Minneapolis, St. Paul schools making budget cuts to curb shortfalls
The Minneapolis school district says it's cutting 400 positions, including approximately 116 teachers, as it deals with a $75 million shortfall.
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The Minneapolis school district says it's cutting 400 positions, including approximately 116 teachers, as it deals with a $75 million shortfall.
Jeff Wagner has the latest headlines and updates.
Operation Safe Summer is wrapping up a weeklong crime sweep across Minnesota's largest city. WCCO's Reg Chapman was along for the ride with law enforcement.
Major roadwork and closures will affect traffic in Minneapolis and Eden Prairie this summer, with key routes seeing lane restrictions and detours.
Community members held meetings across the metro in response to a wave of violence that has left the Somali community shaken and ready for solutions.
It's been 32 years since the brutal murder of Jeanie Childs in Minneapolis. The case went unsolved for decades until DNA and new technology led cold case investigators to her killer. It also caught the attention of college professor Lisa Andrews.
Friday will mark 32 years since the brutal murder of Jeanie Childs in Minneapolis. The case caught the attention of a college professor who teaches forensics in criminal justice. Senior investigative reporter Jennifer Mayerle uncovered why this case is a good study for students.
Three shootings in the Twin Cities recently share one connection: Somali youth, leaving a community in crisis. The disturbing pattern is forcing community conversations in mosques, schools and homes. Ubah Ali has been listening to their concerns
A Twin Cities activist accused of attacking federal agents during a raid last week is out of jail. Isabela Lopez was protesting against federal agents in south Minneapolis when prosecutors say she interfered with their investigation. Her attorney told WCCO's Reg Chapman why he thinks her case is designed to silence demonstrators.
Operation Safe Summer is wrapping up a weeklong crime sweep across Minnesota's largest city. Reg Chapman rode along with law enforcement during part of the crackdown.
Court documents reveal 900 pounds of meth found in a storage locker in Burnsville, Minnesota, prompted a highly scrutinized federal raid on Lake Street in Minneapolis earlier this month.
Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is scheduled to testify in Washington, D.C. on Thursday before the GOP-led House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform about the state's cooperation with immigration enforcement.
A series of shootings involving young people across the metro is leading to an urgent call for action. In the span of just seven days, the Twin Cities saw gunfire at two high school graduation ceremonies and a north metro mall. Police say a common thread ties all three cases together: young people in the Somali community.
Two men now face federal charges connected to shootings at two recent high school graduation ceremonies. WCCO's Reg Chapman explains the connection that got the fed's attention.
Demonstrators gathered outside the Sherburne County Jail in Elk River, Minnesota, on Wednesday to call for the release of 27-year-old Isabel Lopez, who faces assault charges after allegedly attacking federal law enforcement members during a raid earlier this month on Minneapolis' East Lake Street.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey issued an executive order on Tuesday instructing the city to fully implement all reforms outlined in a consent decree weeks after its dismissal.
Homeland Security and local law enforcement say a raid in Minneapolis was part of an investigation into a transnational drug trafficking and money laundering operation. But community concerns about immigration arrests created chaos on Lake Street last week. Now, a community activist is facing federal charges for pushback that prosecutors say turned violent.
White Bear Lake police say the missing 17-year-old girl was found safe Tuesday evening.
Investigators revealed new details about the federal raids that sparked this clash near a Mexican restaurant in Minneapolis last week. In just-filed court documents, federal authorities say they searched multiple homes and businesses across half a dozen cities. WCCO's Adam Duxter shows us what they uncovered, and why they say it points to an international crime ring operating in Minnesota.
Vintage Voices singers from Minneapolis, St. Paul and Plymouth meet for 12 weeks separately, then perform a free concert together.
Fears of an immigration raid brought dozens of protesters to south Minneapolis, but new court filings say federal authorities were looking for something else.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey issued an executive order on Tuesday instructing the city to fully implement all reforms outlined in a federal consent decree weeks after its dismissal.
After a federal raid in Minneapolis spurred community unrest, the city's police department has reiterated to its rank-and-file instructions not to collaborate with federal immigration agents.
After a federal raid in Minneapolis spurred community unrest, the city's police department reiterated to its officers not to collaborate with federal immigration agents.
Jeff Wagner has the latest headlines and updates from WCCO.com.
