Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey unveils scaled-down budget plan for 2021
The sketch provided Friday calls for about $1.1 billion in spending, and just shy of $1.4 billion in revenue, as the city struggles to balance an increased demand for services against the reality that cash is in shorter supply.
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Walz, Ellison, faith leaders call for unity in wake of attack on imam
Two teenagers, ages 16 and 13, were charged Friday in the Aug. 6 attack.
WIAA signs off on pandemic overhaul for high school sports
The body that governs Wisconsin high school sports approved a major overhaul Friday to season structures heading into the new school year, including lengthening games and extending seasons beyond state championship tournaments.
City Council approves Target exec as next Minneapolis city attorney
Jim Rowader has served since 2010 as a Target vice president and its general counsel for employee and labor relations.
Walz visits mosque; 2 teens charged with assaulting imam
Gov. Tim Walz and faith leaders visited a Bloomington mosque Friday in a show of solidarity with an imam who was assaulted while walking to nightly prayers.
Officials clear Powderhorn Park in Minneapolis of last campers
Minneapolis park police and Park Board staffers cleared out the remaining encampment in Powderhorn Park, removing the last of about 35 tents pitched on the west end of the park. City officials had given people a two-week notice to leave.
Jamal Osman poised to join Minneapolis City Council
The city announced the unofficial results during Friday's council meeting.
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Minnesota urges college students to stay home, avoid bars
As students prepare to return to Minnesota's colleges and universities, health officials made a plea Friday for them to stay home and avoid crowded bars, house parties and road trips during what's left of their summer vacation so that they don't bring the coronavirus to campus.
Minneapolis mayor proposes keeping vacant 100 police jobs
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on Friday announced plans to hold open 100 police officer positions next year as part of a hiring freeze to help manage a 2021 budget and as activists are clamoring to shift money away from traditional policing.
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Man convicted in killings ordered to mental health facility
A jury that found a Green Bay-area man guilty of killing his ex-girlfriend and her mother determined Thursday he should be committed to a mental health facility and not serve prison time.
Eagle attack on North Shore thwarted by resort chef
The eagle was believed to be injured when a resort guest got too close.
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President Trump to campaign in Minnesota, Wisconsin next week
Trump will campaign for re-election on Monday in a Mankato event focused on jobs and the economy
8 COVID-19 deaths, 738 infections reported in Minnesota
State meeting two of five COVID-19 dashboard targets for evaluating effectiveness of pandemic response.
Man fatally shot in south Minneapolis apartment
No one has been arrested in connection with the city's 46th homicide of the year.
Tuition 'reset' positions Concordia University to weather pandemic challenges
A university analysis says lower tuition has attracted more students.
No NIMBYs here: Moose Lake rallies to keep prison program in town
Officials said a $14 million budget shortfall is forcing cuts.
South Washington County Schools select new superintendent
Julie Nielsen previously served in several roles for the east metro district.
Aluminum can shortage threatens Minnesota's craft brewers
Cans were in short supply across the country even before the COVID-19 outbreak last spring, but as bars, restaurants and taprooms shuttered and Minnesotans hunkered down to sip some suds, a mad scramble for aluminum has resulted.
Trump plans campaign stops Monday in Minnesota, Wisconsin
President Donald Trump was making a campaign swing through the Midwestern states of Minnesota and Wisconsin on Monday, just as the Democratic National Convention kicks off.
With only $400 in the bank, new owner brings small-town Minn. newspaper back from the dead
When the 164-year-old Chatfield paper closed, one loyal employee brought it back to life.
With COVID-19 surging, 'cultural broker' seeks to bridge the divide for Karen refugees
Such navigators are hired as trusted members of their communities who understand the cultural complexities that affect public health.
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Foxconn's $100 million pledge to university largely unmet
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has received less than 1% of the money that Taiwan-based Foxconn Technology Group pledged to it two years ago amid the electronics giant's expansion plans in Wisconsin.
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