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Native American artists across the Twin Cities celebrate and honor Indigenous cultures through their art during Native American Heritage Month. Native American Heritage Month, observed each November, honors the histories, cultures and enduring contributions of Indigenous peoples. There are 11 federally recognized...

SHAKOPEE, Minn. — A woman is dead after a crash in Shakopee late Sunday night. The Minnesota State Patrol reported that 46-year-old Kala Karlene Henry of Chaska was headed south on Highway 169 near Marystown Road just after 11 p.m., driving the speed limit, when a GMC Acadia struck her Chevy Cobalt from the right...

Fencing installed by state officials along the busy corridor to deter homeless encampments is still in place years later. It’s forcing pedestrians to make dangerous choices and hindering efforts to establish a cultural district, Native leaders say. The post ‘It feels like we’re living in a prison’: Frustrations rise...

The Minnesota State Patrol says two people are dead following a two-vehicle rollover crash west of the Twin Cities over the weekend.

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem returned to the Twin Cities on Sunday for the second time in a month, this time to deliver bonus checks to select TSA officers. WCCO's Marielle Mohs was there, asking why all officers didn't receive bonuses.

Jurors on Friday convicted a Minnesota man of collecting $146,000 in federal benefits by falsely claiming to be a decorated Marine Corps veteran who was wounded in action, captured and tortured in Iraq. Mikhail Robin Wicker, 39, of Dilworth was found guilty in U.S. District Court in St. Paul of...

A routine traffic stop in Minneapolis led to more serious charges when officers arrested a driver and a passenger, the Minneapolis Police Department reported on its social media. On a recent patrol near 15th Street and Park Avenue South, officers from the 1st Precinct initiated a traffic stop of a vehicle. They...

Step onto Cedar Avenue and you’ll hear Somali spoken alongside English, smell spiced tea, and see storefronts buzzing with everyday life. Cedar-Riverside isn’t just a historic gateway neighborhood; it remains the living heart of Somali-American culture in the Midwest. From mosques to markets, radio shows to youth...

An uptown Minneapolis church put its money where its mouth was Saturday — or at least, where its communities' mouth was.

ROCKFORD TOWNSHIP (WJON News) -- Two people died, and a Freeport woman is in serious condition after a car crash on Saturday afternoon. The Minnesota State Patrol says at about 2:30 p.m., a GMC Acadia being driven by 50-year-old Shawn Slaven of Plymouth was going east on Highway 55 near Rockford. Meanwhile, a Chevy...