Minneapolis–St. Paul, Minnesota Weather Alert Now: February Thaw Builds Before Midweek Snow
Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Minnesota starts the morning under a dull winter sky.Cold air lingers across the Twin Cities, and the chill is easy to feel. Temperatures hover near 27 degrees early, with light south winds adding a bite....
As ICE operations rattle Minneapolis, Catholic women step forward
(RNS) — Some Catholic women are expressing disappointment that local clergy have kept mostly silent about what's happening in their parishes. The post As ICE operations rattle Minneapolis, Catholic women step forward appeared first on RNS .
‘Fraud tourists’ plead guilty to Minnesota Medicaid scheme
Two men from Philadelphia have admitted to their roles in a $3.5 million fraud scheme against Minnesota's Housing Stabilization Program that prosecutors have called a case of "fraud tourism." FOX 9's Paul Blume has the story.
Minneapolis leaders still seeing high ICE activity
Minneapolis leaders say they are still seeing high levels of ICE enforcement activity despite federal assurances of a scale.
Protesters Warned of Arrest Inside Richfield Target as Boycott Tied to ICE Detentions Grows
About 50 demonstrators with UnidosMN were warned by Target management and Richfield police Sunday that they would be arrested if they brought protest signs inside the store, including an image of the viral hat once worn by five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, who was wrongfully detained by Immigration and Customs...
Feds Park Outside Minneapolis City Hall, Snag Police Spots and Creep Into Bike Lane:...
Federal agents pulled up outside Minneapolis City Hall on Monday afternoon, a city council member said, with unmarked vehicles filling police-only parking stalls and edging into a downtown bike lane. The sighting landed in the middle of an already tense month, as a stepped-up federal immigration presence across the...
Semi crash on Hwy 169 dumps recycled material on highway
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - A collision between two semis on Highway 169 in Bloomington dumped a load of recycled material on the highway, blocking traffic Monday morning. Troopers say that around 10:25 a.m., a semi hauling the recycled material collided with another semi carrying sand along Highway 169 near Pioneer Trail.
Twin Cities man, 25, killed in skiing accident near Red Wing
A 25-year-old man was killed in a skiing accident at the Welch Village Ski Area near Red Wing this month. Walker Phenix Nelson "died as he lived, doing what he loved," his family shared in an obituary. The Red Wing Fire Department confirmed to the Minnesota Star Tribune that Nelson...
Employee charged after North St. Paul group home resident dies in extreme cold
A North St. Paul group home employee allegedly admitted he'd fallen asleep the night a man under his care escaped into the extreme cold and was later found dead by an officer on routine patrol, according to criminal charges. Prosecutors in Ramsey County charged 29-year-old Abiodun Olalekan Onakoya, of Champlin,...
Cowgirls Drop Home Opener to Minnesota
Wyoming loses trio of three-setters against visiting Gophers

















