FBI offers reward in connection with damage, theft from government vehicles in Minneapolis
The vehicles were damaged during the unrest after a man was shot Wednesday night.
January 15, 2026
Operation Metro Surge has no end date. How long could it last?
Previous enforcement campaigns often began with a surge, then quietly scaled back after a few months.
January 15, 2026
Minneapolis prepares for ‘March Against Minnesota Fraud’ led by right-wing influencer
At a weekly public safety meeting, residents raised fears that a Saturday march led by conservative influencer Jake Lang could result in Somali residents being harassed on the street.
January 15, 2026
If you’re feeling rage and despair, social media is doing its job
A St. Thomas professor says it can be healthy to step away.
January 15, 2026
ACLU sues feds over alleged racial profiling in Twin Cities immigration surge
The class action lawsuit says Somali and Latino Minnesotans were unlawfully stopped and arrested during Operation Metro Surge.
January 15, 2026
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
New fraud concerns surface in Minnesota medical transportation program
Providers and prosecutors have seen issues in the Medicaid-funded nonemergency medical transportation program for years. It’s the subject of a new video by conservative influencer Nick Shirley.
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
Lawyer for Renee Good’s family says ICE targeted ‘best of the best’ when agent killed her, promises transparency
Antonio Romanucci tells the Minnesota Star Tribune that competing federal and state investigations is making his job more difficult.
January 15, 2026
Renee Good came to Minneapolis seeking a safe place. Less than a year later, she was killed.
After years as a military wife, Good was starting over when an encounter with ICE agents cut her new life short.
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
FBI inquiry into ICE shooting is examining Renee Good’s possible ties to activist groups
Former department officials warned that such a broad inquiry raised the specter that forms of political protests could be criminalized.
January 13, 2026
