Home improvement company Minnesota Rusco shuts down after 70 years
Minnesota Rusco, a Twin Cities home improvement company with a well-known television jingle and roots dating back 70 years, has abruptly closed. As of Wednesday morning at 8 a.m., the company website had been updated with a short message. Dear Minnesota,. With heavy hearts we regrettably inform you, Minnesota Rusco,...
SPPD: Victims in early morning double homicide believed to have shot each other in...
Two men are dead after police say they shot each other in a domestic dispute.
The USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul Just Completed Its Final Mission: Coming Home
Wikimedia Commons/U.S. Navy photo by Journalist Seaman Andy Zask. USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul’s Silent Tomahawk Mission in Desert Storm. The USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul made war history without making a sound. For 24 years, she served with pride until her 2008 decommissioning. Launched in 1984, this nuclear submarine...
11 protesters arrested in Minneapolis sit-in calling for stronger immigrant protections
Eleven immigrant rights advocates were arrested in Minneapolis early Wednesday morning, while staging an hours-long sit-in at Mayor Jacob Frey’s office. Protesters with the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee (MIRAC) went to Mayor Frey’s office Tuesday afternoon, bringing petitions outlining their demands for...
Calls for accountability in the murder of Mariah Samuels grow louder
Mariah Samuels was described by her family as a dedicated mother to two beautiful sons, a dog groomer who loved animals and someone passionate about living life to her fullest. That all ended abruptly on Sept. 14, when Samuels’ ex-boyfriend allegedly shot her 10 times outside her family home in north Minneapolis,...
Charges: Former Minneapolis council member crashed into parked car, tried to drive away
Alondra Espejel, also known as Alondra Cano, was charged on Thursday with one count of third-degree DWI for refusing to submit to a breath test and one count of fourth-degree DWI.
Organizer of Job Fair for Black Women in Minneapolis wants other cities to get...
About 300,000 Black women left the U.S. labor force between February and April 2025. The number was appalling to Sheletta Brundige. She said the worst part was the lack of attention. So she organized a Job Fair for Black Women in Minneapolis in Oct.
West 7th Shows up for No Kings Rally
Hundreds of people joined in the national “No Kings” protest at Lexington and West 7th on October 18 to protest The post West 7th Shows up for No Kings Rally first appeared on Community Reporter .
Dakota County, City of Eagan team up for new housing development on the site...
The City of Eagan plans for the development to have around 1,000 homes on the site, including 20% in affordable housing.
Man Sentenced to Prison For ‘Dangerous’ Rochester Police Chase
The St. Paul man was accused of swerving toward oncoming vehicles during the wrong-way high-speed pursuit in Rochester last November.

















