Minneapolis MN

The business, owned by Roger Backstrom, has been delivering hot pies to Brooklyn Park for more than 40 years. While its main draw is the pizzas they serve, Backstrom’s guidance built his restaurant up to become a community pillar. He employed high schoolers, supported athletics, and has donated countless hours to the...

At least two defendants in the Feeding Our Future fraud case have entered guilty pleas, with a third defendant rejecting a plea deal.

MINNEAPOLIS — Ikram Mohamed joined the $300 million Feeding our Future fraud scheme as a consultant for executive director Aimee Bock, recruiting others to take part, soliciting kickbacks in return, and even signing up her husband, mother, sister, and brothers to run phony meal sites. Her husband and sister...

Opening this summer in Shakopee, MN, a brand new outdoor concert venue is coming: the Mystic Lake Amphitheater. It looks so cool! It's right by Canterbury Park and they're lineup is already chock full for the summer. The 19,000-steat facility just announced today a new show that's been added to...

Mayor Jacob Frey’s administration is moving ahead with plans for a Community Safety Training & Wellness Center in south Minneapolis, a project the city estimates will cost about $38 million. Officials say they have signed a letter of intent to buy an industrial site in the Windom neighborhood and plan to bring a...

An official-looking court notice is circulating in Wabasha, and police say it belongs in the trash, not in your wallet. On Tuesday, Wabasha police warned that a so-called “Notice of Hearing - Parking Violation” is a scam flyer disguised to look like it is straight from the Hennepin County District Court. The bogus...

LEXINGTON, Minn. — A man is in custody after two people died in the north metro early Wednesday morning. The Anoka County Sheriff's Office said officers from several nearby communities responded to the Lexington home on the 9300 block of Ryan Place just before 1 a.m. on reports of a shooting. When they arrived, the...

At the crack of dawn, a cohort of 20 volunteers gathered in the North Lot of former military base turned immigration enforcement headquarters Fort Snelling, on March 10. The Sunrise Movement Twin Cities chapter, a nationwide youth movement focused on resisting authoritarianism, coined it a “Punk Rock Caravan.”. The...

Prosecutors charged a man after a woman told police he choked her unconscious and threatened to kill her in White Bear Lake. The incident happened around 1:00 a.m. Saturday, March 14, at a home on the 1900 block of Eugene Street. According to the criminal complaint, officers were dispatched after...

Every week, Natalie takes a selfie and sends it to a private, third-party contractor that tracks immigrants’ whereabouts for the federal government. Every two weeks, she visits an office building in Bloomington to meet with her “case specialist,” who asks her several personal questions about her marriage status,...