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November 5, 2019
Rep. Ilhan Omar spoke at the Bernie Sanders rally at Williams Arena.

Rep. Ilhan Omar finalizes divorce from husband month after filing

Questions over her marital history have attracted unwanted attention.
Politics
November 5, 2019
In this Sept. 20, 2018 photo, voting booths stand ready in downtown Minneapolis for the opening of early voting in Minnesota. Election officials and f

Minneapolis man charged with helping 13 people cast fraudulent ballots in 2018

He said he was working for a campaign when forging his father's signature on absentee ballot submissions, according to police.
Minneapolis
November 5, 2019
Sen. Bernie Sanders spoke during a rally at Williams Arena on the University of Minnesota campus on Sunday, Nov. 3.

Minneapolis isn't on the hook for costs associated with Sanders rally

Sanders' campaign has been reimbursing communities after cities pressed him to pay in 2016.
Minneapolis
November 5, 2019
Stephen Greenfield, a volunteer with Friends of Roberts Bird Sanctuary, says it's "plausible" pesticides could have been misused there.

Claim of pesticide dumping near Lake Harriet being investigated

Hundreds of park visitors, volunteers and wildlife were potentially exposed to the pesticides around Lake Harriet, including a frog discovered with mutations.
Minneapolis
November 5, 2019
Minneapolis
November 4, 2019

Minneapolis rolls out syringe box collection initiative

Ten containers are being deployed to keep used needles off the streets.
Minneapolis
November 4, 2019
Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Ilhan Omar at a Sanders rally at Williams Arena in Minneapolis on Sunday, Nov. 3, 2019.

Sanders draws raucous crowd, but health questions linger

Even as he excited the crowd with his trademark appeal to a more egalitarian America, Sanders will likely face a tougher contest than his landslide Minnesota victory four years ago in the presidential primary.
East Metro
November 3, 2019
Hakeem M.D. Flax Credit: Sherburne County jail

Minneapolis gang member who killed rival is 4th sentenced in drug, gun conspiracy

The crimes spanned more than a year during an ongoing war among members of the 1-9 Block Dipset, Tre Tre Crips and Young-N-Thuggin gangs.
Minneapolis
November 3, 2019
Minneapolis police union president Lt. Bob Kroll poses for a photo at police union headquarters.

Amid attention and controversy, Minneapolis police union head has no regrets

Nearing the end of his term, Lt. Bob Kroll is still full of fight.
Minneapolis
November 2, 2019
Nancy Przymus, from right, holds a sign against the 2040 Comprehensive Plan, as her neighbor Blue Delliquanti holds a sign supporting the plan during

What to watch as the Minneapolis 2040 plan gets underway

While the plan goes into ef­fect Jan. 1, the coun­cil is still put­ting into place many of its ele­ments.
Minneapolis
November 2, 2019
Nick Cullop, left, of the Minneapolis Millers shoot hands with local legend Elmer Ellsworth Foster in 1930.

Minneapolis-born baseball star was a most colorful character

Elmer Ellsworth Foster, who played in the 19th century, is maybe the best Minnesota baseball player you never heard of,
Curious Minnesota
November 2, 2019
Great Northern Railway’s first Empire Builder is pictured on the Stone Arch Bridge crossing the Mississippi River, likely in the 1920s or 1930s.

Why does the Stone Arch Bridge cross the Mississippi at such an odd angle?

Older than most historic buildings still standing in the Twin Cities, the 136-year-old bridge has long been Minneapolis' de facto welcome mat. But why was it built the way it was, with such a long angle?
Minneapolis
November 1, 2019
CTC managing director Kimberly Motes apologized on behalf of the theater directly to survivor Laura Stearns during the news conference. Jeff Anderson

Children's Theatre reaches settlements in remaining sex abuse cases

The theater will contribute $500,000 to start a fund to support survivors.
Minneapolis
November 1, 2019
then-Minnesota Vikings defensive tackle Tom Johnson in 2016.

Court: Police should be shielded against most civil rights claims from ex-Viking

Tom Johnson can still pursue the lawsuit for the stun gun usage. outside a club in 2014.
Minneapolis
November 1, 2019

Woman charged in Minneapolis slaying of her child's father

The victim had at least three gunshot wounds. The complaint did not detail a possible motive.
Minneapolis
November 1, 2019

Death of north Minneapolis man in home is ruled a homicide

Justin O. Harris, of Minneapolis, died of multiple gunshot wounds inside his home on the 3900 block of N. Lyndale Avenue, according to an autopsy.
Minneapolis
October 31, 2019
Jayron Kearse

Vikings' Kearse faces drunk driving, gun charges; had teammate in car

Jayron Kearse had a semiautomatic handgun loaded with more than two dozen rounds, as well as a teammate in his car, when police pulled him over early Sunday, according to charges filed Tuesday.
Minneapolis
October 30, 2019
A light rain fell on the Stonehouse Square Apartments as a car passed by Tuesday. ] ANTHONY SOUFFLE • anthony.souffle@startribune.com Residents

New owner will preserve affordable housing in historic Mpls. building

Commonbond Communities bought Stonehouse Square for $11 million and will renew a Section 8 contract for 19 low-income units.

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