Recent robberies in Minneapolis part of a troubling trend involving teens
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara says his officers have been busy since a little after 10 a.m. Sunday, when the first reports of robberies began pouring in.
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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara says his officers have been busy since a little after 10 a.m. Sunday, when the first reports of robberies began pouring in.
Tanya Bransford refused to let that define her, leaning hard into academics and going to Hamline Law School.
Rebecca Cunningham will serve as the University of Minnesota's 18th president, the Board of Regents announced late Monday afternoon.
Last year, lawmakers allocated more than $200 million to address substance abuse and the opioid crisis, aimed towards prevention, hard reduction, treatment and recovery. This year, the Minnesota Department of Health will give several million dollars in grants for opioid overdose prevention.
WCCO Senior Investigative Reporter Jennifer Mayerle has confirmed that the firearm, an AR-15 lower receiver, was a transfer purchase from The Modern Sportsman in Burnsville.
The Burnsville police officers and first responder killed in a shooting earlier this month will be memorialized with a public service Wednesday morning.
St. Paul educators are ready to hit the picket lines again.
SEIU's janitorial sector bargaining unit voted earlier this month to approve an unfair labor practices strike on behalf of its 8,000 members, who the union says are mostly people of color and immigrants who work as "commercial janitors, retail janitors, security officers and more" across the metro.
Police are investigating a shooting in the north metro over the weekend as a potential road rage case.
The community held a celebration of life Sunday for officer Paul Elmstrand at Cambridge-Isanti High School, where he graduated in 2015.
For the second time this month, Minneapolis police are investigating a string of robberies believed to have been committed by groups of juveniles.
Officers responded to a report of a fight involving several people on the 300 block of 31st Street West around 4:11 a.m.
Police say an altercation in south Minneapolis resulted in people ramming one another's vehicles early Sunday morning.
"It's kind of a way to carve out space, specifically for black performers and audience members, to see themselves represented on stage," said Jada Pulley.
Jaylen Smith was 18 years old when he was sworn into office as mayor or Earle, Arkansas, a town of 2,000 people.
