Indigenous Contributions to Minnesota’s New Foraging Guidelines, and How the Newly-Named Grand Casino Arena...
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Man in U.S. illegally convicted of assaulting federal officer
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KFGO) – A federal jury in St. Paul found a Mexican man, who is a convicted sex offender and in the U.S. illegally, guilty of assaulting a federal agent earlier this year. In June, officers tried to arrest Roberto Munoz-Guatemala, 40, on an immigration order during...
Autism advocate rewards bus driver who rescued a non-verbal boy from Lake Owasso
Bus driver Mebal Kaanyi saw a 4-year-old boy in Lake Owasso and ended up pulling him from the water. Sheletta Brundidge heard about it, and surprised Kaanyi with bouquet of flowers from neighboring business Hilltop Dental, and a check for $1,000.
ICE arrests citizen observer in Minneapolis, holds her for five hours
Federal immigration agents arrested a 55-year-old Minneapolis woman who was observing ICE activity in her neighborhood. The post ICE arrests citizen observer in Minneapolis, holds her for five hours appeared first on Sahan Journal .
Grand jury indicts Minneapolis man accused of killing ex-girlfriend
A grand jury on Thursday indicted a Minneapolis man on first-degree murder charges in the fatal shooting of his ex-girlfriend outside her North Side home in September. David Wright, 51, now faces the possibility of life in prison without parole if convicted of the killing of 34-year-old Mariah Samuels. Her death came...
New plant-based restaurant opens on Lyndale Avenue in Minneapolis
Dreamstate Cafe is now open at the corner of 26th Street and Lyndale Avenue in Minneapolis. The plant-based restaurant and bar is run by Kristin Wiegmann and Jeff Therkelsen, owners of the Powderhorn restaurant Reverie. It was announced earlier this year that they had purchased the building, which formerly housed...
Boy, 13, says he was hospitalized after encounter with ICE in Eden Prairie
Family believes Jose Gomez was randomly targeted in an incident where ICE also restrained his teenage son, who later said he had an abnormal heartbeat thanks to the ordeal.
Minneapolis sandwich shop to close before the end of the year
On Wednesday evening, Bánh Appétit in Minneapolis announced plans to close before the end of the year. "We regret to announce that after careful consideration and evaluation, we have made the difficult decision to close our doors," reads a statement on social media. "Due to multiple reasons, we feel it would not be...
Minneapolis City Council votes to move forward with renovating George Floyd Square
The Minneapolis City Council’s latest vote on George Floyd Square will unlock street reconstruction after a five year wait. The plan allows for full vehicle traffic and transit to return to the area. But not every member is happy about the decision.
Emails show Ellison wanted taxpayers to cover his commutes to and from Harvard fellowship
Internal emails obtained by 5 INVESTIGATES reveal outgoing city council member Jeremiah Ellison asked, through an aide, to use city funds to pay for flights between Harvard and Minneapolis to attend city council meetings twice a month.
