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"He listens to you," Chief Eric Peterson said. "He wants to understand who you are and how he can be of service to you, and at some point in your conversation, he's going to make you laugh."
In northeast Minneapolis, a creative project is turning heads, and causing lots of tail wags.
Two boys were assaulted and one of them was stabbed on the Stone Arch Bridge on Saturday night.
A man is dead after a shooting near Loring Park early Sunday morning.
The festival was a celebration of culture, history and support for the country still at war with Russia.
Police responded to the incident at 27th Avenue Southeast and University Avenue Southeast around 6:27 p.m.
Downtown Minneapolis was the scene of three different shootings Saturday, the most recent happening around 1 p.m. near 19th and Nicollet.
The candidates will meet for an Oct. 18 debate sponsored by a group of television stations. Another debate is scheduled for Oct. 28 on Minnesota Public Radio.
Firefighters in St. Paul spent the early morning hours extinguishing 30 vehicles that caught fire Saturday.
Police say the shooting happened on the 1900 block of Nicollet Avenue around 1 p.m.
"For a long time I had a hard time singing in my language," she says. But she's now performing a mix of English and Hmong, or "Hmonglish."
Two shootings minutes apart from each other in downtown Minneapolis left multiple people injured early Saturday morning.
The North Loop - a hot spot for nightlife - is closed down to traffic Friday and Saturday nights. Organizers hope by shutting off vehicle traffic they can increase foot traffic and safety.
The more than 60-page plan includes targets of six goals, including boosting clean energy and clean transportation—a sector that is the state's largest source of greenhouse gas emissions.
A task force made up of local, state and federal law enforcement officers is sharing results of its Operation Safe Summer initiative.
