Minnesotans helping neighbors amid uncertain times around SNAP benefits
Collecting food is a year-round effort at St. Joan of Arc, but the uncertainty around SNAP benefits is leading to more giving than usual.
3 Charged in Half-Million Dollar Immigration Service Fraud Scheme
According to criminal complaints filed in Washington County, Kira Milany Romero Pinto, 40, of Lake Elmo, is accused of leading the scheme with Denis Rigoberto Aquino Martinez, 40, of Lake Elmo, and Luis Baltazar Leiva Aquino, 48, of Lakeville. Prosecutors say the group operated under the guise of providing...
List of flights canceled at MSP airport on Monday, Nov. 10
The cancellations continue amid federal restrictions.
Families say MPD fails to protect women of color
Under gray skies on the afternoon of Oct. 30, relatives of two women, one Black, one Indigenous, gathered outside the Hennepin County Government Center accusing Minneapolis police and city officials of failing to protect women of color from domestic violence. The families came seeking justice for Mariah Samuels, a...
Minneapolis teacher strike averted as district, union reach tentative deal
A potential teacher strike at Minneapolis Public Schools has been averted with days to spare after a tentative agreement was struck between district and union leaders. Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) and the Minneapolis Federation of Educators (MFE) announced the tentative contract deal on Saturday evening. Union...
Gerry Callahan: Mayor Frey’s Somali Pandering ‘Humiliating’
Gerry Callahan: Mayor Frey's Somali Pandering 'Humiliating'
Group of students assaulted by knife-wielding man outside Williams Arena
Details are limited, but University of Minnesota police say a group of students was assaulted by a knife-wielding man outside of Williams Arena early Saturday morning. According to police, the assault was reported around 1:10 a.m. Saturday, near the west side of Williams Arena, which is located at 1925 University...
Minneapolis Renames Street After Lena Smith, Minnesota’s First Black Woman Lawyer And Housing Rights...
A once-segregated stretch of Minneapolis has a new name — and a new legacy. What was formerly Edmund Boulevard, a street named for a real estate developer who helped enforce racial segregation, now proudly bears the name Lena Smith Boulevard, honoring Minnesota’s first Black woman attorney and one of the state’s...
Bullet found in 3-year-old’s bedroom after gunfire in St. Paul, but none hurt
Police said no one has been arrested and the shooting is under investigation.
Nomark: the watchman of Minneapolis
Known only as Nomark, a young man from the Twin Cities has become an unexpected symbol of civic vigilance. A modern-day watcher who believes accountability starts with awareness. When photographer Marley Lessar and I first met Nomark, the November air carried that faint electric chill Minneapolis always gets before...
