Minnesota’s grief is emerging after ‘unnatural’ ICE disaster, local pastor says
The Minneapolis community is experiencing widespread grief and trauma, says Rev. Ingrid Rasmussen, the lead pastor at a local Lutheran church. She tells CNN’s Fredricka Whitfield that the effects of ICE’s presence in the city are “like the aftermath of a tornado.”
Minnesotans launch a rent rescue drive for immigrant families
In Minnesota, a new “rent rescue” push is helping immigrant families keep housing when paychecks suddenly disappear. The effort is mostly grassroots, shared on social media, and focused on getting rent paid fast. It is happening across the Minneapolis and St. Paul area, where bills still hit on the first.
Twin Cities Music Clubs On The Brink As Costs Crush The Scene
Across the Twin Cities, the clubs that helped build the local music scenes are getting squeezed from every direction. Smaller bar tabs, rising operating costs and increasingly tricky ticket math are cutting into both venue survival and what musicians take home. Owners say the kind of small show that once comfortably...
Immigrant rights activists march in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Immigrants' Rights Action Committee held a march through the streets of Minneapolis on Sunday as ICE pledged to wind down its operation in the city.
4 Indicted After Federal Officers Targeted During Protests
Four people have been indicted in federal court after allegedly threatening or injuring federal law enforcement officers following unrest in Minneapolis last month. A federal grand jury returned indictments in four separate cases, including three tied to threats made after authorities say FBI-owned vehicles were...
Family says ICE agents faked car trouble to lure man out of home
On the same day that federal officials announced the end of Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota, a nightmare began for a family in the Minneapolis suburb of Columbia Heights.
California Man Indicted In Minnesota After FBI Agents Targeted With Personal Threats
A 45-year-old California man is facing federal prosecution in Minnesota after allegedly sending a series of threatening text messages to FBI Special Agents following a chaotic security breach in Minneapolis. United States Attorney Daniel N. Rosen announced Friday that a federal grand jury has returned a five-count...
St. Paul Stabber Gets 33 Years For Killing North End Mom Of Six
A Ramsey County judge on Friday sentenced Maurice Angelo McClinton Smith to 33 years in prison for the fatal stabbing of Tina M. McCombs, a St. Paul mother of six. The hearing closed out a case that began with her killing in the city’s North End in January 2022 and wound through competency hearings and a...
Stolen Maple Grove Boy Scout trailer found empty, repainted
MAPLE GROVE, Minn. (FOX 9) - Boy Scout Troop 84's trailer was recovered, but not without significant loss and damage. The trailer, originally red with troop names, was repainted white and filled with trash. It was stolen from Maple Grove Lutheran Church's parking lot. "I'm surprised and also disappointed that...
2 shot inside Columbia Heights restaurant, deputies searching for suspect
COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, Minn. (FOX 9) - Two people shot Saturday night inside a Columbia Heights restaurant are in stable condition, as deputies are now searching for the gunman. Officers from the Columbia Heights, Coon Rapids, and Fridley police departments all responded to reports of shots fired inside a restaurant on...
