Hadith Yusuf Ahmed walks out of the Diana E. Murphy U.S. Courthouse in Minneapolis after a 2022 hearing.

Feeding Our Future employee testifies he took kickbacks, didn't check meal sites

Hadith Ahmed was the first Feeding Our Future employee to testify in the trial, revealing how a massive fraud scheme unfolded and admitting he got kickbacks from defendants.
Local

Brooks: No funding, no lab, no problem for dogged University of Minnesota student inventors

5:59am
UMN undergrads spent six years building a new medical device from scratch.
Local

Wayzata police officer still hospitalized after being hit by SUV while biking

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Sgt. Dan Lee was off-duty when he suffered serious injuries in the incident in St. Michael on Sunday.
Local

Apple Valley Police Department relaxes strict vehicle-pursuit policy

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Police officers can now chase vehicles with links to more felony crimes like robbery, sexual assault and aggravated assault, along with homicide.
Local

Two Edina residents running in special election for open seat on Hennepin County Board

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Heather Edelson and Marisa Simonetti are running in the special election next Tuesday, May 14, to decide who represents District 6 through the end of 2024.
Local

InnerCity Tennis nominated to run health and wellness hub at north Minneapolis Upper Harbor development

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Developer United Properties unveiled the nonprofit tennis organization as its preferred anchor tenant for a key parcel dedicated to health and wellness.
Local

Minneapolis City Council OKs new Nicollet Avenue, bike promenade and park for former Kmart space

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The broad-strokes concepts gained support from council members Thursday for the area along Lake Street.
High Schools
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Addie Hammes (20) is among a successful group of defenders at Lakeville South.

New No. 1 in girls lacrosse didn't take an easy route to the top

Lakeville South added two more well-regarded opponents to its schedule this season, but the Cougars are 6-0 and ranked first anyway.
Local
11:13am
Claudia Gutierrez Mendez wearing black T-shirt and black face mask standing outside Hamburguesas El Gordo restaurant in Minneapolis with her hands on

Twin Cities restaurant chain owner charged in Dakota County with dodging $260K in taxes

Claudia Gutierrez Mendez runs Hamburguesas El Gordo restaurants in Minneapolis, St. Paul and West St. Paul. She's facing charges that she filed false tax returns.
Local
11:12am
Kim Hyatt

Meet Kim Hyatt, our new north central Minnesota reporter, as she moves home

Hyatt grew up in Laporte, a town she thought she would never live in again — until she felt called back.
High Schools
10:20am
Edina is ranked No. 1 as it prepares to defend its badminton team state championship.

Edina seeks to keep badminton title it swiped from St. Paul power

The Hornets ended St. Paul Johnson's seven-year streak last season and carry the top ranking into state this year.
High Schools
8:58am
Views toward home plate show differences between Caswell Park (left, and that's Forest Lake's Cierra Moore in 2023) and Jane Sage Cowles Stadium.

Softball coaches cite gender equity in push to move state finals to U

A committee has requested a move from Caswell Park in North Mankato to Jane Sage Cowles Stadium, pointing out that no other team sport has title games outside the Twin Cities.
Local
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In a committee hearing last month, bill author Rep. Jessica Hanson, DFL- Burnsville, described excited delirium as a diagnosis "rooted in anti-Black r

Minnesota lawmakers look to ban 'excited delirium' training for police

The mention of the term during the killing of George Floyd and other high-profile police encounters has accelerated the debate over its legitimacy.
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Music
6:05am
Maggie Panetta and Nate Nelson own the store Treedome in Rochester in addition to now serving as directors for the Mid West Music Fest.

Scene Makers Q+A: Rochester store owners head up Winona's Mid West Music Fest this weekend

Maggie Panetta and Nate Nelson of Treedome discuss hosting 60-some bands and why Minnesota's smaller cities are so cool.
Colleges
May 8
South Carolina coach Dawn Staley carries the NCAA women's college basketball title trophy around Colonial Life Arena during a team celebration April 8

Souhan: South Carolina's Staley brings humor, wisdom to St. Kate's

Speaking at "Breaking Barriers," South Carolina women's basketball coach Dawn Staley teases one of her own NCAA title-winning players, St. Michael-Albertville's Tessa Johnson.
Local
May 8
Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension

BCA says deputy stumbled and fell as man with knife charged in Chanhassen, prompting 2 deputies to shoot him

The BCA said Derek West remained hospitalized at HCMC and was in stable condition, an indication that he is expected to survive.
Local
May 8
Karen Schaar, 76, of Bemidji, takes Mother's Day cards for her daughters to the Bemidji post office Wednesday. For years, she has paid extra for prior

Bemidji post office delayed 79,000 pieces of mail, audit finds

Poor management and mountains of Amazon packages are to blame.
Local
May 8
Co-director and lead developer Anangookwe Hermes-Roach plays the first level of “Reclaim!” during a demonstration on April 29 at the University of

Minnesota developers create video game with a special mission: helping preserve the Ojibwe language

The group of mostly Native creators say they are making a game they hope will both teach and highlight the Ojibwe language, but also make for a fun experience.
Local
May 8

2nd teen charged as adult with murder in shooting of 2 cousins on Halloween in Brooklyn Park

An argument over a gun preceded the gunfire, according to charges.
Local
May 8
Paul Greer, stepfather of Zaria McKeever, ends his victim impact statement at the April 12 sentencing hearing for Erick Haynes, the man who plotted th

Teen who gunned down Zaria McKeever during home invasion sentenced to 10 years in prison

The murder case of 15-year-old Foday Kamara became a flashpoint in how the criminal justice system should punish juveniles accused of violent crimes.
Local
May 8
Drug overdoses are expected to remain the leading cause of death for Americans under 50, as synthetic opioids — primarily fentanyl and its analogues

St. Paul parents charged in baby's fentanyl overdose death

Court documents suggest the child ingested her mother's drugs.
Local
May 8
Downtown Albert Lea in 2021.

Albert Lea Pride drag show draws controversy after venue pulls out

Venue change comes amid planning for city's second-ever Pride celebration.
Local
May 8

Babbitt man pleads guilty to killing married couple in their 70s

He drove to Duluth and asked police to jail him for killing the couple, his roommates of a month.
Local
May 8
Anthony J. Trifiletti has been charged with second-degree murder.

Supreme Court strikes down appeal for man convicted of 2020 road-rage murder in St. Paul

Anthony Trifiletti appealed his St. Paul murder conviction, arguing that he earned a new trial because his constitutional rights were violated.
Local
May 8
Nancy Daugherty

Man convicted in Chisholm woman's 1986 cold case murder will get new trial

The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that St. Louis County District Court erred in not allowing an alternate perpetrator defense for Michael Carbo Jr. in the murder of Nancy Daugherty.
Politics
May 8
Sen. Glenn Gruenhagen, left, prepares to sit in the Senate hearing room before addressing the ethics complaint brought against him by Sen. Erin Maye Q

Ethics panel: Senator who sent graphic video link needs instruction on appropriate emails

DFL Sen. Erin Maye Quade filed the complaint last year against the Glencoe Republican because of an email he sent linking to a graphic gender surgery video.
Wolves
May 8
The Minnesota Timberwolves lead the Denver Nuggets 2-0 in the second round of the NBA playoffs. The team has announced 11 downtown Minneapolis bars as

Here are 15 places to watch the Timberwolves playoff games in Minneapolis

The team tips off against the Denver Nuggets at 8:30 p.m. Friday and 7 p.m. Sunday.

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