Inside Minnesotans’ moonshot to cover rent for their immigrant neighbors
MinnPost’s journalists are out in the community to report on the things that are happening in Minnesota. Your support right now will help fund their work AND keep our news paywall-free. On a recent weekday morning as Ashley Fairbanks sat in a salon chair getting her hair done, she...
Warmth returns, will continue through work week
Temps stay above average all week, mostly in the 30s for highs and 20s for lows.
Papa Bear Plunge: Grandpa builds backyard luge for grandkids in Minnesota
SCANDIA, Minn. — Minnesota winters aren't for the faint of heart, and that's absolutely no problem for Steve Blees. For the second time in four years, Blees has built a backyard winter wonderland for his grandkids, centered around a homemade luge that runs nearly 300 feet. "It's just pure...
‘Agitators’ damaging property, throwing ‘ice chunks’ outside Whipple Building, sheriff’s office says
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (KTTC) – The Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office says “agitators” are damaging property outside the Whipple Building in Minneapolis, and Deputies are currently at the scene in an attempt to “maintain public safety.”. Many individuals are reportedly protesting peacefully, however, the sheriff’s office...
Growing calls for Minneapolis to preserve security camera footage during Operation Metro Surge
MINNEAPOLIS — There are growing calls for the City of Minneapolis to revise its current video retention policy around its 200-plus security cameras. Currently, the city's policy is that all video from city security cameras is erased after 14 days unless there is a specific data or law enforcement request to save it.
1 hospitalized with ‘significant stab wounds’ after fight in Brooklyn Park
Police are investigating a stabbing that took place late Sunday night in Brooklyn Park and left one person hospitalized.
Fear of ICE could trigger an eviction wave
Many immigrant workers are too afraid of ICE to commute to their jobs, and soon, they may not be able to pay rent. Why it matters: Tenant advocates fear a wave of evictions may be building as renters fall behind — and they want state leaders to take emergency steps to head it off.
Mournful, ceremonial: Minneapolis VA memorial gathering overflows to remember Alex Pretti
Minneapolis VA hospital employees by the hundreds filled a chapel, crowded into spillover space, and peered at a livestream feed this week to mourn the loss of one of their own to gunfire from federal agents on a city street. The outpouring of grief and admiration on Tuesday, Feb. 3,...
The Women Holding Minneapolis Together
“This is a movement of women here in the Twin Cities,” says middle school teacher and content creator Mandi Jung. “That is why it can’t be put down, that is why we cannot be intimidated, that is why it cannot be stopped.”. Since Operation Metro Surge, the...
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...
