Minneapolis Police Safely Diffuse Armed Situation at Downtown Hotel
In a recent turn of events downtown, Minneapolis Police Department officers responded to a potentially dangerous situation at a local hotel. According to a post on the Minneapolis Police Department's Facebook page, a man was reported to have been threatening individuals with a handgun inside an elevator. The...
Margot Lewis found guilty of murder for death of Minneapolis woman
(ABC 6 News) — Margot Lewis has been found guilty by jury of second-degree murder for the death Minneapolis woman Liara Tsai. Related: Murder trial starts for woman accused of killing Minneapolis woman whose body was found in Eyota Lewis stabbed Tsai to death in her Minneapolis apartment in June 2024. Lewis then...
Brooklyn Park Officers Assist in High-Risk Traffic Stop Linked to Minneapolis Homicide Case
Brooklyn Park law enforcement recently found themselves playing a supporting role in a neighboring Minneapolis Police Department investigation. According to a statement released by the police, on Saturday at around 7:07 p.m., officers arrived on the 7600 block of Welcome Ave N. Their task was clear — assist with a...
RISE Dispensaries Begins Adult-Use Cannabis Sales in Minnesota
RISE Dispensaries began adult-use cannabis sales in Minnesota, with profits from the first day donated to local nonprofits. Green Thumb supports the community through donations to the Annunciation Hope & Healing Fund and partnerships with local organizations. In a recent press release, RISE Dispensaries, a cannabis...
Pizza Hut in downtown Minneapolis slated to become cannabis dispensary
A recreational cannabis dispensary is setting up shop in a downtown Minneapolis building that's currently occupied by a Pizza Hut. The 4,300-square-foot building at 1101 Hennepin Ave. sold for just over $1.5 million in early September, according to a Minnesota Department of Revenue filing. Pizza Hut's lease ends in...
How Mental Health Care in Schools Became the Norm in Minnesota
This girl just can’t seem to settle. Like a bird in search of a worm, she flits from spot to spot in Yolonda Rogers’ office — a desk, a couple of chairs and a beanbag in the corner of a multipurpose room at Heritage STEM Academy, a Minneapolis public high school. Rogers, a mental health […]
Eagle Street returns to St. Paul with new downtown sports bar
The Eagle Street, downtown St. Paul's newest sports bar, opened last week just across the road from the former Eagle Street Grille, to which the new establishment pays tribute. The new restaurant in the former Apostle Supper Club space is co-owned by Jim Flaherty and former Eagle Street Grille owner...
50,000 attend 40th Farm Aid in Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS – An estimated 50,000 attended Farm Aid 40 at the University of Minnesota’s Huntington Bank Stadium Saturday. Among those attending were farmers. 36-year-old Matt Kruger grows corn, oats, sunflowers, and has 35 feeder cattle near Pine Island in southeastern Minnesota. He says markets are really poor in...
How much rain did we get?
WOODBURY, Minn. — A spectacular, sun-splashed day morphed into something else entirely on Sunday, leaving some metro communities soaked and others dented up from large hail. KARE 11's John Zeigler says the culprit is what's known as a quick-moving short wave, a shot of upper-level energy that rolled through the...
Storms drop hail, heavy rain on Twin Cities: photos
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Storms that pushed through the Twin Cities on Sunday night brought heavy rain, hail, and flashes of lightning. What we know: — Strong storms that moved through Sunday evening triggered severe thunderstorm warnings in the west metro and the Hudson area, with some threats of hail.
