A long-term warm-up begins Sunday
Here’s your Saturday evening forecast for February 7, 2026 from Meteorologist Matt Serwe. It will be blustery along and south of I-94 tonight. Gusts over 25 mph are possible in the Twin Cities, and they could reach 30-35 mph in southwestern Minnesota. The weather headline for Sunday is the...
Immigrant whose skull was broken in 8 places during ICE arrest says beating was...
MINNEAPOLIS — Alberto Castañeda Mondragón says his memory was so jumbled after a beating by immigration officers that he initially could not remember he had a daughter and still struggles to recall treasured moments like the night he taught her to dance. But the violence he endured...
Ten fire departments respond to fatal fire in St. Louis Park
One person was injured, and another person was found dead after a house fire in St. Louis Park early Sunday morning. Firefighters responded to a blaze on the 3000 block of Edgewood Avenue South just after 7 a.m. "One adult individual was transported to the hospital with smoke and heat...
Uptown businesses dealing with economic impact due to ICE presence, but help is on...
For small businesses in the Uptown neighborhood of Minneapolis, it’s been an economic roller coaster.
Jay Icon And His Wife Apple Pled Guilty To Roseville Lululemon $1 Million Theft
Jamaican social media influencers Jay Icon and his wife Apple admitted in Ramsey County District Court to stealing from several Lululemon Twin Cities locations last year. The couple will be ordered to make restitution for the $1 million organized retail theft during their sentencing hearings. The hearings were...
Twin Cities Interpreter Admits Role In ‘Phantom Rides’ Medicaid Hustle
A Minneapolis interpreter has admitted she helped siphon hundreds of thousands of dollars from Minnesota's Medicaid program in a long‑running “phantom rides” scheme that investigators say turned basic health benefits into a cash machine. On Friday, Nasro Takhal pleaded guilty to two felony counts of aiding and...
“America Is Losing Its Americanness,” — Nation’s First Muslim Somali-American Mayor Expresses Anxiety Among...
Nadia Mohamed (MoonMedia / YouTube) Nadia Mohamed, the mayor of St. Louis Park, Minnesota, and the nation’s first elected Somali-American mayor, has drawn attention with recent remarks in a video expressing concern that America is gradually losing its core identity. As a Muslim who immigrated from Somalia at age 10...
One injured in an overnight fire in White Bear Township
MINNESOTA, USA — One person suffered from burns after a fire erupted in the basement of the house in White Bear Township. Officials report that firefighters responded to a call of a fire around 3:31 a.m. on Sunday. Upon arrival at the residence at the 5400 block of Peterson Road, fire crews discovered an active fire...
Minnesota Weather Alert Today: Brisk February Cold Now, Snow Risk by Wednesday Night
Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Minnesota — The Twin Cities wake to a gray, hushed morning as cold air lingers over frozen pavement. Exhaust plumes drift along city streets, and sidewalks feel slick where yesterday’s melt refroze before...
Minnesota woman sentenced for $325K SNAP fraud scheme
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — LaTasha Thomas, 39, received a 12-month prison sentence followed by a year of supervised release for mail fraud and must also repay $325,159 to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. U.S. Attorney Daniel N. Rosen says Thomas, along with her daughter Ambrosia Thomas and relative Cynthia Thomas,...

















