Local
April 20
Diversion navigator Mariela Benitez speaks on the phone with a potential client at Catholic Charities headquarters in Minneapolis. 



Hennepin County

Single adults turned away from Hennepin emergency homeless shelters 4,000 times in 2023

Shelter beds were used more than 167,700 times during the same period.
Local
April 20
Richard Tsong-Taatarii/rtsong-taatarii@startribune.com
Value Village, some donated clothing is baled and sold by the pound to used clothing giant Rags

Why you should donate clothing: It (probably) won't end up at the dump

Fast fashion is tough on the climate, but clothes can have second and third lives.
Local
April 20
From left and clockwise, Hannah Jones, Deena Winter, Maggie Snyder, Amanda McKnight and Britt Johnsen, all former reporters for Southwest News Media,

Six southwest Twin Cities area newspapers will publish last issue this week

The Southwest News Media publications are part of MediaNews Group, which is owned by Alden Global Capital, an investment firm known for gutting and then closing local papers.
Wild
April 20
Every season with Kirill Kaprizov on the roster has a chance to be special.

Scoggins: 'Wait one more year' can't be the Wild's plan. Thankfully, it isn't.

Logic and cap math might suggest next season is a layover. Wrong. You don't waste even one season when you have a superstar.
Election
April 20
Many Otter Tail County activists want to become party delegates so they can support GOP newcomer Steve Boyd over Republican U.S. Rep. Michelle Fischba

Conservatives in Otter Tail County have been fighting for years, with no end in sight

A recent flare-up over precinct caucuses is the latest in a string of battles between local party officials and a group of grassroots activists.
Politics
April 20
Latasha Bacon leans on her son Davonte, 13, as they shop at Northtown Mall in Blaine Friday. When Davonte and his sister Layla Jackson were taken from

Racial disparities in child protection prompt Minnesota legislation, federal complaint

Black children are twice as likely as white kids to be removed from their parents. For Native American kids, the disparities are even more stark.
Local
April 19
Interim Colonel Christina Bogojevic reads the oath of office to 35 cadets graduating the Minnesota State Patrol's 68th and 69th training academy.

Minnesota State Patrol celebrates diverse new class of troopers

Hundreds gathered Friday to support the 35 graduating cadets.
Local
April 19
An American flag flies above a brutalist architecture-style building beneath a cloudy sky.

Fired Mpls. teacher accuses management of 'cancerous rot'

Becka Thompson was hired to teach students learning English as a second language.
Local
April 19
First Lady Jill Biden gives a short campaign speech for her husband, President Joe Biden, for a room of over 100 “Women for Biden” supporters at N

Jill Biden rallies women, teachers for the Biden-Harris ticket in Bloomington speeches

She spoke to women at a brewery and then addressed Education Minnesota's annual convention.
Local
April 19
The Silver Lake Dam in Rochester, Minn.

Neighbors, city officials at odds over Rochester lake dam

Critics planning a rally to protest a city plan to make changes to the Silver Lake area.
Wolves
April 19
June 2015: No. 1 pick Karl-Anthony Towns shares a laugh with the man who chose him: then-head coach Flip Saunders.

Souhan: This is KAT's chance to prove Flip Saunders was right

The series against Phoenix will give Karl-Anthony Towns an opportunity unlike any he's had before to prove the faith people have shown in him. Can KAT come through?
Local
April 19
Hercules relaxes at home in St. Paul in 2023 while wearing a device that delivered pulsed electromagnetic therapy to help with pain and inflammation w

The story of Hercules the cat: Rescued in 2022, Target model in 2024

Hercules, the cat with the lovable face, now appears on cartons of Target brand kitty litter.
Local
April 19
John K. Jefferson presents at a Community Commission on Police Oversight meeting on Nov. 8, 2023 in downtown Minneapolis.

Records: Former Minneapolis police oversight head disparaged women, threatened staff

John Jefferson, a retired FBI agent, resigned in February after a lengthy HR investigation into numerous allegations, including his decision to reenact police restraint holds on civilian staff without warning or consent.
St. Paul
April 19
Video of a chain attack Thursday in downtown St. Paul was shot from a hotel window.

Video goes viral of man enduring 'shocking' chain whipping on downtown St. Paul street

The video was shot from a hotel room window by Kevin Weekes, a hockey analyst with ESPN.
Local
April 19
In this Star Tribune file photo, two people pass a marijuana joint outside Wayzata High School in 1977, long before recreational cannabis was legalize

Marijuana's path to legality in Minnesota: A timeline

Various efforts to decriminalize or legalize the drug stalled until 2023, when Gov. Tim Walz and the Minnesota Legislature made it legal for recreational purposes.
Local
April 19
The state plans to shutter Hill Annex Mine State Park in Calumet on the Iron Range to turn the site back into an active mine.

Minnesota to close state park on Iron Range, turn it back into a mine

A reclamation company wants to find usable iron in the waste pilings at Hill Annex Mine State Park in Calumet, Minn.
Local
April 19
Crude ore is fed into a grinder at U.S. Steel's Keetac plant in Keewatin, Minn., in 2022. The company sought an exemption from new water pollution rul

U.S. Steel won't get exception to pollution rules that protect wild rice, MPCA says

The company had asked the state to raise limits for sulfate in Hay Lake, downstream of its Keetac taconite plant.
Local
April 19
The crowd sings "Hey Jude" along with the Fabulous Armadillo's during their performance at the Taste of Minnesota in Minneapolis Sunday afternoon. Thi

Taste of Minnesota to be enjoyed on the ground and in the air this year

The festival in Minneapolis will have around 60 food vendors and a zipline over Washington Avenue S.
Minneapolis
April 19
Hennepin County Sheriff Dave Hutchinson said the program fills gaps in police departments with social workers.

Ex-Hennepin sheriff paid for drunk-driving damages with workers' comp

The Hennepin County Board approved a $240,000 settlement with former Sheriff Dave Hutchinson.
Local
April 19
Metropolitan Mosquito Control District lab is where mosquito populations are examined. The Aedes Vexans is the most common species of mosquito locally

Mosquitoes are back and so are the workers trying to keep their numbers down

The Metropolitan Mosquito Control District sent its seasonal technicians out this week to collect samples and learn where to focus its early treatment efforts.

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