Attendance drops at Minnesota schools as federal immigration enforcement intensifies anxieties
More Twin Cities schools are offering online learning as worry rises over the surge in ICE activity, especially after a parent was detained at their child’s schoolbus stop Wednesday in Crystal.
January 15, 2026
St. Paul’s historic Justus Ramsey House is under reconstruction
Three years after the old stone structure was removed from West Seventh, preservationists are piecing it back together.
January 15, 2026
‘Never seen anything like this’: ICE delving deep into Minnesota workplaces
Immigration lawyers say ICE is focusing on smaller employers in workplace enforcement under President Donald Trump’s second term.
January 15, 2026
MN lawmaker wants to outlaw federal agents’ face coverings statewide. St. Paul mulls its own rules.
The bill’s author acknowledges the measure will likely not make federal agents show their faces, but hopes local police take note of the problems masks cause.
January 14, 2026
Homeland Security presence in Minnesota dwarfs Twin Cities’ largest police forces
If 3,000 federal agents land in Minnesota, their footprint will be bigger than the 10 largest metro police departments combined.
January 13, 2026
St. Paul’s Meritage to spin off a steak frites restaurant
Chef Russell Klein hopes to take one of his most popular menu items to the suburbs as a standalone restaurant.
January 12, 2026
Parents stand watch for ICE outside Minnesota schools
Some Twin Cities schools are responding to rumors about ICE agents on school properties.
January 10, 2026
Nonprofit gains control of another downtown St. Paul building, U.S. Bank Center
The St. Paul Downtown Development Corporation, an offshoot of the nonprofit St. Paul Downtown Alliance, owns three other properties formerly belonging to troubled Madison Equities.
January 9, 2026
Walz tells ICE to ‘stay away’ from Minnesota schools after incident at Roosevelt High School
Minneapolis schools canceled classes after two schools, including Roosevelt, went into lockdowns in south Minneapolis, within miles of an ICE shooting.
January 8, 2026
St. Paul building housing W.A. Frost restaurant faces foreclosure
The Dacotah Building as well as a Summit Avenue mansion are both properties of developer John Rupp, who cited an administrative error as a reason for the foreclosure suits.
January 8, 2026
What we know about the federal ICE surge in the Twin Cities
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem was in Minnesota to highlight arrests and a major deployment, but details remain limited.
January 7, 2026
No prison time for St. Paul man accused of holding woman captive, torturing and sex-trafficking her
The woman told police that Jabari Junior repeatedly assaulted her for three days in his apartment, the charges read.
January 6, 2026
