Funding dries up for program that helped low-income families make healthier choices
Cuts to the federal SNAP program mean that 60 educators who connected Minnesota families to nutrition, health and financial resources, are losing their jobs The post Funding dries up for program that helped low-income families make healthier choices appeared first on Sahan Journal .
Richfield man sentenced to over six years in prison for second-degree manslaughter
BENTON COUNTY, Minn. — A Richfield man has been sentenced for second-degree manslaughter relating to the March 2, 2024, overdose death of a 16-year-old boy. According to a media release from the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office, on Friday, August 22, 2025, a Benton County court sentenced 34-year-old Fox Bellanger...
Blue heron rescued from tangled fishing line in Columbia Heights
COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, Minn. (FOX 9) - What started as a Saturday morning on a Twin Cities lake for a man and his kids turned into a rescue operation to save a bird’s life. Jeff Krause took his kids out for a boat ride and some fishing Saturday morning on Silver Lake in Columbia Heights. At about 9 a.m., they came across...
Minneapolis contemplating legal action against landlord hosting homeless encampment
The homeless encampment in Sabri’s parking lot is near the intersection of South 28th Avenue and East Lake Street.
Burnsville’s Hampton Inn could become a drug treatment center
Burnsville officials are weighing a proposal to convert the longtime Hampton Inn hotel into a residential treatment facility for adults with mental health and substance use disorders. The four-story Hampton Inn, which opened in 1997, is next to the Original Pancake House on land bounded by 1-35W, I-35E and County...
Lakeville sets speed limit for e-bikes
Lakeville Police Chief Bradley Paulson joined FOX 9 on Sunday to discuss a new speed limit for e-bikes.
2 men shot on St. Paul’s east side; one critically wounded
ST PAUL, Minn. — Two men are hospitalized, one fighting for his life, after a shooting on St. Paul's east side Sunday night. St. Paul police say squads were dispatched around 8:30 p.m. to the 600 block of York Ave. E., where officers found two men suffering from gunshot wounds. Both were transported by St. Paul Fire...
Minn. law banning students from signing statements of faith for college classes is struck...
MINNEAPOLIS – A federal judge has struck down a Minnesota law prohibiting a ban on high school students signing statements of faith. Schools can once again mandate they follow faith-based values and conduct standards to take classes for college credit. Judge Nancy Brasel ruled in favor of Crown College...
The Corner Bar serves customers one last time before closing down
A sports bar institution in Minneapolis is serving customers for the last time on Sunday.
Video shows teen shoplifter fleeing arrest in stolen car, sheriff says
A teenage boy was arrested Saturday in a northeastern Twin Cities suburb after shoplifting and fleeing law enforcement in a stolen vehicle, authorities said.
