Macalla Knott, a native of St. Cloud, pleaded guilty to working with a Mexican drug cartel to import methamphetamine, cocaine and fentanyl into the Midwest.

The group, all Minnesotans, used violence and threats to ensure payments and conceal crimes, according to federal prosecutors ...

Friends, family and law enforcement crowded into the benches of the gallery of a federal courtroom Friday morning in Fargo for Macalla Knott's sentencing. Macalla Knott, in a green prison uniform ...

Friends and family of Macalla Knott say she's not what you think after she pleaded guilty to distributing nearly $10 million ...

FARGO, N.D. — Calling it a “heartbreaking” case, Chief Judge Peter Welte sentenced Macalla “Kayla” Knott to 26 years and nine months in federal prison on Friday, Jan. 3, for her role at ...

St. Cloud's Macalla "Kayla" Knott was sentenced to 26 years in prison for her role in smuggling drugs and laundering money into the Midwest from Mexico. She is one of several people from central ...

St. Cloud's Macalla "Kayla" Knott was sentenced to 26 years in prison for her role in smuggling drugs and laundering money into the Midwest from Mexico. She is one of several people from central ...

FARGO, N.D. — A St. Cloud woman will serve a 26-year federal sentence for playing a major role in a Mexican drug operation that funneled large quantities of meth, cocaine and fentanyl into the ...