Mpls City Council budget prioritizes housing aid over MPD, mayor’s staff
After weeks of negotiations, the Minneapolis City Council approved and finalized its amended 2026 budget this week, sending the revised amendments to the mayor for approval. Within the budget, more than $2 million is recommended for housing resources, including an attempt to revive the Emergency Housing Voucher...
Minneapolis Man Charged for Cashing Forged Checks in Fergus Falls and Underwood
Fergus Falls, MN – A Minneapolis man is facing charges of theft and forgery in Otter Tail County. 55-year-old Shayne Carl Nelson was recently arrested for cashing forged checks at banks in Fergus Falls and Underwood back in May. Prosecutors say Nelson and another man had cashed three total checks bearing the name of...
As demand rises, halal food options shrink at Minnesota food shelves
On a chilly morning at the Brian Coyle Center in Minneapolis, Muna Mustafa waited in line long before the center’s food shelf opened its doors. Muna, a mother of four children between the ages of 8 months and 8 years, quietly stood behind her cart in line, hoping to get enough food for her family.
Attorney General Ellison sues businesses and their owners for defrauding customers by falsely advertising...
December 22, 2025 (SAINT PAUL) - Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison today sued Christian Palacios, Juan Diego Guevara Sanchez, and companies they own, including Nueva Vision Latinoamerica LLC ("Nueva Vision"), alleging they defrauded thousands of customers in Minnesota and across the country by falsely...
Where Is The Luckiest Spot To Buy Lottery Tickets In Minnesota?
With potentially a BILLION PLUS dollars on the line tonight, maybe it's worth cutting out of work early, or giving a friend in the Southeast Metro a call to pick up some tickets
Photo essay: Lake Street march
We need your help to raise $120,000 by December 31. Will you make a donation to our nonprofit newsroom to help power your source for Minnesota news in 2026 and beyond?. As Immigration and Customs Enforcement continues its “Operation Metro Surge” in Minnesota, thousands of protesters marched down Lake Street in...
Brooklyn Center Council Fires City Manager Reggie Edwards
The council fired City Manager Reggie Edwards in a 3-2 vote at a special meeting. It came after his annual performance review, which is closed from public view. “It pains me to think that the momentum that we’ve worked diligently to build, the vision of a new empowered Brooklyn Center may be dwarfed by...
Longtime Dakota County pastor dies suddenly after helping stranded motorist
A pastor who served the Dakota County community for nearly five decades died suddenly Friday morning after helping a motorist who'd become stranded in the snow outside the church. Pastor Jim Bzoskie, founding pastor of Cornerstone Bible Church in Hastings, was 76. "In a reflection of the life he lived,...
Gas prices decline to lowest prices all year right before the holidays
Call it a Christmas miracle or maybe just the effect of higher demand, higher supply and a free market, but gas prices across the U.S. are down to their lowest levels of the year.
Judge sentences Lyndon Wiggins to life in prison
Lyndon Wiggins was sentenced to life behind bars, the mandatory sentence, for the murder of Monique Baugh on New Year's Eve 2019.

















