Columbia Heights schools face multimillion-dollar funding shortfall
Minnesota made school meals free for every child in 2023. Now, leaders of a Twin Cities school district leaders say an unintended consequence could cost them millions.
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Minnesota made school meals free for every child in 2023. Now, leaders of a Twin Cities school district leaders say an unintended consequence could cost them millions.
Only on WCCO, a mother and daughter from the Twin Cities recount their 55-day ordeal in a Texas immigration center.
You've likely heard of Liam Ramos - the 5-year-old Columbia Heights boy in the bunny hat detained by ICE with his dad. That school district had at least 7 students detained during Operation Metro Surge, most with their parents, including Valley View 5th grader Zuriel.
It's been months since students at Columbia Academy were all in school together. Many stayed home with their families, fearful of the ICE surge in Columbia Heights, Minnesota.
It was just two months ago when the President's Border Czar said agents would leave Minnesota after months of immigration raids. Those raids affected many students. It's been months since students at Columbia Academy were all in school together. Many stayed home with their families fearful of the ICE surge in Columbia Heights.
Operation Metro Surge may be over, but the impact remains in the Twin Cities. That's why educators at Columbia Academy Middle School converted a physical education storage space into a functioning food pantry.
Operation Metro Surge may be over, but cities like Columbia Heights are still feeling it. Some families there haven't left their homes in weeks or months. It's why the school district is stepping up to help. As Jennifer Mayerle shows us, they're helping more than a hundred families with free groceries.
Police in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, are asking for the public's help to find 17-year-old Tavian Jovan Williams, who went missing on Monday.
Video obtained through a public records request shows 5-year-old Liam Ramos, who became a face of the immigration crackdown in Minneapolis when he was detained while wearing a bunny hat, being flown with his father to Texas on a Delta Air Lines flight.
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Attorneys for Liam Ramos and his father have filed an appeal after an immigration judge denied their asylum claim a month ago, and the family will remain in the country during the appeals process.
In Columbia Heights, a small city that made national headlines after ICE detained a five-year-old during Operation Metro Surge, community groups are working daily to keep up with hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of need.
The federal drawdown may have been announced, but many Minnesota school districts are worried about funding because of missing students and the continued ICE presence in their communities.
Schools are being forced to come up with new lesson plans in the aftermath of the ICE crackdown. Many districts are worried about funding because of missing students and the continued ICE presence in their communities. Esme Murphy reports from Columbia Heights.
Police in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, are looking for the shooter who injured a man and a teenage boy Saturday night inside a restaurant.
Authorities say a man and a teenage boy were injured in a shooting at a Columbia Heights restaurant.
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.
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It's not just people in Minneapolis who are hoping to move forward from Operation Metro Surge. The city of Columbia Heights got the national spotlight after federal agents detained 5-year-old Liam Ramos and his father outside their home. They are experiencing a mix of emotions.
Class is back in session Tuesday for students at Columbia Heights Public Schools, one day after a racially and politically motivated bomb threat forced them to close for the day.
Fourth grader Elizabeth Zuna is one of four students in her Twin Cities school district still in federal custody.
Class is back in session for students at Columbia Heights Public Schools, one day after a racially and politically motivated bomb threat forced them to close for the day.
An investigation is underway after a "politically and racially motivated" bomb threat was emailed to several schools in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, where dozens of parents and four students have been detained in the last few weeks — including the boy in the blue bunny hat, 5-year-old Liam Ramos.
Five-year-old Liam is back in Minnesota after more than a week at an immigration facility in Texas. ICE agents detained him and his father at school pickup in Columbia Heights. Derek James shares what's next for the family.
Columbia Heights Public Schools are closed on Monday "due to a credible threat," the district said. The school district is the same one attended by 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos.
