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More than a year after Mariah Samuels was killed by her ex-boyfriend, residents urged the Minneapolis City Council to examine how warning signs were missed.
Yasmin Farouk · October 21, 2026
A Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis survey of more than 900 Ninth District businesses found most saw lower profits in the second quarter, with smaller firms hit hardest.
Anna Nowak · August 25, 2026
Smoke from wildfires in and near the Boundary Waters drove Duluth's air quality to an all-time hazardous high this week, forcing visitors to rethink their summer plans.
Yasmin Farouk · July 17, 2026
Council Member Pearll Warren says mold, leaks and vacant units at the north Minneapolis development demand answers about how public money was spent, as new court-appointed managers work on repairs.
Yasmin Farouk · July 7, 2026
Three people died in separate drownings at lakes and a river in Minnesota over the holiday weekend, and a 16-year-old remained in critical condition after being pulled from the water below Minnehaha Falls.
Yasmin Farouk · July 6, 2026
Early voting for Minnesota's primary began Friday, the same day an Inver Grove Heights data center moratorium passed and University of Minnesota regents approved a 3.8 percent tuition increase.
Anna Nowak · June 26, 2026
Minnesotans began casting absentee ballots Friday for the Aug. 11 primary, as candidates for governor and U.S. Senate urged supporters to vote early.
Yasmin Farouk · June 26, 2026
Federal authorities allege Abdikadir Kadiye concealed a prior identity and a rejected residency bid to obtain naturalization in 2012, while he awaits sentencing in the child nutrition fraud case.
Anna Nowak · June 8, 2026
The City Council is expected to give final approval to a ban on assault weapons, large capacity magazines, binary triggers and ghost guns, even as state preemption laws leave the measure largely symbolic.
Anna Nowak · May 6, 2026
After a decade of planning and fundraising, Owámniyomni Okhódayapi will start construction in mid-May on a project to replace a downtown Minneapolis parking lot with native prairie and Dakota medicines.
Anna Nowak · May 5, 2026
President Donald Trump signed an executive action on Friday to pay Transportation Security Administration employees, even as House Republicans rejected a Senate-passed bill to end the 42-day funding impasse at the Department of Homeland Security.
Anna Nowak · March 27, 2026
A St. Paul judge granted a preliminary injunction requiring Homeland Security to replace its ad hoc handling of clergy visits with a workable process for the Minneapolis-area federal detention site.
Anna Nowak · March 20, 2026
Volunteers who monitor immigration agents in Minneapolis-area suburbs describe being pursued and boxed in on roads, yet say the experience has deepened their commitment and their bonds with one another.
Anna Nowak · February 4, 2026
Shops, restaurants and bakeries from Minneapolis to Rochester, Mankato and St. Cloud closed or redirected profits as part of an economic blackout opposing ICE activity in the state.
Yasmin Farouk · January 23, 2026
Subzero temperatures and wind chills as low as the 50s below zero prompted widespread school closures on Friday, while a statewide economic blackout and a downtown Minneapolis march targeting federal immigration enforcement were also planned.
Anna Nowak · January 23, 2026
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission ruled that power plants burning trash or biomass can meet the state's 2040 carbon-free electricity requirement if a life-cycle analysis shows a net reduction in greenhouse gases.
Anna Nowak · January 16, 2026
