Minneapolis
May 15, 2019

Family IDs teen gravely wounded in shooting outside N. Minneapolis gas station

No arrests have been made in connection with the shooting Tuesday night.
Local
May 15, 2019

'Speed and alcohol' suspected factors in fatal motorcycle crash in W. Wisconsin

The wreck occurred after dark on the southeastern edge of Menomonie.
Minneapolis
May 15, 2019

Two University of Minnesota students assaulted on campus light-rail platform

Police have identified two suspects who fled from the East Bank Station
Minneapolis
May 15, 2019
The alley behind the apartment where a 26-year old woman was kidnapped in 2017.
Credit: Aaron Levinsky, Star Tribune

Jurors convict third man in rape of woman abducted behind her Uptown home

Her "great courage and cleverness" freed her from the captors on the other side of the Twin Cities many hours later.
Local
May 15, 2019
Which reader question about Minnesota history should we answer next?

Which reader question about Minnesota history should we answer next?

Help us pick the next Curious Minnesota question.
Local
May 15, 2019
Tessie Sylvester and her children

Tessie Sylvester, widowed the day she received cancer diagnosis, dies at 38

Two years later, on May 1, Sylvester died of adenocarcinoma, a type of cancer that forms in mucus-secreting glands.
Local
May 15, 2019
U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar offered a plate of dates to others at her table as iftar commenced. At center is her father, Nur Omar Mohamed.

Brooks: Who's the monster at the end of Omar's book?

Ramadan is a time to avoid conflict and quarrels, but anyone who follows U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar on Twitter knows conflict avoidance is not her style.
Local
May 15, 2019
Jalynn Williams

Road rage suspect at large in rollover near Mankato that killed passenger

It's possible the two vehicles made contact, according to the State Patrol.
Minneapolis
May 15, 2019

Parents protest strategic plan at Minneapolis school board meeting

District has scheduled public meetings before final vote in late August.
West Metro
May 15, 2019
Marion Collins and her daughter Annaliesa, 3 brought a Save Kenilworth poster to the meeting. Residents from the Kenwood neighborhood presented Govern

Residents present petition asking Metropolitan Council to suspend tree cutting for Southwest light rail

Petition signed by 2,900 delivered to Walz's office.
East Metro
May 14, 2019
Ramsey County Commissioner Blake Huffman's housing nonprofit is behind again on property taxes and also owes three contractors more than $160,000, acc

Ramsey County Board accepts Commissioner Blake Huffman's resignation after investigation of his charity

Board Chairman Jim McDonough said the county was committed to full transparency.
West Metro
May 14, 2019
Emmanuel Deshawn Aranda

Minneapolis man pleads guilty to throwing boy off MOA balcony

Emmanuel Aranda will serve 19 years in prison for the April 12 attack in which he threw the boy over a third-floor balcony.
St. Paul
May 14, 2019
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Fight over school's bid to raze former church comes to St. Paul City Council

A charter school voted nearly a year ago to move forward with demolition. But preservationists fight on.
Local
May 14, 2019
Rachellee Sigler, a certified vet tech, fed Gary, a 4-year-old goldendoodle, before she and fourth-year vet student Andrew Kaplan did an examination a

U cuts $90M in overhead costs, but critics say it's not enough

More than 600 positions on five campuses, a plant pathology library and the water coolers in the law school — that's what the University of Minnesota cut to keep a pledge its president made to lawmakers six years ago.
Minneapolis
May 14, 2019
Lonzo Washington

Minneapolis man who settled fistfight with deadly gunfire sentenced to prison term

The gunman was on parole at the time of the fatal shooting after being convicted in a stabbing.
Minneapolis
May 14, 2019
Mohamed Noor's Department of Corrections booking photo.

Star Tribune, MPR seek copies of public evidence from Mohamed Noor's trial

Letters to the city of Minneapolis, the Department of Public Safety and the Hennepin County Attorney's Office requested release no later than Friday.
St. Paul
May 14, 2019
Ben Hoffman teared up as he spoke about why he and his brothers, behind him Luke Hoffman, left, and Stephen Hoffman, right, have gone public as their

Minnesota lawsuit demands that Vatican release abuse files

The three brothers were sexually abused by Curtis Wehmeyer in St. Paul.
Minneapolis
May 14, 2019
Jeffrey Ho is a sheriff's deputy, doctor and Taser advocate — mixed allegiances that have raised questions.

Minnesota state senator calls on Hennepin Healthcare to close conflict-of-interest 'loopholes'

Sen. Jeff Hayden called it "repulsive" that a doctor was testifying on behalf of a police stun gun manufacturer.
Minneapolis
May 14, 2019
Local
May 14, 2019
FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2018 file photo, supporters of Nelson Pinos, an immigrant from Ecuador who has been living in a church for a year to avoid dep

Case of immigrant living in Connecticut church goes before appeals court in Minnesota

Nelson Pinos, who was originally detained in Minneapolis, thinks his case should be reopened.

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