only because he thought he was Somali or Muslim. He could face up to 10 years in prison.

Federal prosecutors accuse a Brooklyn Park woman of stealing more than $1 million from Land O'Lakes between 2008 and 2012. Federal prosecutors say Cynthia Jacobsen, 58, fraudulently authorized payments to her daughter and allegedly used the money for personal expenses. Jacobsen worked as an accounts-payable supervisor.

Minnesota-born Christie Prody, former longtime lover of the imprisoned football star, will plead guilty to burglary and drug charges, a Clay County prosecutor says. She is accused of stealing prescription pills from a Moorhead couple while working as an in-home nursing assistant.

The Star Tribune reports Amy Senser, wife of former Viking Joe Senser, is expected to attend a hearing this morning in the hit-and-run death of a Minneapolis chef. Her lawyer says she'll plead not guilty. She is charged with felony criminal vehicular homicide.

The St. Paul man at the center of a police brutality investigation has pleaded not guilty to aggravated stalking, terroristic threats and criminal damage to property, reports the Pioneer Press.