Michelle Phillips

Mayor Frey nominates new Minneapolis civil rights director

Michelle Phillips currently serves as the inspector general for the city of Oakland, Calif.
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Man convicted in Chisholm woman's 1986 cold case murder will get new trial

May 8
Nancy Daugherty
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.
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Minnesota developers create video game with a special mission: helping preserve the Ojibwe language

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
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

Guthrie Theater front-facing staffers move to form a union

May 8
Their request is under consideration, the theater said.
Local

Albert Lea Pride drag show draws controversy after venue pulls out

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

Minneapolis teachers voting on bigger raises, lower special-ed workloads in contract

May 8
The two-year deal would provide 4% and 5% salary increases over two years; school support staff members also are voting on a pact of their own.
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Ex-Chief Hennepin County Public Defender Kassius Benson given probation for federal tax evasion

May 8
He admitted late last year that he failed to pay taxes withheld for employees of his criminal defense firm.
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

USPS audit found Bemidji post office delayed delivery of 79,000 pieces of mail

Poor management and mountains of Amazon packages are to blame.
Local
May 8
Hadith Yusuf Ahmed walks out of the Diana E. Murphy U.S. Courthouse in Minneapolis after a 2022 hearing.

'There was money everywhere': 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
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.
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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

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 Trifiletti, left, was convicted in the road rage killing of Douglas Lewis, right.

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.
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 says Sen. Gruenhagen should be instructed on how to send emails to colleagues

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 the Twin Cities

The team tips off against the Denver Nuggets at 8:30 p.m. Friday and 7 p.m. Sunday.
High Schools
May 8
St. Paul Academy freshman Zahir Hassan is ranked third in Class 1A this week, down from No. 1.

High school boys tennis teams bear down on the postseason

A new No. 1 player, Garrett Webb of Mounds Park Academy, leads the Class 1A individual rankings in the final week of the regular season.
East Metro
May 8
A fire burns Wednesday in Newport.

Large fire erupts in Newport with billowing smoke seen miles away

No word yet on whether there are any injuries.
St. Cloud
May 8
Fire destroyed a barn full of turkeys in Stearns County last week.

Thousands of turkeys killed in barn fire in central Minnesota

The blaze struck the barn on a farm in Sauk Centre Township.
Wolves
May 8
Anthony Edwards (5) of the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday, May 6, 2024, at Ball Arena in Denver.

Want Timberwolves playoff tickets? It will cost you . . . a lot.

How big is the demand for tickets for Games 3 and 4 of the Wolves-Nuggets series? And how much will it cost you to get a seat? Or a good seat?
High Schools
May 8
Clockwise from top left: Alex Braun of Woodbury is Mr. Wrestling Minnesota, Marty Morgan of Mounds View is the assistant coach of the year and Dan Eng

Wrestling Hall of Fame reveals award-winners, new members

Alex Braun of Woodbury and Lanna Walter of Sauk Centre/Melrose were named wrestlers of the year, and Dan Engebretson and Marty Morgan from the Mounds View coaching staff were honored.
Business
May 8
A crowd gathered to watch Michelle Wie as she teed off on the 17th hole. ] ANTHONY SOUFFLE • anthony.souffle@startribune.com Golfers took part

Hazeltine golf club wants to take large-scale events to the next level with villas, new courses

The improvements plan was submitted to the city of Chaska.
Politics
May 8
Democratic Sen. Nicole Mitchell, left, was seated next to her attorney Bruce Ringstrom Jr. during the Minnesota Senate ethics hearing Tuesday in St. P

GOP senators grill Sen. Nicole Mitchell's attorneys during ethics hearing about her burglary charge

The Woodbury DFLer didn't answer questions before the bipartisan subcommittee, but her attorney accused GOP senators of a "witch hunt." Democrats said Mitchell deserves due process.
High Schools
May 8
Maple Grove's Ryan Stendahl rose from fourth to second in the most recent Class 2A individual rankings.

Maple Grove reclaims lost ground in boys golf rankings

The Crimson began the season at No. 1 but fell to fourth. Now they stand third behind Spring Lake Park and Cretin-Derham Hall.
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May 8
Natalie Darwitz, general manager of the PWHL's Minnesota team, loads duffel bags onto the team’s truck at Xcel Energy Center in January. With such a

How Natalie Darwitz built a pro women's hockey team in a few months

PWHL Minnesota GM Natalie Darwitz has constructed a roster, negotiated contracts, hired coaches, made a trade, swept floors and unpacked smelly equipment — anything to get the team off the ground.

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