Richard Meryhew

Reporter | Regional
Phone: 612-673-4425
Richard Meryhew covers state news. In 2006, he authored an award-winning series on Kirby Puckett's life and he has played a key role in team coverage of many of the state's biggest stories in recent years.

Recent content from Richard Meryhew

5th Twin Cities Somali man killed in war-torn homeland

Mohamoud Hassan, 23, was an engineering student who went to Somalia last November. He had been helping care for his grandmother.

Updated: September 05, 2009, - 01:07 PM

Hecker's toys draw big crowd to auction

Conspicuous consumption on the block: More than 1,100 turned out to bid on the auto mogul's goodies.

Updated: August 19, 2009, - 10:55 PM

2 Somali men indicted in terror plot

The charges against the two men are part of a massive investigation into the disappearance of up to 20 local men of Somali descent.

Updated: July 14, 2009, - 06:01 AM

Tormented mother grieves son who heeded a fatal call

Like many young Somali men in the Twin Cities, Burhan Hassan was drawn back to his anguished homeland, where he was slain.

Updated: July 13, 2009, - 12:14 PM

Fourth young man from Minnesota dies in Somalia

A relative confirmed that the Twin Cities man, who is believed to have been among the first wave of young Somali men to leave Minnesota for Somalia, was killed in Mogadishu on Saturday. Plus: Tormented mother grieves son and Project: The missing Somali men.

Updated: July 13, 2009, - 12:13 PM

A test of faith

Parents are questioning the role of the mosque in their families since last fall's disappearance of as many as 20 young Twin Cities men.

Updated: July 12, 2009, - 06:36 PM

Minneapolis Somali man killed in homeland

The family of Jamal Bana discovered a photo of his body on a website. He was shot in the head. Others also may have died.

Updated: July 12, 2009, - 04:30 PM

Somalis, FBI in other U.S. cities on alert for terrorist recruiting

While Minneapolis is the core of an investigation, leaders elsewhere want to keep youth from being drawn to violence.

Updated: April 18, 2009, - 10:11 PM

For Somalis, schism of mistrust widens

A new push by the FBI is fostering fear, anger and a dilemma of how to show loyalty to two communities.

Updated: April 10, 2009, - 12:15 AM

FBI raids 3 Minneapolis money-transfer shops

Agents wouldn't say whether the raids were connected to several missing Somali men.

Updated: April 08, 2009, - 10:04 PM

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